Technical Support Engineer - UK

Deep Sea Electronics Ltd; Hunmanby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday & Bank Holidays

Flexible holiday scheme

Bupa Healthcare package & Life Al

Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity pay

5% Pension contributions

Annual bonus scheme

Job summary

Deep Sea Electronics Ltd is a global leader in generator controllers and related control systems. We seek a Technical Support Engineer to deliver high-quality technical support to external customers and provide product development guidance to internal teams.

You will train customers and staff worldwide, visit sites for sales support or fault-finding, and contribute to documentation and testing of new features.

Qualifications

• Experience with generator control systems and diesel generators.
• Strong communication skills for customer-facing support.
• Solid IT literacy and ability to use remote support tools.
• Able to concentrate for long periods and manage multiple tasks.
• Proven ability to work well in a team and across departments.
• Good time management and prioritisation under pressure.
• Industry experience with generators/diesel gens is preferred.
• Customer-facing experience in a technical support role is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide global technical support via phone, email, remote sessions and face-to-face.
• Deliver training sessions on DSE products and applications.
• Troubleshoot and confirm issues; follow remediation procedures.
• Prepare technical documentation and manuals; proofread documents.
• Support engineering with new features and product development guidance.
• Assist testing and approvals; contribute to product validation.
• Produce monthly activity reports to the global support manager.

Skills

Generator knowledge

Communications skills

IT skills

Concentration

Teamwork

Time management

Diesel gens experience

Customer-based experience

Education

HNC in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Job description

Deep Sea Electronics is a global leader in the design and manufacture of generator controllers, automatic transfer switch controllers, battery chargers, and vehicle and off-highway control systems. With over 200 employees across four continents, we supply our products to customers in more than 150 countries, both directly from our UK head office and through a well-established international distributor network. The Technical Support Engineer is to provide DSE’s external customers with high quality, value adding technical support on the full range of the company’s electronic control modules for a wide range of generator and control applications. Including (but not limited to) renewable energy, backup/emergency power, paralleling with the grid, and other complex applications, engine only functions and off highway implementations.

To provide technical support and product development guidance to DSE’s internal teams including production, engineering, sales & marketing, test & approvals, and other members of the technical support team. Training global and local customers, and internal personnel on DSE product and their applications. Global and local customer visits to assist sales, training, or fault-finding purposes.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing customers with global technical support (training, trouble shooting, commissioning etc.) via telephone, email, remote desktop sessions (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc) and face-to-face on a wide range of DSE product
• Delivering training sessions on DSE products covering technical functions, applications, and common faults
• Test and confirm reported issues from customers. If confirmed follow the company’s procedures and guidelines for remedial action
• Preparation of technical documentation including product manuals and training instructions
• Proofread technical documents authored by other personnel
• Development guidance to engineering on new and existing product features
• Assisting the test and approval department’s comprehensive testing of products
• Technical support to DSE Internal teams including production, engineering, sales & marketing, test & approvals, and other members of the technical support team
• Compliance with internal procedures and documentation
• Submit a monthly report to the global support manager of previous months activities

Internal And External Relationships

• Liaise with other technical support engineers to better understand existing and new products, and their functionality
• Liaise with the engineering and test & approval departments when clarification is required by those departments or technical support
• Liaise with internal sales and marketing providing assistance where necessary
• Liaise with the relevant Business Development Manager (BDM) for their region’s requirements. Keeping them appraised of developments in their area
• Liaise with DSE distributers, customers, integrators, and end users requiring support
• Liaise with 3rd party companies within DSE supply chain providing assistance where necessary

Requirements

• General generator application and system knowledge
• Excellent communications skills
• Confident IT skills
• Ability to work at a high level of concentration and commitment.
• Ability to operate under own initiative as well as possessing strong team working skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Recent experience in the generators and the diesel generator industry
• Relevant experience in a customer-based environment
• Educated to a HNC level in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent by industry experience

Benefits

• 25 days holiday & Bank Holidays
• Flexible holiday scheme
• Bupa Healthcare package & Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity pay
• 5% Pension contributions
• Companywide performance based annual bonus scheme

DSE is an equal opportunity employer. A copy of our statement is available on request.