Field Service Engineer

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Generous bonus scheme

24 days holidays, plus bank holidays

Excellent company pension and benefits

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ireland is seeking a skilled Field Service Engineer to deliver on-site and remote service across Europe. You will perform installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of equipment while ensuring safety and quality standards.

The role involves travel to sites and a hybrid working model with office presence in Dublin. You will contribute to service strategy execution and identify opportunities to improve service delivery, working closely with customers and Hitachi teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience as Field Service Engineer within the sector (Transformers knowledge an asset).
• Excellent communication in English, both written and spoken.
• Able to work under pressure, collaboratively and deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Execute service work per instructions, ensuring quality and safety.
• Install equipment, perform routine maintenance, and troubleshoot onsite or remotely.
• Identify service opportunities and contribute to service growth.
• Coordinate with customers and Hitachi teams to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Field Service Engineer

Transformers knowledge

English proficiency

Job description

Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Job ID: R0115031
Date Posted: 2026-03-23
Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY IRELAND LIMITED
Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science
Job Schedule: Full time
Remote: No

Job Description: At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), Inclusion drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centres and e-mobility. Hitachi Energy has an exciting opportunity for a Field Service Engineer, you will contribute to the execution of the Service strategy and Service growth by focusing on delivering timely, high-quality, cost-effective service offerings, solutions, and projects for customers. Execute Service work according to work instructions and in accordance with Hitachi Energy standard processes, quality standards and safety guidelines. Deliver quality customer service to satisfy customers. In close co-operation with customer and other Hitachi Energy teams. Use your initiative and be proactive by identifying new Service business opportunities for Hitachi Energy. You’ll perform service tasks including installation of equipment and routine maintenance and identify technical problems both remotely and on-site in different service categories. The position can offer a hybrid nature (3 days working in Dublin office) with travel to sites as required. (note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position)

How you’ll make an impact

• Allocate, drive and monitor the workload based on content, delivery timescales and competences.
• Use available resources and operate in a responsive manner.
• Ensure materials and components to feed service delivery are available at the appropriate quality for service activities.
• Prepare documents and reports ready for sign off by the customer.
• Ensuring documents are accurate and collated in a timely manner.
• Drive continuous service productivity improvement activities.
• Utilize efficient tools to streamline service processes and applications.
• Ensure service findings are delivered to the product/system local units.
• Comply with health & safety and environmental directives and ensure instructions are in line with regulations.
• Control the area of responsibility so that it is adequately supervised.
• Trouble shoot simple failure equipment and make clear, concise recommendations to mitigate the problem arising in the future.
• Provide recommendations to management for improvement in both operations and customer service.

Your background

• Experienced and qualified Field Service Engineer within our sector Specific knowledge and expertise in Transformers
• Fluent communication in both spoken and written English
• Proficient at working under pressure as part of a team and taking personal accountability to deliver results.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Proficient in health & Safety, environmental directives and safe systems of work in line with both Hitachi and client regulations and standard operating procedures
• Experience in problem solving and driving continuous improvement whilst working to project timelines in a systematic manner.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary package
• Generous bonus scheme.
• 24 days holidays, plus bank holidays
• Excellent company pension and wide-ranging benefits schemes.
• Top quality H&S culture alongside comprehensive training and personal development programmes.

Inclusive Work Environment: We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

More about us We offer fantastic opportunities to work on dynamic, high-impact and cutting-edge industry initiatives that are making a crucial impact to society whilst also offering the vibrancy of working within a world-leading global organization.

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