Field Service Technician
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Globe Machine Manufacturing
Tacoma, WA, US
Summary
You will supervise the installation, commissioning, and repair of complex industrial systems while training customer staff on operation and maintenance. Between trips, you will assist with shop floor assembly, prepare service quotes, and provide remote technical support to customers.
Job Description
Since 1917, Globe Machine has been a manufacturer of industrial machines, systems, and plants for advanced composites, building products, and pulp & paper.
If you've built a career installing, commissioning, troubleshooting, or servicing industrial equipment-and you've made peace with hotel rooms and airport lounges feel like a second office-you may have found your next role. We're not asking you to learn to travel. We're asking you to bring that skill to bigger, more complex machines.
In this role, you'll work on one-of-a-kind industrial systems with opportunities to see facilities around the world and become the face of Globe Machine to customers.
The Travel
- Approximately 70–80% travel
- Typical trips range from 1–3 weeks
- Domestic and international travel
- Travel days are paid
- Company credit card to cover incidentals
- Keep your airline and hotel loyalty points
- Passport and TWIC card required
Globe Machine Manufacturing is located in Tacoma, WA yet remote roles are available. This role travels extensively and for extended periods of time both domestically and internationally.
What You'll Do
In the office (between trips): assist on shop floor assembling the equipment you'll be onsite installing and servicing. Help prepare service quotes, support customers by phone on installed equipment, and build detailed plans for upcoming installs.
On-site: supervise equipment installations and the crews involved (in-house, customer, and outside contractors), train customer staff on operating and maintaining Globe equipment, troubleshoot and repair equipment, and keep customers and your manager updated with clear daily reports.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of related experience in field service, installation, maintenance, or repair
- Comfort reading blueprints and electrical/pneumatic schematics
- Allen Bradley or Siemens PLC experience (a strong plus, not a dealbreaker)
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD strongly preferred
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office required
- Background in material handling equipment, wood products, or paper industries (nice to have)
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, use hand/power/precision tools, and work independently with minimal supervision
- A valid passport or willingness to obtain one, and ability to get a TWIC card.
Innovative Factory Solutions and Industrial Automation for manufactures of Building Products, Pulp and Paper, Factory Housing, Advanced Composites, Aerospace, Automotive, and Space Vehicles.
Starting in 1917, Globe developed as an engineering and manufacturing company supplying machinery for the Door and Plywood Industry. As the Composite Wood Panel industry developed in the 1960s and 1970s, Globe was involved in producing lines for some of the early particleboard, MDF and wafer board plants. As these industries matured, Globe’s involvement in the development of the North American OSB and Engineered Wood Industry stimulated growth in the company in terms of size and technical capabilities. Globe’s history includes leading the development of process technology areas such as Plywood Manufacturing, Wood I-Joists and other Engineered Wood Products, Panel Finishing and Coating, and integrated Automated Storage & Retrieval. These activities are significant worldwide, with major installations in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
Today, Globe is a premier supplier of custom designed, built, and fully integrated equipment and systems for industries that include plastic composites, automotive, aerospace, pulp and paper, and building products. Recent developments in high capacity, automated manufacturing systems include Wind Turbine Blade Automation, Out-of-Autoclave Composite Press Systems, and Ultra-high Pressure Presslines for Plastic Armor
Much of the company’s supply is built to suit our customer’s particular preferences, and Globe specializes in developing new solutions to meet each new challenge. This is reflected in our design capabilities. More than 20 percent of Globe’s staff is directly involved, on a full-time basis, in machine design and development.
Founded
1917
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Machinery Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Tacoma, WA
Innovative Factory Solutions and Industrial Automation for manufactures of Building Products, Pulp and Paper, Factory Housing, Advanced Composites, Aerospace, Automotive, and Space Vehicles.
Starting in 1917, Globe developed as an engineering and manufacturing company supplying machinery for the Door and Plywood Industry. As the Composite Wood Panel industry developed in the 1960s and 1970s, Globe was involved in producing lines for some of the early particleboard, MDF and wafer board plants. As these industries matured, Globe’s involvement in the development of the North American OSB and Engineered Wood Industry stimulated growth in the company in terms of size and technical capabilities. Globe’s history includes leading the development of process technology areas such as Plywood Manufacturing, Wood I-Joists and other Engineered Wood Products, Panel Finishing and Coating, and integrated Automated Storage & Retrieval. These activities are significant worldwide, with major installations in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
Today, Globe is a premier supplier of custom designed, built, and fully integrated equipment and systems for industries that include plastic composites, automotive, aerospace, pulp and paper, and building products. Recent developments in high capacity, automated manufacturing systems include Wind Turbine Blade Automation, Out-of-Autoclave Composite Press Systems, and Ultra-high Pressure Presslines for Plastic Armor
Much of the company’s supply is built to suit our customer’s particular preferences, and Globe specializes in developing new solutions to meet each new challenge. This is reflected in our design capabilities. More than 20 percent of Globe’s staff is directly involved, on a full-time basis, in machine design and development.
Founded
1917
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Machinery Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Tacoma, WA
