Service Apprentice/Trainee-Portland, OR

Responsibilities

• Complete all Classroom, factory training and online classes, and pass with 80% or higher scores.
• Shadow Service Engineers on service calls, which require traveling with the Service Engineer to customer sites.
• Progression in the apprentice program is competency based, participants are enrolled for 2 years before they receive certification and promotion to Service Engineer.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• Demonstrates mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, or electronic aptitude.
• Experience in CNC manufacturing, maintenance, a related field, a journeyman certificate and/or experience in machine/manufacturing maintenance or related field - such as military maintenance training and experience preferred.
• Analytical/problem solving abilities.
• High interpersonal and social skills required to successfully complete assignments in stressful situations.
• Ability to communicate professionally and create positive relationships with customers.
• Versatility to verbally communicate varying levels of internal technical staff and customers.
• Time management skills to plan work and travel schedules to minimize downtime/nonproductive time.
• Proven written skills and discipline to complete required technical documents and Reports in a timely fashion.
• Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally to visit customer locations and/or trade shows.
• Ability to follow complex written and verbal instructions correctly.

Qualifications

• Ability to travel 75% of the time.
• Physical demands: Frequent: Travel, operating a vehicle, sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, stooping, and reaching. Pushing, pulling, and lifting objects. Repetitive foot, leg, hand, arm, shoulder, and torso movements. Periodic: Operating power equipment, sitting at desk, utilizing computers and phones. Occasional: Lifting or moving up to 50lbs.

Skills

• Technical aptitude.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Communication skills.
• Traveling ability.

Benefits

• Annual Base Salary Range: $55,000.
• Classification: Non-Exempt.
• Travel: 75%.

Pay

• Annual Base Salary Range: $55,000.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday, Core Business Hours.