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.