Field Service Engineer - IL

What You'd Be Doing:

You would travel to customers' manufacturing facilities—about 80% of the time—to install, start up, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and optimize plastic-processing equipment, injection molding equipment.

The Equipment Includes:

• Injection molding machines


• Extrusion equipment


• Reaction-processing machinery


• Robots and automation systems


• Hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and mechanical systems

Day-to-day work

A Typical Job Could Involve:

• Going to a customer's plant


• Diagnosing why a machine isn't working correctly


• Reading electrical and hydraulic schematics


• Testing electrical components with a multimeter


• Working on motors, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors, hydraulics, pneumatics, etc.


• Using basic PLC knowledge to troubleshoot controls


• Installing or commissioning new machinery


• Training the customer's operators/maintenance staff


• Documenting what you repaired, how long it took, costs, and additional problems discovered


• Occasionally helping newer service employees learn the equipment

What they're really looking for

They aren't necessarily looking for someone with a traditional four-year engineering degree.

They're looking for someone who is technically strong and comfortable working with machinery.

The Ideal Candidate Would Have Experience With:

• Industrial/manufacturing equipment


• Mechanical troubleshooting


• Electrical troubleshooting


• Hydraulic systems


• Pneumatic systems


• Motors and controls


• Basic PLCs


• Reading schematics


• Hand and power tools


• Forklifts/lifts


• Customer-facing technical service

They require high school/equivalent + 3–5 years of manufacturing or technical experience.