Field Engineer

Come work for the largest equipment dealer in North America! Are you a hardworking individual that thrives in a fast-paced environment and looking to take your career to the next level? If so, then come join our award winning team!

We provide our employees with the following tools and resources to be successful:

• Training
• Outstanding benefits package (Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, plus much more!)
• 401(k) with match
• Competitive wages
• Company laptop
• Paid time off
• 10 paid holidays

PeakLogix, an Alta Equipment company, is an industry leader in the Material Handling market segment providing innovative solutions that simplify the warehouse order fulfillment experience and introduce new efficiencies that increase productivity when fulfilling customer orders.

We are currently seeking a talented, highly motivated, and experienced Field Engineer to join our team. If you like the excitement of working with very talented colleagues in a fast-paced environment while implementing world class solutions at venerable brand name clients, please submit your application.

Primary Duties:

The primary function of the position is Systems Project execution, including conducting site visits, monitoring schedules, and validating technicians and contractor work, offering technical support, and troubleshooting on-site issues, overseeing equipment testing, installation, and planning, drafting and submitting reports to superiors and other key individuals, and always ensuring on-site efficiency and safety.

You will work closely with the control engineers, design engineering, and project management to ensure proper installation, connection, and function of equipment on the customer site. Installed equipment may include conveyor, ASRS equipment, Robotic Automation, and high-speed packaging equipment. Additionally, the position may require working with the designing of PLC control cabinets, basic programming of the PLC, and support of the system. The role would team with PeakLogix Engineering and Project Managers to plan and/or execute that project installations are in a predetermined state for the controls engineering to go to site for testing and commissioning. This may require you to be on-site during the installation and testing of our solutions.

• Evaluate and analyze customer requirements to provide input into the overall solution design and project proposals.
• Work with controls engineering and project management to supply necessary information to make sure concept of design works smoothly with equipment installation
• Designing and testing PLC control cabinets
• Verify installation materials, electrical material, and parts are ready for equipment installation
• Test, install and support PLC based controls systems on large-scale automated pick-pack-ship line including warehouse management system using Allen Bradley and Siemens hardware and tools
• Review layouts for accuracy and details required for approval

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Electrical Engineering experience
• 1+ years proficiency in the use of AutoCAD Electrical or equivalent experience
• Excellent problem-solving skills backed by solid technical knowledge
• 2+ years' experience with troubleshooting and commission PLC solutions
• Experience performing, I/O checkout and wiring verification
• Willing to travel up to 40% of the time to customer sites
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and complete tasks in a timely manner
• Good understanding of safety guidelines

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years working with SCADA
• 2+ years designing and troubleshooting control cabinets

About Alta:

Culture is Job #1. Alta Equipment Group prides itself in living by our Guiding Principles: Invest in the Best, Passion for Excellence, Customers for Life, Mutual Respect and One Team. More than an equipment company, Alta is an innovator of solutions, delivering diverse products and unrivaled support centered on building lasting customer relationships.

If you have a passion for excellence and are ready to make a difference within our organization, we're ready for you. Whether it's selling the world's-best big iron, rolling up your sleeves and servicing our industry-leading construction and material handling product brands or being a difference maker behind the scenes, we can use your skillset.

At Alta Equipment Group, we believe in mutual respect and are committed to diversity while inspiring our employees to reach their maximum potential. Voted a "Top Work Place USA", our employees across North America are committed to excellence. It's the Alta way.

So, let's start the conversation. Click the link to apply and begin the journey of a lifetime.

What We Look For:

At Alta Equipment Group, we are looking for candidates who are a cultural fit with our organization and understand that every task and job goes toward fostering customers for life. Along with that, a great attitude that embraces mutual respect and delivering a consistent high energy level that exudes a passion for excellence. Also, we are searching for a skill set that has a high aptitude for the position with a continual focus on investing in one's profession through additional training and learning.

Other Opportunities at Alta:

Please visit our careers page at altg.jobs to view other openings that may be of interest to you!

Alta Equipment Group is an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not discriminate on account of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, height, weight, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, misdemeanor arrest record, or membership in any other classification protected under applicable law. If you believe the Company has violated its equal employment opportunity policy in any way, please contact recruiting@altg.com immediately!