Field Service Technician Details

Coesia - Minneapolis, MN

Employment Type : Full-Time

Group, Company and Organisation


Coesia is a global leader in advanced automated machinery and packaging materials, industrial process solutions, and precision gears that founded in 1923. We are a group comprised of 21 companies that service customers in over 30 countries, 85 production plants, and 137 operating units world-wide. Market sectors include the following: Aerospace, ceramics, consumer products, electronics, healthcare including pharmaceuticals, automotive, and more.

MGS, located in Maple Grove outside of Minneapolis, has been a global leader in the design and manufacture of state of the art packaging automation solutions with core competencies in a secondary packaging and product handling. Industries of focus are pharmaceutical, life sciences, food, personal care and industrial goods.


Main Responsibilities / Activities

  • Proficient to perform field service for state of the art packaging automation equipment with electrical and mechanical machine knowledge
  • Travel throughout the US of up to 80% per year
  • Start-up, repair and upgrading of machines in customer plants. Perform contracted or periodic maintenance of machines.
  • Training of customer personnel to properly operate and maintain machines
  • Attainment of a working knowledge of all assigned equipment in the field
  • Dependable and able to work independently and unsupervised
  • Salary plus overtime and expense

Basic Requirements
  • 2 year college level technical training in mechanical and electrical technology or equivalent
  • Services machines in customer plants and provides service information by telephone
  • Technical “hands-on” experience and skills for packaging equipment
  • Assists customer and Sales Department in ordering replacement parts and sees that they are ordered properly
  • Communicates with support staff and engineers in the US, Sweden and France
  • Keeps in contact with customers to maintain their confidence in equipment and service
  • Trains customer personnel to properly operate and maintain equipment
  • Creates and submits service reports, expense reports, daily time sheets, etc.
  • Makes arrangements for travel requirements. Extensive travel required.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by Service Manager or as circumstances require, such as:
  • Helping train new service personnel
  • Recommending equipment changes to engineering
  • Representing sales, customer service and engineering departments in the field
  • Assisting engineering with start-up operation and modification of experimental machines
  • Reports customer accidents and any unsafe conditions to customer and internal management
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficient skills in Microsoft Office and ability to learn other proprietary programs
  • Performs international service duties as assigned

Job Reference: CGS07585

Posted on : 2 years ago