Senior Automation Field Service Technician / Controls Engineer

Senior Automation Field Service Technician / Controls Engineer

Up to $35.00/Hour + Overtime + Stock Ownership • Greater Milwaukee Area (Brown Deer Vicinity) Join an elite, employee-owned industrial OEM gifting company stock and annual performance bonuses Take a lead seat on a high-growth field diagnostics team traveling to cutting-edge manufacturing sites worldwide

• EXPERIENCE 5+ Years of Dedicated Success Troubleshooting Complex PLCs and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• EDUCATION Two-year Technical Degree in Electrical/Maintenance fields OR equivalent industrial military/field experience
• TRAVEL PROFILE 65% – 75% Travel flexibility across domestic industrial hubs, with international projects (e.g., Canada, Mexico, France, South America)
• CREDENTIALS Must possess a valid Driver’s License, a valid US Passport (or immediate capability to obtain one), and a clean driving record
• COMPENSATION Up to $35.00 per hour (Based on technical depth) + Overtime Pay Structure + Corporate Stock Gifting + 401(k) + Discretionary Annual Bonus
• WORK TYPE Full-Time, Permanent, W-2 (Position is shop/field-based with operational flexibility around travel cycles)
• LOCATION Brown Deer, WI area (Must reside within a 45-minute drive of the facility to support local shop/phone diagnostics between trips)
• COMPLIANCE Must be a United States Citizen or Green Card holder (Required for international travel clearances)

If you are a high-stakes troubleshooting expert who loves the challenge of fixing what others can’t and wants a job where your hard work directly builds your personal net worth, this position is built for you. Our client is a financially powerhouse, employee-owned industrial machinery manufacturer that literally created their market sector. Because they are 100% employee-owned, they don’t just talk about culture—they actively gift employees company stock, distribute annual profit bonuses, and operate under a modern Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) that ensures clear corporate goals and transparent growth paths.

This isn’t a routine, tedious field job. Every single machine shipped from this state-of-the-art, recently expanded facility is a custom, complex automation asset. You will split your time between acting as a high-level technical hero on client sites and collaborating in a fast-paced, modern shop environment alongside an engineering team transitioning to a 100% SolidWorks ecosystem. The company actively prioritizes scheduling flexibility and work-life balance for its field team between deployment waves, making this an incredibly rewarding, long-term home for an adventurous automation specialist.

What You Will Be Doing

• Leading high-stakes, ground-up equipment commissioning, product installations, and complex electrical/mechanical system startups directly at global customer manufacturing plants
• Diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing multi-axis custom automated systems, with a heavy emphasis on modifying Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) code and tuning Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• Delivering elite Tier-3 technical support to industrial clients, handling critical troubleshooting phone lines and remote digital diagnostics when working from the home facility
• Managing the complete on-site deployment lifecycle, serving as the face of the organization to handle system handoffs and conduct customer training to ensure 100% client satisfaction
• Partnering directly with internal design and assembly teams to conduct factory acceptance testing (FAT) on custom machinery prior to global shipment

What We Are Looking For

• Automation Diagnostics Pedigree: 5 or more years of proven field service or high-level industrial maintenance experience, backed by a deep, fluent understanding of industrial electrical schematics, three-phase power, and mechanical asset assemblies
• Controls Mastery: Direct, hands-on competency interfacing with industrial controllers, interpreting ladder logic, and identifying failures within PLCs and VFD networks
• Global Mobility: The personal flexibility and desire to execute a heavy-travel lifestyle (65-75%), comfortably navigating domestic flights, international custom checkpoints, and regional service travel
• Professional Reliability: A rock-solid, dependable work history that demonstrates organizational loyalty, self-motivation when traveling unsupervised, and a track record of multi-year commitments at prior employers