Field Service Engineer - Onsite Automation & Startup

Brown Machine Group; Beaverton (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Flexible Spending Account

Employer Paid Life insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Brown Machine Group in Beaverton, MI is seeking a Field Service Technician to lead start-up, debug, install, troubleshoot and train on our equipment at customer sites and at our manufacturing facility when required. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience with capital equipment installation, setup, maintenance, repair, and a willingness to travel up to 75%.

An Associate’s degree or trade certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree, 2 year trade school certification, or equivalent experience.
• Prefer 3 years’ experience in industrial controls.
• Understand and edit programmable logic controllers (PLC) and Servo Systems; robotics programming is a plus.
• Willingness to travel frequently, at least 75% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Accomplishes or assists in the installation and start-up of equipment at customer plants as assigned.
• Performs preventative maintenance on machines at customer plants as assigned.
• Performs training on machines at customer plants as assigned.
• Repairs or adjusts machines at customer plant as assigned and ensures operation meets customer requirements before leaving site.
• Assists other BMG employees in activities at customer plants as required by service calls.
• Suggests modifications or changes in existing equipment based on observations during service work.
• Reviews spare parts on hand at customer plants and advises on needed inventory levels.
• May perform repair/assembly work on experimental machines at manufacturing facility as assigned.
• Prepares service and expense reports and field change notices for all service calls.

Skills

Robotics programming

PLC programming

Servo systems

Travel 75%

Education

Associate degree

Trade school certification

Equivalent experience

Job description

Brown Machine Group in Beaverton, MI is seeking a Field Service Technician to lead start-up, debug, install, troubleshoot and train on our equipment at customer sites and at our manufacturing facility when required. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience with capital equipment installation, setup, maintenance, repair, and a willingness to travel up to 75%.

An Associate’s degree or trade certification is preferred.