Field Service Engineer - MI

Russells Technical Products; Farmington Hills (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel paid 100% travel time

Weekly per diem $350

Company vehicle provided

Job summary

Russells Technical Products is seeking a Field Service Engineer to join our on-site team in Michigan, with travel to customer facilities. After completing a 2–4 week training program at our Holland, Michigan facility, you will be on-the-road, staying in hotels four nights a week, performing installations, start-ups, preventive maintenance, and calibrations.

You will train customers, troubleshoot refrigeration, electronics, and electro-mechanical systems, document performance, and maintain travel

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years work experience or training in commercial / industrial refrigeration or HVAC/R.
• Experience with electronics and controls programming.
• EPA Universal Certificate preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Install and start up field equipment at customer sites.
• Perform preventive maintenance and inspections.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate refrigeration/electronics/electro‑mechanical systems.
• Document performance and maintain service logs and travel expenses.
• Coordinate service calls with customers and build relationships.

Skills

Refrigeration experience

Electronics & controls programming

Cascade refrigeration knowledge

Education

EPA Universal Certificate

Job description

Description

This job would be on-the-road traveling and staying in hotels 4 nights a week after completing a 2-4 week training program at our facility in Holland, Michigan.

This job would be on-the-road traveling and staying in hotels 4 nights a week after completing a 2-4 week training program at our facility in Holland, Michigan.

Field Service Engineer: What the Work Looks Like:

• You will perform field installations and start-ups, preventative maintenance, inspect/conduct performance tests to verify that product complies with manufacturing prints and application engineering/purchase specifications and requirements, and document installed product performance.
• You will conduct training and instruct the product users in proper operation and maintenance of our products.
• You will troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate various operating systems of refrigeration, electronics, and electro-mechanical components utilizing prints and schematics to bring/return products to fully operational condition.
• You will establish, maintain, and develop positive relationships with customers. This involves contacting customers to coordinate service calls at their facility, to generate work, to explain the benefits of refrigeration and controller retrofits, to establish preventive maintenance contracts, and perform general service work.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of Russells Technical Products' warranty, maintenance, and service policies and procedures
• Maintain vehicle logs, maintenance schedules, and keep detailed field service and travel expense reports.

Our physical manufacturing location is in Holland, Michigan.

Travel

You will have weekly local and regional travel to customer facilities.

• You will be paid 100% of your hourly wage for travel time.
• $350 per diem paid weekly for personal expenses. No receipts needed.
• 100% of travel costs paid by the company.
• Work vehicle provided.

Salary: $38.00 to $45.00 per Hour

Requirements

Must have at least 2 years refrigeration experience AND a solid understanding of single stage refrigeration. Knowledge of cascade refrigeration a plus. Please do not apply if you do not have this experience.

To Be Successful In This Position You Should Have

• Minimum 2 years work experience or training in commercial / industrial refrigeration or HVAC/R
• Experience with electronics and controls programming
• Work experience in a related service capacity.
• Experience or training in cascade refrigeration systems, EPA Universal Certificate, and work experience in the environmental simulation systems industry are preferred.
• Valid driver’s license.

RTP is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and all other protected categories under applicable law. Federal Contractor - Drug-Free Workplace.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and to climb or balance. The employee is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.