Field Service Engineer - Cork

Job description

3408071
Additional Cities

Cork
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Healthcare
Business Segment

Healthcare BioPharma
Function

Services
Country/Territory

Ireland
Postal Code

T45 AV60
Role Summary/Purpose

The role will report into the UKI Field Service Management structure.
Territory Ireland and UK – some EU support may be required but will be by x-boarder support request only.
Essential Responsibilities

This position will be filled by an experienced field service engineer who has been active in the Life Sciences, Cell/Gene therapy and chromatography fields. Initially the individual will be trained in AKTA chromatography and Cell therapy instrument portfolio. Full product training with be given, with progression against a defined and tiered skill set expected to take approximately 3 years. Individual technical and personal development will be supported by the Field service management tier and formal mentoring with experienced engineers.

Onward progression will be by merit and opportunity within the wider UKI/EMEA/Global teams/products and the evolving installed base.

·  The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate aptitude towards rapid, parallel and repeatable execution of defined maintenance tasks to an aggressive timetable.

·  Be highly organized, Key Business Objectives (KBO’s), pegged to the bonus structure will be defined.

·  Naturally driven to eliminate “wastes” at every opportunity, cognizant of the benefits of continual small improvements in areas that are under local control.

·  Pedantic in action, precise in documentation, approachable in demeanor.

·  Resilient in the face of internal and external customers’ demands to divert from primary task, but flexible enough to recognize the rare occasions that a concession may be necessary.

·  The role will be 100% customer facing, all tasks can be carried out from the field via the mobile tools provided, or, subject to sufficient progression may be required to participate in our remote diagnostics/fix program which would typically represent 20% of the working week.

Candidates should note that this role will be in scope for the proposed transition of GE Biopharma to Danaher and will transfer to Danaher at close of this transaction.
Qualifications/Requirements

·  HNC/Degree in engineering/scientific discipline or suitable transferrable experience or equivalent knowledge or experience

·  Location: Cork and surrounding area, Dublin and surrounding area.

·  Can demonstrate through activity based examples from the workplace, aptitude to a field based technical role.

·  Established IT skills, the ability to configure/extend a home router/network for example and/or demonstrated ability of networking of Life Sciences or chromatography equipment in the field.
About Us

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Primary State/Province

Munster
Primary City

Cork