Field Service Technician - Phoenix, AZ

Reiser; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in food equipment is seeking a dynamic field service technician to join their team. This role focuses on installing and maintaining high-quality packaging machinery, ensuring optimal performance while engaging with customers across the Southwestern USA. The ideal candidate will possess strong electro-mechanical skills, a customer-oriented mindset, and a passion for problem-solving. With a commitment to excellence and a fun work environment, this position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the food processing industry. If you thrive in a hands-on role and enjoy travel, this could be the perfect fit for you.

Qualifications

• Experience servicing, troubleshooting, and repairing automated machinery.
• Knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic control systems.

Responsibilities

• Install new packaging machinery and provide routine maintenance.
• Travel 80% for on-site service and repairs at food plants.
• Analyze equipment performance and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Electro-mechanical skills

Troubleshooting

Customer service

Mechanical engineering principles

Electrical engineering principles

Pneumatic systems

Hydraulic systems

Complex problem solving

Bilingual English-Spanish

Education

Four plus years of maintenance experience

Job description

Description

CANDIDATE MAY RESIDE WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF PHOENIX, AZ WITHIN REASONABLE PROXIMITY TO A MAJOR AIRPORT

About Reiser

With more than 60 years of success in the food equipment industry, Reiser is recognized worldwide for its high-quality equipment, innovative engineering, and outstanding service and support. Total commitment to our customers is at the core of who we are, making Reiser the one supplier that food manufacturers can trust for better, smarter food processing and food packaging solutions and equipment. We take great pride in providing the resources our customers need to ensure their success. Our team of talented and passionate professionals works hard, embraces challenges, and is wholeheartedly dedicated to the success of our customers. This customer-centric focus has led to extraordinary growth, and we are now seeking an experienced field service technician to install new equipment and provide routine maintenance/service to our customers. If you have strong electro-mechanical skills and a strong customer service-oriented personality, we want to hear from you. Our ideal candidate is smart, energetic, hard-working and likes to have FUN!

Our Vision

• Robert Reiser & Co. will serve the food industry and other selected markets by selling and supporting equipment that provides solutions to customer needs.
• Every customer contact will result in an improved relationship with that customer.
• We will continuously strive to strengthen our supplier partnerships.
• We will encourage our fellow employees to reach their potential.
• Therefore, we will earn a fair profit and ensure our future.

Essential Functions of this role:

As a customer-focused technical product expert, the Technicians will apply highly developed troubleshooting, mechanical and electrical skills, and sound knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic control systems to install new packaging machinery equipment. Additional tasks include providing preventive maintenance and on-site equipment repair.

Job Duties include but are not limited to:

• Travel 80% (Mon-Fri) away from home visiting food plants primarily in the Southwestern USA but may travel beyond the Southwest as required. After training travel will reduce to 60-70% (Mon-Fri)
• Read diagrams, schematic drawings, engineering specifications and service manuals to determine work procedures.
• Engage with customer on site, analyze equipment performance, troubleshoot to isolate problem, and determine actions needed to restore system to performance specifications.
• Share information with team members, customers, and your supervisor to help prioritize and keep customer apprised of corrective actions and equipment status.
• Inform customers of routine preventive maintenance techniques.
• Participate as necessary in new projects to install or improve the safety and performance of existing and new equipment.

Requirements

• Four plus years of maintenance experience -- servicing, troubleshooting and repair of electro-mechanical automated machinery.
• Mandatory preference of maintenance, installation, service and diagnosing issues/repairs on food processing and packaging machinery
• Practical application of mechanical and electrical engineering principles and techniques to ensure equipment performance at manufacturers specifications.
• Advanced knowledge of pneumatic, hydraulic power systems, conveyor systems, or control systems.
• Initiative, critical thinking, complex problem solving, judgement and decision making, persistence, attention to detail, adaptability, flexibility, concern for others and leadership.
• 80% travel during the week (Mon-Fri) during training, 60-70% travel after training
• Food Processing or Packaging Machinery experience is desired.
• Bilingual English-Spanish skills are a bonus.