Traveling Industrial Maintenance Technologist

ATS - Industrial Maintenance; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 44,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

PTO

401k retirement plans with employer-m~

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

ATS - Industrial Maintenance in Chicago is seeking a skilled field service technician to diagnose and repair complex equipment across electrical, mechanical, and fluid power systems. Youll travel widely, observe devices in operation, isolate faults, and restore machines to spec from first observation to final verification.

You will document service reports, perform preventive maintenance with customer teams, and sometimes set up machining operations or welding to repair components.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Associate degree with technical focus plus 5+ years industry experience; or 7+ years of industry experience.
• Comfort with basic and specialized hand tools.
• Ability to analyze issues, develop alternatives, and execute repairs across electro-mechanical and fluid power domains.
• Extensive travel required (Local, National, International).

Responsibilities

• Observe devices in operation, isolate faults, dismantle and access defective parts, adjust controls/instruments, and repair or replace to spec.
• Troubleshoot across electrical, mechanical, and fluid power systems; leverage industrial control systems to analyze complex equipment and resolve issues.
• Partner with customer teams to execute reliability and preventive maintenance procedures that meet industry standards.
• Identify and stage parts, supplies, and materials needed to complete work efficiently.
• When necessary, set up and run machining operations (lathe, drill press, grinder) and perform welding to fabricate or repair components.
• Capture clear, complete service reports and update applicable management systems after every job.
• Model professional conduct on customer sites: follow contractor codes, maintain housekeeping, and champion safety.
• Continuously build your expertise through on-the-job learning and technical self-study.

Skills

Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills

Electrical Troubleshooting

Industrial Electrical Experience

Maintenance and Repair Skills

Voltage Systems 120/208/240/480

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Associate degree with technical focus or 7+ years experience

Job description

Are you wired for problem-solving and built for the field?

If chasing down root causes, reviving complex equipment, and helping customers keep production humming sounds like your kind of challenge, this role is for you. Youll travel widely, step into new facilities, and bring machines back to lifefrom first observation to final verification.

Your impact

• Own end-to-end service: observe devices in operation, isolate faults, dismantle and access defective parts, adjust controls/instruments, and repair or replace to spec.
• Troubleshoot across electrical, mechanical, and fluid power systems; leverage industrial control systems to analyze complex equipment and resolve issues.
• Partner with customer teams to execute reliability and preventive maintenance procedures that meet industry standardsoften with minimal direction.
• Identify and stage parts, supplies, and materials needed to complete work efficiently.
• When necessary, set up and run machining operations (lathe, drill press, grinder) and perform welding to fabricate or repair components.
• Capture clear, complete service reports and update applicable management systems after every job.
• Model professional conduct on customer sites: follow contractor codes, maintain housekeeping, and champion safety.
• Continuously build your expertise through on-the-job learning and technical self-study.

What it takes

• High School diploma or GED.
• Associate degree with technical focus plus 5+ years industry experience; or 7+ years of industry experience.
• Comfort with basic and specialized hand tools.
• Ability to analyze issues, develop alternatives, and execute repairs across electro-mechanical and fluid power domains.
• Extensive travel required (Local, National, International).

Nice to have: preventive maintenance methods, precision measuring and alignments, and hands-on familiarity with PLCs, field devices, and drives/motor systems.

Core competencies youll use daily

• Communications
• Customer Focus
• Personal Discipline
• Safety

Work conditions youre ready for

• Regular standing, walking, reaching, climbing/balancing (including ladders/lifts), and working in confined spaces (stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling); frequent talking and hearing; occasional sitting.
• Occasional lifting/moving of more than 50 lbs; regular need for close and color vision.
• Exposure at times to outdoor weather and electrical shock risk; typically a very loud factory environment with possible hazardous materials and greasy or slippery surfaces.

Technical strengths

• Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills
• 120/208/240/480 Voltage Systems
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• Maintenance and Repair Skills
• Industrial Electrical Experience

Equipment youll encounter

• Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
• Servo Motors

Compensation and benefits

ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. We also offer market leading benefit programs including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, PTO, a 401k retirement plans with employer matching, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Pay Range: $32 - $58 per hour

Equal Opportunity Statement

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