Field Service Technician - TN

Milacron; Tennessee; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Company vehicle

Per diem

Travel

Home on weekends

Job summary

Milacron is seeking a Field Service Technician to join our team in Tennessee and surrounding areas. You will be responsible for quality installations, maintenance, and repairs of plastic injection/extrusion equipment.

Breakdowns will require troubleshooting of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components and circuits. As part of the Aftermarket Service team, you will travel, work overtime, and potentially stay away for up to two weeks.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with hydraulics, mechanics, electrics, controls, and/or similar skillsets.
• Willingness to travel and work overtime as necessary.
• Willingness to be out a week at a time; possibly 2 weeks.
• Willingness to train/extended stay in Batavia, Ohio where assembly HQ is located.
• Ability to read mechanical blueprints and electrical schematics.
• Active driver’s license with clean MVR as per fleet policy.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair plastic injection/extrusion equipment using online/offline applications (Industry 4.0/Automation Studio).
• Perform scheduled preventative maintenance activities on equipment.
• Interface with customers to repair equipment as needed.
• Evaluate and make recommendations regarding required repairs.
• Install computer software programs to manufactured machines.
• Fill out start up sheets, calibration certificates, and PM documents.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills

Hydraulics

Mechanics

Electrical systems

Controls

Blueprint reading

Automation Studio

Tools

Automation Studio

Job description

Posted Friday, August 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM

$3000 sign-on bonus! 100% travel but home on most weekends! Per diem, company vehicle, credit card provided!

Milacron is looking for a Field Service Technician to join our team in Tennessee and surrounding areas. As a Field Service Technician, you will be responsible for providing quality installations, maintenance, and repairs of plastic injection/extrusion equipment. Breakdowns will require troubleshooting of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components and circuits.

Work You’ll Do:

• Troubleshoot and repair plastic injection/extrusion equipment using online/offline applications (Industry 4.0/ Automation studio).
• Perform schedule preventative maintenance activities on equipment.
• Effectively interface with customers in repairing equipment as needed.
• Evaluate and make recommendations regarding required repairs.
• Install computer software programs to manufactured machines.
• Properly fill out start up sheets, calibration certificates, and PM documents.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Team:

• This role will be part of the Aftermarket Service team and report directly to the Regional Service Manager.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience working with hydraulics, mechanics, electrics, controls, and/or similar skillsets.
• Willingness to travel and work overtime as necessary.
• Willingness to be out a week at a time. Possibility of 2 weeks if required.
• Willingness to train/extended stay in Batavia, Ohio where our assembly headquarters is located.
• Ability to read mechanical blueprints and electrical schematics.
• Possess an active driver’s license and free of any restrictions related to driving offenses and based on initial and annual driver MVR reviews as defined by our fleet policy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience working with plastic injection/extrusion equipment or similar types of equipment or machine tool.
• Good overall mechanical, electrical, and computer skills.

Physical Demands :

• To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 50 lbs . Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.
• Must be comfortable in working in heights (on occasion)

Who we are:

Milacron is a global industrial leader in the manufacturing and distribution of highly engineered and customized injection molding and extrusion solutions, and aftermarket parts and service for the plastics processing industry. The company’s 1,900+ associates worldwide collaborate to serve a diverse range of end-markets, such as automotive, construction, medical, telecommunications, material handling, packaging, and much more. With expertise in plastics spanning nearly 60 years, Milacron holds longstanding relationships with more than 27,000 customers around the world. The original equipment provider of plastics manufacturing solutions is the largest US-owned and globally served of its kind. Headquartered in Batavia, OH, Milacron’s global footprint is also serviced through regional facilities in Asia, Europe, and South America.

EEO :

The policy of Milacron is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. We are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offer opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at [e-mail] . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.