Job Description

Overview

The Technical Field Service Leader position at Entech involves conducting audits and inspections of can rinsers and related equipment, collaborating with various teams to develop technical solutions, and providing hands-on fabrication and installation services. This role requires frequent travel across North America and a strong focus on customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive audits of installed can rinsers, inverters, and related equipment at customer facilities.
  • Inspect equipment and identify worn, damaged, or obsolete components and opportunities to improve can flow, cleaning performance, reliability, and maintenance.
  • Develop detailed audit reports identifying required replacement parts, recommended modifications, and service requirements.
  • Work collaboratively with Integrator partners, customers, and internal fabrication and installation teams to develop effective technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with the Sales Proposal Specialist to ensure proper hand off of audit and inspection report to allow sales process to proceed.
  • Fabricate replacement can twists using bending, punching, welding, cleaning, calibration, and other fabrication techniques.
  • Use bending bars, fixtures, and other tooling to accurately form and calibrate can twists.
  • Install replacement equipment and fabricated components at customer facilities.
  • Troubleshoot equipment and process issues to identify root causes and determine appropriate corrective actions.
  • Evaluate potential solutions and recommend practical, cost-effective options based on customer requirements and equipment performance.
  • Support equipment startups, modifications, repairs, and service activities as needed.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of audits, parts requirements, service activities, and recommended improvements.
  • Follow all OSHA requirements and customer-specific plant safety procedures.
  • Represent Entech professionally and maintain a strong customer-first approach during all customer interactions.
  • Travel frequently throughout North America to customer and prospect facilities.

Requirements

  • Strong communication and leadership skills.
  • Fabrication and welding experience.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, high-quality work.
  • Strong hand-eye coordination and ability to work with precision.
  • Ability to read, interpret, and work from technical information, drawings, and specifications.
  • Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively with customers, Integrator partners, and internal teams.
  • Willingness and ability to travel frequently throughout North America.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to stand and work on your feet for extended periods.
  • Ability to follow safety procedures and customer-specific plant requirements.
  • Must have reliable personal hand tools.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
  • Must be able to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening and criminal background.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position is based at our Elk Grove Village, Illinois facility.
  • Travel is frequent throughout North America to customer and prospect facilities, typically 2–5 days per week.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Life Insurance
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Elk Grove Village, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 10% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Elk Grove Village, IL — toward the top of a $26–$40/hr middle band drawn from 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Elk Grove Village, IL

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Elk Grove Village, IL right now, from 10 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 333 other active welding openings from 206 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Elk Grove Village, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $37/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Bedford Park at $33/hr. Elk Grove Village is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Technical Field Service Leader - up to $45/hr figures were last recalculated when this page was built.