Topic: Service and support engineers at siemens nigeria

Siemens is an Integrated Technology Company. The business activities of our Energy, Health care, Industry and Infrastructure & Cities Sectors have enabled us to capture leading market and technology positions worldwide. Technological excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and international focus have been our hallmarks for 165 years, making us strong and linking us to our shareholders, employees and customers as a partner of trust.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Service / Support Engineer

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria


Position Objective

• Applications are invited for the position of Field Application Service / Support Engineer, which has arisen within Customer Services department of the Digital Factory Business Unit. The position is home based and the candidate will ideally be based Lagos, Nigeria.
• Reporting to the DF CS lead, the successful candidate will provide a professional and efficient faultfinding, repair and commissioning service to customers throughout Nigeria. You will also be expected to participate in Sales activities supporting planning for the Service business and interactions with key clients. You will be expected to participate in a standby rota, and therefore a flexible attitude towards out of hours and weekend working is essential. Some local and international travel will be required.

Responsibilities
What are my responsibilities?

• Site support including fault rectification & modification, repair & commissioning on PLC, SCADA and DCS systems;
• Support of Instrumentation devices (level, flow, radar, ultrasonic etc);
• Liaising with Clients & 3rd Parties;
• Provision of site reports & documentation;
• Engineering & Design activities;
• Identification / implementation of software, hardware & system improvements / rectification;
• Site assessment and planning for servicing customer installed base
• Work under own initiative with minimal supervision and provide our customers with the highest levels of service possible.
• Understand the needs of our customers and markets. Build a relationship & partnerships with our external customers as well as our internal colleagues.
• Continuously seek to add value to the services provided.
• Always aim to achieve first time fixes / solutions leading to reduced breakdown times and lower costs to the customer.
• Take full responsibility for Environmental, H&S when on site and ensure control measures are in place in the field. This will include completion of relevant risk assessments, method statements and undertake all relevant legislative training requirements.
• Ensure the service levels and growth expectations of the Siemens Service Support and Training Business are met and exceeded.
• Co-ordinate service activities on customer site, to ensure compliance with rules/requirements
• Technically demonstrate and explain issues and solutions with customers and end users.
• Technical training of customers on the equipment including how to operate and perform maintenance tasks.
• Feedback to relevant team members where issues persist on site with recommendations of improving product/documentation/Warranty case going forward with Customer and Business.
• Provision of 24 hour standby facility (on a rota basis);
• Provision of a Technical Support facility (on a rota basis).

Requirements
What do I need to qualify for this job?

• Applicants should be qualified to HNC, HND, Degree level or equivalent in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
• 5 - 7 years experience in a related industry
• Candidates should have sound diagnostic and analytical skills combined with an in depth knowledge of commissioning and fault finding of Industrial Automation and Instrumentation systems.
• Previous experience of working within a service organization will be essential as will the experience of working with multi-vendor PLC systems, SCADA packages, DCS systems, Instrumentation, databases and high level programming languages.
• Knowledge of MES systems or process analytics would be an advantage.
• The successful candidate will be required to work on their own initiative and as part of a team, with good communication skills and the ability to liaise confidently with customers in a high-pressure situation.

Due Date:Not Specified.

How To Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online

Service and support engineers at siemens nigeria