Miller Mechanical Specialties - Field Service Technician

Miller Mechanical Specialties Inc., a manufacturer's representative partner company of Endress+Hauser Inc., is looking for a Field Service Technician to join their team in Sioux Falls, SD.

The position of Field Service Technician entails daily travel to their varied customers (including power, energy, process, municipal, chemical, mining, life sciences, pharma, food and beverage, and commercial) throughout their territory to service mostly instrumentation.

These services include but not limited commissioning, diagnostics and repair, maintenance, calibration, training, and assist with troubleshooting.

Travel is dynamic with customer needs and will be local as well as long distance.

Role + Responsibilities

Duties to include but not limited to :

• Commissioning, calibrating, troubleshooting and repairing a variety of flow meters, pressure transmitters, level transmitters, temperature transmitters, chart recorders, controllers and valves to meet customer's requirements
• Visually inspecting, testing and recommending changes to ensure required installation meets manufactures' standards for operation
• Observing processes, applying and developing tests and procedures to detect proper or malfunctioning operation of equipment, preparing reports and discussing findings with customer or sales representative, making changes or adjustments to improve operation or offering a course of action to resolve problems
• Dismantling defective instrumentation and equipment and replacing with new or repaired parts per the manufactures' procedures
• Assembling, repairing and / or replacing related instrumentation and associated equipment
• Directing installers on the proper placement of equipment according to drawings and equipment manufactures' recommendation
• Advising customer of proper installation requirements
• Conferring with other Field Service Technicians, manufactures representatives and customers to diagnose instrumentation and equipment malfunctions and provide technical solutions to resolve complex instrumentation and equipment requirements
• Training customer's representative(s) on the proper use, troubleshooting and maintenance of instrumentation and equipment and prepare related materials for spare parts
• Traveling to customer plant locations for startup and service work
• Other duties as assigned

Qualification + Profile

• Associate Degree in Technical Field (Preferred)
• High School Diploma or equivalent (Minimum)
• Excellent communication skills and work ethic.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience multi-tasking and balancing many priorities
• Computer and Microsoft Office software experience.
• 2+ years of full-time work experience is helpful
• AutoCad or similar software experience would be helpful

Field Experience (Preferred)

Instrumentation training (Preferred)

Calibration and / or Metrology experience (Preferred)

Safety credentials (Preferred)

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Company Info

Miller Mechanical Specialties (MMS) is a supplier and integrator of instrumentation and control systems to process industries in the Midwest, including ethanol, biodiesel, biochemical, water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage, and corn and soy processing.

They are a trusted advisor for solving the toughest process measurement and control challenges. Founded in 1952, MMS have since became a one-stop-shop for the highest quality instruments, valves, services and solutions.

Manufacturers they represent include Endress+Hauser, SAMSON, Draeger, and Clark-Reliance. With a team of engineers spread across the Upper-Midwest, and in their Minneapolis and Des Moines offices, they offer unrivaled responsiveness and a wealth of application expertise.

Much of their work consists of using our engineering expertise to apply highly specialized equipment to customer processes, optimizing their process in terms of cost, quality and productivity.

MMS is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in our workforce.

Miller Mechanical Specialities provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.