Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer

Responsibilities / Tasks

GEA Food Solutions North America Inc. is a worldwide leader in providing preparation, processing, and packaging total solutions for both the food and non-food industry sectors. Our global organization offers the most extensive range of advanced solutions on the market today, from single machines to complete turnkey production lines including software-based productivity and line management solutions. As a controls technician, you will be responsible for the development, maintenance and troubleshooting of Rockwell PLC, HMI and motion control software.

• Controls Technician is responsible for the development, maintenance and troubleshooting of Rockwell PLC, HMI and motion control software.
• Responsible for the development, maintenance and troubleshooting of Rockwell PLC, HMI and Motion Control Software.
• Responsible for in house testing of developed Rockwell PLC/HMI software.
• Responsible for software modifications at customer sites as required.
• Responsible for software documentation.
• Work closely with Sales, Engineering, Shop and Customer service.
• Control Panel design a definite asset.
• Possible 70%-80% travel.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• Technical School or equivalent work experience, PLC programming, Electronics Troubleshooting, Industrial Process Controls.
• Knowledge of EPlan. Create new drawings and update existing.
• Experience in back panel building.
• Knowledge of PLC Programming, in particular and Allen-Bradley.
• Motion control and higher level programming, e.g. Visual Basic a Plus.
• Experience in developing software projects and customized software solutions.
• Experience in fault diagnostics in PLC programming on machines.
• Familiar with Industrial process equipment, particularly Food Processing
• B&R programming, (Bernecker and Rainer), Siemens a Plus.
• 5 plus years of experience with Software / Hardware Troubleshooting required.

Education:

• Technical School or equivalent work experience, PLC programming, Electronics Troubleshooting, Industrial Process Controls.

Your Benefits:
GEA offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and much more.

We are an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer that understands the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture.
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