(Fives: Paris) -- U.S. military veterans are finding post-service success at Fives Machining Systems, putting their troubleshooting skills and technical experience to work in field service and customer support positions for the global machine-tool manufacturer. Since 2014, the company has hired nearly 20 former members of the various military branches at 10 field-service locations throughout the United States. Veterans are also accepted in the company’s nationally recognized apprenticeship program.

“Finding qualified individuals is important to Fives as we continuously invest to build our network of field-based service technicians,” says William Weier, director of human resources for Fives Cincinnati. “These folks serve on our ‘frontlines’ in critical roles supporting our machinery in customer plants worldwide, and we’ve found that veterans bring well-developed mechanical and computer skills, discipline, and the ability to be good team players, which are critical to our technically demanding business.”

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