Kemper Equipment is currently seeking to immediately hire a full-time Field Service Technician to join our experienced and dedicated team.
Kemper Equipment offers opportunities for both personal and professional growth. When you join our team, you become part of a company with more than 30 years of proven success in the aggregate and material handling industry. As a family-owned and operated business, Kemper Equipment has successfully completed more than 3,000 projects, including custom quarry equipment design, new plant installations, and system retrofits.
Summary of Responsibilities:
The role of Kemper Equipment Field Service Technician supports our client base in NY and New England by responding to service calls for routine and emergency service on crushing, screening, washing, and conveying equipment. Responsibilities include:
- Maintaining a safe working environment at all times including use of required Personal Protective Equipment
- Installation, commissioning, training, inspections, repairs, and rebuilds of equipment.
- Training clients and fellow employees on general maintenance and operation of the equipment.
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting equipment issues, ie application, mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical issues.
- Leading internal crews and subcontractors in equipment and steel installations on Kemper Projects.
- Accurately and thoroughly documenting time, repairs, and parts used or needed on daily service reports.
- When not traveling to worksites, EESSCO in Hanson MA will be the main work location.
- Other duties as assigned.
This position is a physical job demanding long hours of standing, walking, bending, stretching, reaching, some twisting, kneeling, and utilizing feet/legs to operate foot controls. This position requires continued lifting up to 55 pounds and occasionally heavier lifting up to 100 pounds. Ongoing and repetitive use of arms/hands/fingers such as fine manipulation, grasping, wrist turns, pushing, pulling, utilizing hand tools, remote controls, levers, etc. Personal Protective Equipment must be worn.
Field Service Technicians must supply their own basic hand tools. Specialty or heavy-duty items and service truck will be supplied by Kemper.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience and skills including mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, welding, diagnostic, and general maintenance. A minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience is desired.
- Aptitude and interest in machinery and equipment.
- Service or maintenance experience in quarry and material handling equipment, including rock crushers, screens, feeders, and conveyors.
- Welding, torching, millwright and steel erection experience is desired.
- Ability to read schematics and drawings and understand technical manuals and literature.
- Ability to travel (including some overnights) with our crews as needed to client locations. Typically, Monday through Friday, some weekend work as needed in emergency situations.
- Ability to work overtime as needed to fulfill workload requirements.
- Shop fabrication experience, while not required, is a benefit to assist Kemper Manufacturing based on project workload.
- Must be safety oriented and work in a professional and safe manner
- MSHA certification required - Kemper will provide training and certification
- Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Must be able to work in a team environment, with both clients and fellow employees, in a positive manner during fast pace, stressful situations.
Position requires a pre-employment background check as well as a drug and alcohol screening.
Compensation & Benefits:
Pay range will be based on experience of candidate.
The Ideal Candidate For This Role Is:
- Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous
- People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
- Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
- Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
- Autonomous/Independent -- enjoys working with little direction
- Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity
- High stress tolerance -- thrives in a high-pressure environment
- Itinerant -- Enjoys driving and traveling to job sites
- Attitude positive -- maintains a professional, can-do mindset and works well with clients and team members
Pay: $32.00 - $45.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- On-the-job training
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Field Service in Aggregate: 8 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Drivers License (Required)
Ability to Commute:
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: On the road
