Job Description

Overview

BLM GROUP USA is a manufacturer that partners with innovative companies to support their growth and success. The Field Service Technician role involves performing installations, maintenance, and repairs on BLM equipment at customer sites, ensuring excellent customer service and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

  • Support the sales staff in servicing BLM equipment
  • Install new equipment at customer sites
  • Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, emergency repairs, and service of equipment for customers at the customer site
  • Document all service performed on the equipment and future service needs
  • Maintain excellent customer service and customer satisfaction
  • Demonstrate applicable BLM GROUP software capabilities to the customer
  • Prepare time sheets, service reports, and installation forms accurately and timely
  • Track expenses and complete expense reports in a timely manner
  • Maintain a safe work environment and operate within OSHA/MIOSHA guidelines
  • Communicate with other departments as necessary
  • Work overtime as required by workload and customer necessity
  • Travel up to 100% as assigned by management
  • Perform other duties as assigned by management

Requirements

  • High School Diploma required, Associate Degree in a technical discipline preferred or comparable military experience
  • 2 – 4 years of experience in a similar technical position
  • At least one year of experience in a customer service role
  • Experience with Trumpf laser machine, Amada Laser, Mazak laser, or similar laser machinery preferred
  • Clear driving record with no more than two minor moving violations in three years and no major violations in the last seven years
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Ability to effectively use the Internet
  • Ability to understand and use I/O structure for technical troubleshooting
  • Ability to utilize electric/electronic test/measurement equipment
  • Ability to analyze and resolve technical mechanical or electrical issues based on measured data results
  • Proficient in reading and comprehending technical information
  • Ability to document technical data accurately
  • Proven customer service skills with a focus on customer relationships
  • Highly organized with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
  • Resourceful in seeking assistance based on technical situations
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Effective team player who can work with all levels of team members and customers
  • Fluent in Italian preferred, but not necessary

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • The position requires up to 100% travel, both domestically and internationally.
  • The work environment includes a manufacturing facility with moderate to loud noise levels and occasional office work.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Chicago, IL currently run a median of $38/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$50/hr across 79 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 62 different employers. 50 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 212 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

BLM GROUP currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (18), Staff on Site (13), and Sargent & Lundy (11). 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 Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Field Service Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.