Service Technician

YER USA; Franklin Park (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the packaging industry is seeking a Junior Service Technician based in Franklin Park, IL. The role primarily involves installing and servicing packaging machines across the USA, requiring mechanical and electrical skills. This full-time position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including travel expenses and performance reviews.

Benefits

Health insurance

Company 401K with 3% match

Yearly Performance Review

Company credit card for travel expenses

Qualifications

• Must have a 2-year Packaging Machinery degree or relevant work experience.
• Ability to read instruction manuals and mechanical drawings.
• Valid US driver's license is required.

Responsibilities

• Field service repairs, maintenance, and installations of packaging machines.
• Support to Customer Service and Sales from HQ in Italy.
• Travel in the US and Canada approximately 70% of the time.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Electrical skills

Time management

PLC programming knowledge

Learning attitude

Education

2-year Packaging Machinery degree

2+ years work experience with packaging machinery

Job description

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Our client is a European privately-owned company, delivering customized flexible solutions for the constantly changing requirements of the consumer packaging industry. The US headquarters is in the Chicago Metro Area. The company focuses on Bakery, Chocolate, Ice Cream, and Frozen Food, providing full turn-key packaging lines starting from the individual unwrapped product and continuing all the way to case-packing. Moreover, our client is continually striving for growth and success, while maintaining a strong, positive workforce with a vision to deliver state-of-the-art packaging automation by constantly investing in R&D, employee development, and enhanced production processes to achieve the highest customer satisfaction and innovative solutions.

Position

The Junior Service Technician will be responsible for installing new packaging machines or performing technical service interventions, repairs, or maintenance on existing packaging machines in factories around the USA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mechanical and electrical skills
• Ability to manage time and work independently, and in a team environment
• General knowledge of PLC programming
• Learning attitude

Primary Responsibilities:

• Field service repairs, maintenance, and installations
• Support to Customer Service and Sales in the HQ in Italy
• Travel in the US and Canada (approximately 70% travel required)

Basic Requirements:

• A minimum of a 2-year Packaging Machinery degree or 2+ years of work experience with at least one Flow Wrapper, Robot, Case Packer, Cartoner, Closer, or similar

Additional Qualifications:

• Knowledge of reading instruction manuals, mechanical drawings, and wiring diagrams
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Valid US driver’s license
• This individual will be based in Illinois (preferably)

The benefits and compensation include:

• $65K-70K base salary + $20K bonus.
• Health insurance
• Company 401K (or IRA) with 3% match.
• Yearly Performance Review.
• Company credit card for all the expenses you have when traveling (plane ticket, rental car, hotel, lunch, dinner, etc.)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Customer Service and Production

• Industries

  Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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