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Kelly Services Field Service Technician in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Field Service Representative

Location: Great Lakes Region

Direct Hire Field Service Engineer / Technician- Water Treatment

The Great Lakes Territory is the geography covered in this role. This includes Michigan, Northern Indiana, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Living within the territory is required and being relatively close to the core of our business is ideal. We are currently seeking candidates in West Michigan though others may be considered.

Our client is hiring two Field Service Technicians for their Great Lakes Region (new roles due to growth). As a Field Service Technician with Water Technologies, you’ll play a critical role supporting operations and maintenance of advanced water treatment systems at primary sites, plus a variety of other customers in your geographic area. If you’re mechanically inclined, enjoy working with new technology, and are equally at home in a team or operating independently, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

You’ll have the chance to learn and work with advanced treatment technologies including media filtration, softening, reverse osmosis (RO), ion exchange (IX), de-oxygenation, electro-deionization, and ultrafiltration (UF). This is an opportunity to learn valuable skills that will last a lifetime while creating a cleaner more sustainable world for us all!

Responsibilities include:

Operate, monitor, maintain, repair and optimize industrial equipment performance.

Troubleshoot and perform preventative maintenance on a variety of systems and equipment.

Perform analytical testing such as: turbidity, hardness, chlorine, pH, CO2, O2, SDI, TOC, in addition to various other site-specific testing requirements.

Maintain inventory of spare parts and adequate supply of chemicals and replacement parts.

Create and maintain site paperwork, and provide customers with detailed technical summaries of work performed.

Carry out mechanical, electrical and controls troubleshooting on equipment such as motors, PLC’s, VFD’s, valves, air compressors, ejectors, process pumps, blowers, and instrumentation.

Partner with customer management and operation teams to help advise on system performance, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Conduct maintenance and calibration activities.

Consult with customer management and operation teams.

Core Requirements:

High School Diploma / GED / Home School Certification OR international equivalent and 2+ years’ experience of service/maintenance or equivalent in an industrial environment.

The right entry level candidate with no industry experience with a Bachelor's may be considered- Bachelor or Associates Degree in Science/Engineering (STEM), or technical certificate in Instrumentation, Controls or programming and/or water treatment equipment.

UF/MBR Working experience with PLC control systems, PLC programming and troubleshooting would be a huge plus.

This role requires quite a bit of travel within territory, so you’ll need to have a valid driver’s license. Sometimes emergency service is required. When it happens, you may be asked to step in and save the day – Client works hard to make sure on-call schedules are balanced, but they are part of the role. Ability to gain and maintain access to the customer sites assigned, including nuclear Facilities.

Why do people love working with this client? Recognition and rewards for your hard work and achievements, also, opportunity for new challenges – they're growing and love to promote from within! Finally, they have an excellent leadership team and a collaborative culture where you’ll be part of something special!

In addition:

Competitive pay and opportunity for advancement. A place to build a career!

Paid training.

Great benefits including retirement plans.

Recognition for your hard work and achievements.

Opportunity for new challenges. We’re growing!

Strong leadership team! -An organization that gives back.

An award-winning organization that you will be proud to work for!

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.

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