Field Engineer 1 - Data Center Services

The Field Engineer I - Data Center Services is a technical field professional responsible for supporting project execution, system troubleshooting, quality assurance, and project closeout activities. This role serves as a key technical resource for field teams, project managers, and customers, ensuring installations meet design specifications, quality standards, and customer expectations. Success in this position requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving skills, customer engagement, and the ability to independently manage field activities from project kickoff through final turnover.

What You'll Do

Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex equipment and system issues through testing, verification, and root-cause analysis. You'll review technical drawings, specifications, and project documentation, create shop drawings and submittals, and ensure installations meet design and quality requirements. Working independently and alongside project teams, you'll provide technical leadership in the field, support installation personnel, oversee system testing and functionality, perform quality inspections, manage punch list activities, and assist with successful project closeout. You'll also support customer interactions, collaborate with project managers and sales teams, and help ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.

What You'll Bring

You bring hands-on experience supporting complex technical installations within data center, low-voltage, or technology-driven environments. You have strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills, the ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications, and a proven track record of ensuring quality throughout project execution. You're comfortable working both in the field and office environments, collaborating with customers, project teams, and leadership while requiring minimal supervision. The ideal candidate is customer-focused, detail-oriented, and self-motivated, with strong communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. You take ownership of project success, embrace continuous improvement, and have the technical expertise to support projects from installation and commissioning through final closeout and customer handoff.

Min

USD $34.00/Hr.
Max

USD $38.00/Hr.
Qualifications

Education, Certification, License, and Skill Requirements:

You bring 3-4 years of commercial low-voltage or structured cabling experience and a strong ability to support projects from planning through customer turnover. You have a solid understanding of project scope development, task management, and field execution, with the organizational skills to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

Success in this role requires strong collaboration, attention to detail, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and MS Project. You are a dependable team player who communicates effectively, meets company driving requirements, and takes ownership of delivering high-quality work. The ideal candidate combines technical knowledge with project coordination skills to ensure projects are completed on time, within scope, and to customer expectations.

English language proficiency, including the ability to speak, read, write, and understand English, is required.  This is based on the requirement to communicate directly with customer(s) and other employees, to complete regular reporting both to management and to the customer, and to promote safety and efficient communication in the case of emergencies

Overview

IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical, and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential, and renewable energy markets.

IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC. As of the end of IES’s 2024 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, IES produced over $2.8+ billion in revenue and employed over 9,485 employees at over 131 domestic locations across the United States. 

IES is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Minorities, Females, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans Encouraged to Apply

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