Site Support IT Engineer - Warton

WeAreTechWomen; Warton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal pension plan

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Flexible holidays

Job summary

DXC Technology is seeking a Site-based Desktop Support Engineer for a secure location in Warton, with occasional support at Samlesbury and Preston. The role requires SC Security Clearance and the right to work in the United Kingdom.

You will provide on-site field support, installation, servicing and repair of systems, and you will liaise with customers and client engineers to gather requirements and resolve issues. A solid grounding in engineering principles is essential.

Qualifications

• SC Security Clearance required.
• Experience with company hardware, software and equipment.
• Experience supporting customer technology and requirements.
• Experience with process and/or system design concepts.
• Experience with programming languages, operating systems and software.
• Experience applying engineering principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site field support including installation and servicing.
• Answer questions and resolve issues; escalate when needed.
• Liaise with customers on admin and technical matters.
• Analyse system problems and prepare reports.
• Assist in applying engineering principles to design and processes.
• Collaborate with client engineers to gather requirements for solutions.
• Assist in designing basic technical programs.

Skills

Security clearance

Hardware & software

Customer tech

Process design

Programming languages

Engineering principles

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Description:

Site based engineer on a secure site at Warton, with possible support provided at other site within the vicinity – Salmesbury and Preston as examples.

Due to the nature of the work and the customers we support, the successful candidate must be eligible to meet UK Government and contractual personnel security requirements, including the applicable residency requirements for the role, and have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Some roles may also be subject to nationality requirements where these are necessary to meet UK Government or contractual security obligations.

Main responsibilities:

• Provides on-site field support to customers including installation, and servicing and repairing of systems and equipment.
• Answers customer questions and resolves issues. Refer other issues/questions to appropriate personnel/service area/manager for follow up, testing and troubleshooting.
• Acts as a liaison with customers on administrative and technical matters for assigned projects.
• Performs analyses and prepare reports on system problem trends and issues.
• Assists in applying engineering principles and practices as they relate to system design, process flow and/or discrete modelling.
• Interacts with the client's engineers, as necessary, to gather information, design changes, requirements, etc. to compile information for the overall solution design.
• Assists in the design of basic technical programs for projects or enhancements to existing programs.

Detailed Job Description:

This is a full-time permanent position working 37.5-hours per week, Monday - Friday between the hours of 07:00 - 19:00.

Working as part of the On Site Support team you will gain access to a large library of training courses and accreditations to help further your skills and development.

We also offer an excellent benefits package including personal pension plan and various other flexible benefits including private medical cover, life insurance and flexible holiday to name a few.

Due to the nature of our client's work the successful candidate will need to either hold or be able to obtain SC Security Clearance. For this reason we are only able to progress with applications from British nationals.

This role is primarily site based at Warton, but will involve support for supported sites such as Samlesbury aswell as adhoc support opportunities.

As a Desktop Support Engineer you will:

• Provide on-site field support to customers including installation, and servicing and repairing of systems and equipment.
• Carry out Security Audits of all devices holding Data on the network by Scanning and reporting
• Answers customer queries and resolves issues. Refer other issues/questions to appropriate personnel/service area/manager for follow up, testing and troubleshooting.
• Act as a liaison with customers on administrative and technical matters for assigned projects.
• Assists in applying engineering principles and practices as they relate to system design, process flow and/or discrete modelling.
• Assists in the design of basic technical programs for projects or enhancements to existing programs.
• Break-Fix of all in-scope managed devices
• Asset Management & Stock Management
• Managing the lifecycle of loan user equipment
• Act as a central point of contact for the customer
• Software and system fault diagnosis, analysis and fix
• Take responsibility for stock used and follow the correct procedures regarding stock management
• Proactively keeping the customer updated with problem status at all times
• Identifying and reporting risk as appropriate in accordance with the guidelines.

Essentials Skills/Qualifications

• SC Security Clearance
• Experience working with the company's hardware, software and equipment products
• Experience working with customer technology and support requirements
• Experience working with process and/or system design concepts
• Experience working with appropriate programming languages, operating systems and software
• Experience working with engineering principles and practices

Desirable Skills/Qualifications

• Basic Network Knowledge (Patching, tracing switch information etc.)
• Service Now Ticketing System Experience

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