Field Service Technician - Electrical, or Electro-Mechanical

Nidec Press and Automation is currently seeking a Field Service Engineer to support a new integrated press and feed system for a rapidly expanding new customer. The successful candidate will have strong electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting, service, and maintenance skills as well as being within a 3-4 hour drive from Charlotte, North Carolina. This is an opportunity to serve on the launch team of a new customer and product platform in the high speed, precision stamping market.

If you have mechanical experience and a high mechanical aptitude, or experience and a good working knowledge of electronics, PLCs, etc., then we are interested in talking to you.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing technical support electrically and mechanically for high speed Kyori VX-50 press with SYS PS-100
• Instructing and assisting personnel in setting up equipment in customer's facility.
• Troubleshooting and repairing equipment on-site.
• Providing phone or virtual support to customers when required.
• Determine part needs and initiate part order process.
• Assist Service engineering in control upgrades design and execution.
• Provide technical and maintenance support to other NP&A customers with their metal forming equipment.
• Commission new and remanufactured metal forming equipment in customers' plants.
• Audit customers' metal forming equipment and report all repair requirements found.
• Provide written and oral reports in English in an accurate and professional manner.
• Promote service parts and preventative maintenance contracts.
• Work flexible hours to support customer service needs including any portion of 24-hour day, 7 days a week.
• Local, domestic and international travel. 90% Travel
• Represent NP&A effectively in business and social situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of electrical/electronic and mechanical troubleshooting and installation techniques.
• Capable of performing electrical and mechanical press repair or mechanical and electrical knowledge of machinery found in a manufacturing environment.
• Specific experience with PLC's, HMI's and servo controls in a manufacturing or factory automation setting.
• Beckhoff or similar control platform programing and experience (training can replace).
• Familiarity with other programming languages would be a plus (C#, VB.net, C++, C, or WPF).
• 5 years technical manufacturing experience.
• Able to work effectively with minimum supervision.
• Associates in electrical engineering, electronics, mechatronics or equivalent experience and training.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with Microsoft suite of products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc).

Based in Minster, Ohio, Nidec Press and Automation, a subsidiary of Nidec-Shimpo Corporation, is a world class supplier of equipment and services for the material forming industry. Nidec Minster presses and material handling equipment are in production in more than 87 countries around the world. A reputation for extreme quality and rugged dependability makes Nidec Minster the obvious choice of leading-edge, productive stampers the world over.

An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, M/F/D/V

Nidec Minster Corporation will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec Minster Corporation job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Preapproval from the Nidec Minster Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.