Caterpillar, Inc

Industrial Generator Field Service Technician 1

Caterpillar, Inc$72K — $108K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • 1-3 years of related experience preferred.
  • Valid driver’s license and ability to meet medical and background requirements.
  • Safety qualifications such as NFPA70E and OSHA10 are a plus.
  • Strong attention to accuracy and organization skills.

Responsibilities

  • Support service coordination and customer requests effectively.
  • Manage and process Genuine Parts and tool orders efficiently.
  • Prepare service orders for invoicing and data collection.
  • Maintain and update service documentation and technical information.
  • Perform preventative maintenance and on-site service activities on products.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve equipment faults using diagnostic tools.
  • Provide technical support and guidance to customers and internal employees.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • 401(k) savings plans with company matching.
  • Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
  • Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and volunteer work.
  • Career development opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
Full Job Description

Career Area:

Product Support

Job Description:

Job Summary:

The Industrial Generator Field Service Technician 1 is responsible for the maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and optimization of gas/diesel engines to ensure their safe, efficient, and reliable operation. This role involves performing scheduled and unscheduled service activities on-site or at customer locations, diagnosing mechanical and electrical issues, and ensuring compliance with environmental and safety standards.

What you will do:

Support Service Coordination

  • Support service coordination for customer calls or customer requests, prepare service orders, warranty or goodwill claims and process spare parts administrative and commercial administrative.

Order processing

  • Managing and ownership for Genuine Parts and tools orders after handover of Sales to service coordination and ensure efficient correspondence with customers and Olympian internal.

CVA and Service Order Management

  • Prepare service orders for invoicing by Service admin team, by collecting all needed data, invoices, labor sheets and manage spare parts returns.

Technical Information

  • Maintain Service Shop documentation changes, collect new technical information from Service Library and share within service coordination.

Financial Management

  • Control of invoicing and closing orders accordingly offers prices and customer conditions.

  • Warehouse management support

  • Service Warehouse Manager with stock inventory process or audits.

Maintenance and Service Activities

  • Perform standard preventative maintenance task according to manufacturer specifications and perform on-site service activities on Olympian Products.

Troubleshooting and Repairs

  • Analyze and resolve faults on Olympian Equipment on customer sites, by using diagnostic software and corresponding special tools and measuring instruments.

Documentation

  • Prepare detailed service reports, inspection protocols, picture documentation for internal and external reporting purposes. Prepare documentation folder and forward to designated Service Area Manager for activities for further use in time.

Training

  • Use internal and external training opportunities and stay up do date to technical innovations and circulars.

Customer Support

  • Provide technical advice and trainings to end-costumer and Channel partners. Ensure customer satisfaction through professional conduct and solution-oriented work.

Internal Support

  • Provide technical support for Olympian employees by conducting remote support on Olympian equipment and assist Olympian employees in technical issues.

Resource Management

  • Planning and execution of work preparation and post-work follow-up. Maintenance of company vehicles, tools, and spare parts.

  • Conduct routine system testing, load-bank testing (under supervision), and operational checks.

  • Assist senior technicians with diagnosing mechanical and electrical issues, including fuel, cooling, and starting systems.

  • Diagnose and repair electrical faults.

  • Perform basic generator commissioning, start ups, and integration with ATS.

  • Respond to basic service calls and support emergency after-hours work as needed.

  • Learn to interpret wiring diagrams, schematics, and technical manuals.

What you will have:

  • Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

  • Service Excellence: Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.

  • Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

  • Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

  • Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

  • Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

  • Safety Qualification: NFPA70E and OSHA10

Additional Requirements:

  • Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.

  • Typically requires 1-3 years of related experience.

  • Valid driver’s license and ability to meet background, drug, and medical requirements.

  • Soft Skills: Accuracy, organization, customer service, and used to travel.

 Physical Demands:

  • Frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms.  

  • Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision. 

Work Environment:

  • Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.  

  • Noise Level: Moderate, occasionally severe.  

  • Required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including, but not limited to, steel-toed safety shoes and safety glasses.

Additional Information:

  • Travel requirement of 70-90% (Local) and 20-30% (Outside local area).

  • Schedule: Monday – Friday 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM - 24/7.

  • Overtime is based on business needs.

  • Company Service Trucks will be assigned to employees based on qualifications and business needs.

  • Position may require Special Government Clearance: Passing a US Government background check may be required as a job requirement.

  • Additional Benefits: Company phone, Company Credit Card, Company Vehicle (including insurance, towing, and personal use) provided.

  • Domestic relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

  • Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.

Final Details:

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers

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Summary Pay Range:

$72,360.00 - $108,540.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

  • 401(k) savings plans*

  • Health Savings Account (HSA)*

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

  • Health Lifestyle Programs*

  • Employee Assistance Program*

  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

  • Career Development*

  • Incentive bonus*

  • Disability benefits

  • Life Insurance

  • Parental leave

  • Adoption benefits

  • Tuition Reimbursement

       

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

 

 

This position requires working onsite five days a week. 

 

 

 

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

 

 

Posting Dates:

September 16, 2026 - September 23, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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About Caterpillar, Inc

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Learn more about Caterpillar, Inc
Size
107,700 employees
Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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