Apprentice-Mechanic at Koenig & Bauer US, Inc – DFW Airport, Texas

International Apprenticeship Program For Field Service Technicians - Mechanic (3) and Electrician (1)

It's not a job. It's a career and a passion for print!

Available Positions: 2 - 4 Apprentices for 2026

Start Date: Any time after January 2, 2026

Starting Wage: $24.04/per hour; Company-paid Housing (private apartment) is provided when in Germany plus $350 monthly transportation allowance when you are in Germany; Apprentice Bonus; annual Service Technician Travel Bonus; annual Profit Sharing, Reimbursement of eligible business travel expenses (airfare, hotel, rental cars, fuel, baggage fees, parking, tolls, meal per diem, laundry per diem, etc.); Corporate Credit Card provided for business expenses.

Application Deadline: October 30, 2025

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 two-year related college degree and provide them with up to 24 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 hands-on 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 world-class 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 two-year degree in a related degree program such as (but not limited to): Advanced Manufacturing, Automotive, Aviation, Diesel, Electrical & Power Controls, Electromechanical, Industrial Systems, Mechatronics, and Wind Energy.

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 sub-supplier equipment. The equipment is impressive and complex.

We currently have 5 TSTC graduates who have finished our Apprentice Program and are working as Mechanics or Electricians in the field. We have another 6 TSTC graduates who are currently in the Apprentice Program at various stages.

Minimum Requirements:

• Technical Certification or Two-year related degree program;
• Ability to travel, live, and work in Germany for up to two six-month 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 (two-year anniversary) to base location in the US.

Benefits:

Vacation Days – 15 days per year

Holidays – Up to 11 days

Sick Days – 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

Long-Term Care Plans

Annual Technical Travel Bonus

Years-of-Service Bonus Plan

Educational Assistance

Financial relocation assistance will be provided when you relocate to your base city in the United States.

Come work with us:
If you meet the qualifications above, we invite you to send us your resume on or before October 15, 2025, to be considered for a position in our International Apprentice Program.

In-person interviews for the most qualified candidates will be scheduled in our Dallas Office after the application deadline. Human Resources will reach out to you.

Starting date can be as early as January 2026 and as late as May 2026, depending when you finish your degree program.

We are Koenig & Bauer and we're 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 & Bauer’s HR Department at NA-HR@koenig-bauer.com or 469-532-8120 if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.