GEA

Field Service Team Lead

Janesville Full time

Responsibilities / Tasks

Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • Oversee day to day administrative functions of the Field Service team, including PTO, timecard and expense approval, as well as documentation and safety compliance.
  • Work with Service scheduler, ensuring efficient routing and assignment of technicians based on skillset, geography, and priority.
  • Review completed service reports for accuracy and adherence to departmental standards.
  • Support onboarding, training, and mentoring of new Field Service Technicians.
  • Assist with performance feedback by providing field insights to management.
  • Provide administrative oversight of afterhours troubleshooting, ensuring proper escalation paths, technician rotation compliance, and consistent customer communication.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Field Service Technician
    • Perform installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of equipment at customer sites.
    • Provide technical expertise and on site customer support.
    • Support after hours troubleshooting, including phone support and emergency service guidance, to ensure customer uptime and continuity.
    • Document all service activities accurately, including work performed, parts used, expenses, timecards and follow up actions.
    • Ensure customers have all necessary critical spares, to prevent any unplanned downtime.
  • Schedule Optimization and Customer Engagement
    • Optimize daily and weekly service schedules to maximize technician utilization and minimize travel and expenses.
    • Drive continuous improvement in service planning, workflow efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
    • Track and analyze scheduling KPIs (utilization, response time, on‑time arrival, job completion rate).

Your Profile / Qualifications

  • 3–5 years of experience as a Field Service Technician or equivalent technical role.
  • Strong technical troubleshooting and repair skills, including remote and after hours support.
  • Excellent organizational, administrative, and communication abilities.
  • Ability to balance fieldwork with supervisory and administrative responsibilities.
  • Strong customer service orientation and problem solving skills.
  • Previous leadership or mentoring experience.
  • Experience in dispatching, scheduling, or service coordination..
  • Familiarity with CRM/ERP or service scheduling platform – preferred.

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