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Job Title: Field Service Engineer
Job Description: Field Service Engineer
As a Field Service Engineer, you will be responsible for responding quickly to customer installations or problems on short notice. You will engage in PLC, and robot programming, as well as electrical hardware troubleshooting. You will also assist with customer part runoffs and final acceptance.
Responsibilities:
- Respond quickly to customer installations or problems on short notice
- Perform PLC programming and troubleshooting
- Execute robot programming and integration (ABB & Fanuc)
- Troubleshoot electrical hardware issues
- Parameterize and tune servo drives
- Network machines to plant networks and other machines
- Assist with customer part runoffs and final acceptance
Essential Skills:
- Troubleshooting
- Electrical knowledge
- Siemens PLC
- Allen-Bradley PLC
- Beckhoff PLC
- Electro-mechanical troubleshooting
- PLC programming
- PLC troubleshooting
- Robotics
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Additional Skills & Qualifications:
- PLC or CNC programming experience (Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Rockwell, or Fanuc 30i CNC knowledge preferred)
- General PC and networking skills
- 2 years of relevant experience preferred
- Candidates with Beckhoff experience are ideal
- Siemens experience is preferred
- Strong personality and 5 years of experience if Allen-Bradley is their only experience
- Excellent soft skills
Work Environment:
Initial training will be at the facility in Bluffton, OH, for 1 to 11 weeks. Following initial training, you will train at our parent company in Germany for 7 to 10 months on 6-week travel cycles (6 weeks in Germany, 1 week at home, repeat). After training in Germany, you will begin working at a facility in Reno. Overtime is essential, typically involving 10-hour days. There may be weekend work once you are onsite at the plant. The company offers paid training in Germany, an excellent training program, competitive pay, and an excellent benefits package.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $90000.00 - $120000.00
Competitive wage as well as an excellent benefit package including vacation, health, prescription, dental, vision, STD, life, 401K, and shift premiums.
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position will be accepting applications until Jan 24, 2025.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
- Hiring diverse talent
- Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
- Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
- Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
Salary : $90,000 - $120,000
