Field Service Technician

Field Service Technician

About Forterra At Forterra we are unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield. Our mission is to build the foundational platforms that enable an intelligent ecosystem to coordinate, adapt, and execute with speed and precision, even in the uncertainty and disruption of modern conflict. In an era marked by rapid technological change and evolving threats, we design for flexibility, survivability, and operational dominance.

Forterra delivers weapons, sensors, and battlefield effects through integrated autonomous networks, reaching operational areas faster, safer, and without placing human lives at risk. Our systems operate with distributed control, dynamic routing, and real-time responsiveness, enabling sustained advantage across complex mission environments.

About the Role The Field Service Technician plays a critical role in providing hands-on technical support to ensure customer satisfaction, sustainment, and optimal product performance. Reporting to the Director of Customer Success, the Field Service Technician monitors customer equipment readiness, provides diagnostics and repairs, delivers product trainings, and ensures continuous operational excellence and reliability at customer locations. This role emphasizes proactive communication, technical expertise, and customer relationship management to support company objectives.

This role will support extended deployments in operational field environments, including possible active combat zones.

What Youll Do

• Customer Product Support

• Monitor customer product readiness, identifying and resolving issues customers cannot independently address.

• Collaborate on-site with customers to diagnose and repair equipment-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.

• Serve as a point of contact for customers to seek help to keep systems operational.

• Technical Expertise and Troubleshooting

• Assist customers by providing diagnostic and repair support via phone, email, or direct on-site interaction.

• Diagnose and resolve technical issues using systematic troubleshooting techniques and solutions.

• Conduct installations, maintenance checks, proactive services, and repairs to keep equipment operating efficiently.

• Training

• Execute comprehensive training plans to educate customers and internal Forterra personnel on the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of equipment.

• Assess and document customer understanding and proficiency post-training, identifying additional support needs as required.

• Assist with continuously refining and enhancing training materials and processes based on customer feedback and operational insights, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and customer self-sufficiency.

• Documentation and Communication

• Maintain detailed records of service activities, including issue diagnostics, resolution processes, asset usage, and customer interactions.

• Generate comprehensive Field Reports and Work Orders to provide actionable feedback to quality and engineering teams.

• Communicate service bulletins, informational notices, and product updates effectively to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding and implementation.

• Customer Relationship Management

• Foster professional relationships with customers through continuous communication, ensuring their technical needs and expectations are consistently met.

• Provide technical guidance to customers, enhancing their capability to manage and maintain equipment effectively.

• Actively contribute to improving customer experience through proactive customer support and issue resolution.

• Travel and Field Operations

• Regularly travel to various customer sites to deliver essential on-site support, ensuring responsiveness and timely issue resolution.

• Extended deployments in operational field environments, including possible active combat zones.

• Ensure readiness and compliance with all safety standards during travel and field service operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in diagnosing, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting complex mechanical and electronic equipment.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
• Strong documentation skills, ensuring accuracy and comprehensiveness of records.
• Proven capability to work independently in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a commitment to maintaining professional relationships with customers and team members.
• Ability to travel up to 75%, including internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with Field Service for a hardware and software integrated product platform.

US Salary Range $90,000 - $130,000

The salary range for this role is an estimate and is based on a wide variety of compensation factors. The salary offered to candidates will vary based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to relevant work experience, education, specialized training, critical expertise, training, and more. Equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time, high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterras overall compensation package.

In addition to base salary and equity, Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life, AD&D, short, and long-term disability insurance plans (100% covered by Forterra), plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar, including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401k retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401k, and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

Your recruiter will be able to share more information about our salary and benefits offering during the hiring process.

Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer, providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in accordance with local, state, and federal laws. Forterrans are unique, talented individuals who are united through a shared passion to deliver autonomous systems that enable national resilience and a robust supply chain. All qualified applications will receive equal consideration for employment.

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