An exciting opportunity has arisen as Field Service Engineer, reporting to Support Manager, GCS UK. In this role, you will be a part of the customer support team delivering support to our customers throughout the world.  You will be responsible for providing a direct operational support service to our customers, and independently carry out on-site repairs / overhauls on our products. On most projects, you will be the sole representative of Kongsberg Maritime on site, working alongside shipyard or vessel staff.

Key accountabilities

• Undertake routine on-site overhaul, repair and service operations within a defined work scope on Kongsberg products
• Conduct inspections to defined standards to ensure conformance to specifications
• Maintain and update all necessary technical documentation
• Provide work direction and technical guidance to others in-field, coordinating internal and external resource in support of product maintenance and recovery action in accordance with customer contracted requirements
• Repair Kongsberg systems on board customers vessels
• Install and commission upgrades to control systems
• Carry out sea trials on Kongsberg equipment
• Commission Kongsberg equipment including propulsions and steering gear control systems
• Ensure work is carried out in accordance with applicable legal and Company procedures, including Health & Safety policies

Qualifications and experience

• City in Guilds, National Qualifications, HNC/HND or country equivalent qualification in mechanical engineering discipline
• Previous experience in a field service, customer-facing role would be an advantage
• Strong understanding and knowledge of a range of marine products, systems and applications
• Ability to travel worldwide on a regular basis at short notice

You are able to

• work with little supervision and use own initiative
• create a stable and re-assuring work atmosphere
• demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in own area
• co-operate well with others, share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

What we can offer

• Professional development and career opportunities
• Competitive terms including attractive benefits and pension scheme

Point of contact

Stuart McGruther, Support Manager, GCS Int. Ops., UK

+44 7551 126395

 

For over 200 years, KONGSBERG has made solutions that enable people around the world to deliver extreme performance under extreme conditions. Today we are a world leader in several areas within maritime operations, defence, aerospace, and oil and gas industry. Our strength is to put together centers of expertise around products, technologies and market needs.

Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is a global marine technology company, providing innovative and reliable technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including: merchant, offshore, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries. Kongsberg Maritime is part of KONGSBERG, an international, knowledge-based group delivering high-technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defence and aerospace

Our Global Customer Support division is responsible for Kongsberg Maritimes services, upgrades and support in the aftermarket. Our 2300 employees are present in 35 different countries around the world. During the operational lifetime of more than 30.000 installations, we ensure cost-efficient delivery of services, upgrades and spare parts in order to secure availability and predictability to our customers.

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions.  We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

WORLD CLASS – through people, technology and dedication