Service Technician

Sterling Engineering, Inc.

Lansing, MI
4 days ago

$72,000–$96,000 Per Year

Highlights

This role combines hands-on mechanical and electrical work with customer support, machine installation, startup, and commissioning. We are seeking an experienced Service Technician to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain specialized industrial machinery.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Lansing, MI
Industry	Staffing/Employment Agencies
Salary	$72,000–$96,000 Per Year
Company Size	500 to 999 employees
Year Founded	1969
Website	http://www.sterling-engineering.com

Description

Title: Service Technician
Location: Lansing MI
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: 72K-96K/year

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Service Technician to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain specialized industrial machinery. This role combines hands-on mechanical and electrical work with customer support, machine installation, startup, and commissioning.

Job Duties:

Install, start up, troubleshoot, and repair industrial machinery at customer locations.
Diagnose mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment issues.
Perform preventive maintenance and recommend equipment repairs and replacement parts.
Support machine installation, commissioning, and customer training.
Read and interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics, and technical manuals.
Assist with basic controls programming alongside the Controls Engineer.
Document service activities and collaborate with Engineering and Manufacturing teams.

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in industrial machinery maintenance, installation, assembly, or field service.
Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
Knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics.
Experience with automated manufacturing equipment preferred.
Ability to read mechanical drawings and electrical schematics.
Experience with machine startup and commissioning preferred.
Technical apprenticeship, Journeyman certification, or equivalent experience.
Willingness to travel up to 45%, including Canada and Mexico. Valid passport required.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

About Company

Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:

Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.

Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.

Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.