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International Apprenticeship Program For Field Service Technicians Mechanic and Electrician
Its not a job. Its a career and a passion for print!
Available Positions: One Mechanic and One Electrician
Start Date: Any time after January 2 2026
You must be scheduled to complete your field of study and graduate by May 2026 to be eligible to apply.
The print industry is nearly $898 billion...one of the larger industries in the world. Print is around you....every where every day. It is the packaging in your grocery stores your currency and credit cards in your wallet your signage in your big box retail stores. Print is on your soda cans your perfume bottles your data cables your prescription drug packaging. It is endless and growing. Koenig & Bauer one of the largest printing press manufacturers in the world is proud to be a leader in the industry.
This is a unique and limited apprenticeship program designed to take recent graduates with a minimum of a technical certification or twoyear related college degree and provide them with up to 18 months of paid intensive training to prepare them for a career as a Field Service Technician with Koenig & Bauer in the United States. This training program will include handson field training in the United States; classroom and bench training at our Apprenticeship School at our factory in Germany; specialized product job and industry training in our worldclass training center in Germany; work experience in our manufacturing facility in Germany and German language classes. Prior work experience is not required; but applicant must have at a minimum a related technical certification or twoyear degree in a related degree program such as (but not limited to): Industrial Maintenance ElectroMechanical Technology Mechanical Engineering Wind Energy Technology Mechatronics Electrical Power & Controls Aviation Automotive Technology or other related degree program.
A Field Service Technician travels nearly 100 of the time to customer locations throughout the United States installing troubleshooting repairing and maintaining printing presses and subsupplier equipment. The equipment is impressive and complex.
Minimum Requirements:
- Technical Certification or Twoyear related degree program;
- Ability to travel live and work in Germany for up to two sixmonth periods during the apprenticeship program;
- Must be able to qualify for work permit in Germany;
- Must be able to travel nearly 100 of the time mostly domestically in the US once a Field Service Technician
Must be willing to relocate outside of Texas within six months of completing Apprentice Program (twoyear anniversary) to base location in the US.
Benefits:
Vacation 15 days per year
Holidays Up to 11 days
Sick 7 days
Medical Dental and Vision
Disability and Life
Flexible Spending Accounts
401k Retirement and Profit Sharing Plan
Income replacement plans for cancer critical illness and accident
LongTerm Care Plans
Monthly housing and transportation allowance while living in Germany and provides relocation assistance to final work base
Come work with us:
If interested and you will have completed your degree program and be available for work on or after January 2 2026.
If you are interested you should submit your application as soon as possible.
We will be accepting applications tillNovember 3 2025 and scheduling interviews for qualified candidates.
Please note inperson interviews will be held at the Koenig & Bauer Headquarters in Dallas Texas.
The Apprentices starting wage is $24.04/hour. Koenig & Bauer pays for housing in Germany and provides a monthly allowance while in Germany.
We are Koenig & Bauer and were on it!
Koenig & Bauer (US) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion disability genetic information pregnancy citizenship marital status sex/gender sexual preference/orientation gender identity age veteran status creed national origin or ancestry or any other status protected by federal state or local law. Information collected by the application process is solely to determine suitability for employment verify identity and maintain employment statistics of applicants.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship for the employer. Please contact Koenig & Bauers HR Department at orif you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.
Employment Type
Trainee
