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 Deck Machinery and Motion Control division owns, develops and delivers world class handling solutions, with focus on system solutions and integration driving increased efficiency in our customers' operations. The division is responsible for product and technology development, supply chain operations and project delivery for all Kongsberg Maritime’s winches and handling solutions.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Commercial Marine business for the key role of Mechanical Field Service Engineer. The role will be based out of our Dunfermline office however, the successful candidate should expect to travel both within the UK and Globally on a regular basis.
The Service Engineer will work within a team of twelve service engineers supporting our customers throughout the world. On most projects, the engineer will be the sole representative of Kongsberg Maritime on site, working alongside shipyard or vessel staff.

The successful candidate will be required to provide a direct operational support service to our customers, and independently carry out on-site repairs / overhauls on our products.

Key accountabilities

• Undertake routine on-site overhaul, repair and service operations within a defined workscope 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
• Valid EU Passport or other current permission to work in the UK

You are able to

• act on own initiative, make things happen and accepts responsibility for the results
• understand the organization's informal rules and structures and utilize political processes effectively to get things done
• use a methodical and systematic approach, plan ahead, define clear priorities and allocates resources effectively
• demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in own area
• communicate in a clear, precise and structured way
• co-operate well with others, share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

What we can offer you

With us, you will be offered a competitive salary and benefit packages with good development opportunities in an international environment. We have flexible work hours and holiday arrangements in addition to a good pension and insurance scheme. We offer an inspiring and safe work-environment and the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future.

Work location

Dalgety Bay, Dunfermline

Point of contact

Craig Smith

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