Field Service Technician - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Company: Yoh Engineering Location: US-IA-Cedar Rapids Status: Full Time, Temporary/Contract/Project Job Category: Engineering Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Education Level: Associate Degree  We've been delivering the best talent to America's leading companies for the past 7 decades - longer than any of our competitors. These customers count on our experience, time-honored processes, responsiveness and market intelligence to build their businesses. Most importantly, they look to Yoh to deliver talent with fresh ideas and empowered minds who want to fulfill their potential. People like you. Life's short. Live your dream. Tell us where you want to work. What you want to do. And we'll help get you there. Yoh Engineering has a contract opportunity for a Field Service Technician to join our customer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Up to 90% travel is required with this position.Job Description • Field Service Technician participates in the design of the vehicle installation and documentation of Advanced Public CAD/AVL systems in the Public Transit Industry. • Defines vehicle electrical interfaces and mechanical layout of the system. • Performs prototype installations to verify the system design documentation, system integration, and vehicle functionality are correct. • Work closely with customer maintenance personnel to coordinate system installation, vehicle availability, pre- and post-installation inspections, and maintaining installation logs. • Lead, coordinate and train subcontracted installation crews. • Prepares material for installations. • Assign daily tasks for subcontracted personnel. • Performs pre- and post-installation acceptance testing on each vehicle. • Assist in troubleshooting issues. • Install system software and maintain system data configurations.Requirements • Must be able to read electrical and mechanical drawings, circuit diagrams, wire lists, etc. • Must be computer literate with solid math, microprocessor, troubleshooting and programming skills. • Must have an understanding of mobile vehicle radio, mobile data terminals, audio and analog circuits and GPA hardware. • Must be able to follow procedures and instructions to troubleshoot mobile transit hardware and software systems.Additional Requirements • Requires an AA from a 2 year college or technical school along with 1 year of experience or equivalent education and experience. • Also requires ability to work with decimals and fractions on drawings and measuring instruments;  use of multimeter and scopemeter.Frequent Travel • Up to 90% travel in the US (travel could also include Canada).Discover all that’s possible with Yoh Engineering. Apply now. Partnering with Yoh In addition to great career opportunities, consulting with Yoh comes with its perks: Competitive compensation plans Wide variety of benefit options Yoh Advantage - our consultant rewards program that offers discounts and perks at leading companies and with national brands exclusively for Yoh Yoh is one of the largest providers of talent and outsourcing services to customers in the United States. With over 374 million USD in total sales, Yoh operates from more than 75 locations and provides long- and short-term temporary and direct placement of technology and professional personnel, as well as managed staffing services, for the information technology, scientific, engineering, health care and telecommunications communities. For more information, visit yoh.com. Yoh is part of Yoh Services LLC, a Day & Zimmermann Company.