Engineer II - Field Service

Vertiv; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking an experienced Field Service Engineer/Technical Team Leader for Switchgear Services across Europe, Middle East and Africa with extensive travel. The role involves leading site activities, coordinating testing and commissioning of LV switchgear, and ensuring safety and quality standards at client sites.

Based out of Ireland with travel to sites across the region, you will supervise a team of customer engineers and report to the Technical Manager.

Qualifications

• Recognized qualification in an Engineering discipline.
• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in a site/client facing role.
• Experience with dealing with clients in a professional manner.
• Excellent knowledge of electrical panel testing & fault finding.
• Excellent Understanding of LV Switchgear and Protection devices.
• Excellent Working knowledge of Electrical Drawings/Control Systems.
• Excellent attitude to safety and good understanding of safe isolation and electrical safety.
• Familiar with completing test documentation accurately.

Responsibilities

• Assist delivery of project site works on LV switchgear panels and site reconnection.
• Ensure connections torqued correctly and conduct tests (Ductor, insulation, HV tests).
• Perform preventative maintenance tasks on LV switchgear panels.
• Carry out tool preparation and site documentation for activities.
• Maintain safe working practices on-site and adhere to HSE procedures.
• Lead a team of customer engineers on site and provide close support to Technical Manager.
• Travel to customer sites across defined geographical area.

Skills

Electrical testing

Client communication

Safety awareness

LV switchgear knowledge

Protection devices

Electrical drawings/Control systems

Flexibility/hours

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

PC Software

Job description

Job Description:

Brief Job Description:
Technical Team Leader - Switchgear Services – Travelling:

• To meet current demands and support our customers in the deployment, maintenance, repair and modification of Switchgear Systems in the best possible way there is opportunity for a number of roles within our Services Organisation. To meet this demand, we are recruiting experience Field Service Engineers to provide consistent quality and support to customers across the EMEA region. The roles will be based out of our Ireland Services Operating unit and will support sites across EMEA. The role will involve extensive travel across the region.

Responsibilities and Measurement Criteria with Time investment Needed on Each:

(This will describe the overall core responsibilities of the role, decision making responsibilities etc.)

• Assist Delivery of project site works on LV switchgear panels – Site reconnection involving mechanical and electrical reconnection of switch panels on site:
  
  
  
  • Ensuring all connections are correctly torqued & fastened.
  
  
  • Thorough visual examination.
  
  
  • Low Ohm (Ductor test) across all panel splits.
  
  
  • Insulation resistance and High Voltage Pressure tests.
  
  
  • Electrical Function tests.
  
  
  • Final checks and customer handover.
  
  
  
  


• Assist in the completion of preventative maintenance tasks for all aspects of LV switchgear panels:
  
  
  
  • Non-intrusive visual checks.
  
  
  • Thermal imagery checks.
  
  
  • ACB Maintenance including secondary injection tests.
  
  
  • MCCB Maintenance including secondary injection tests.
  
  
  • Low Ohm (Ductor)/Insulation Resistance checks.
  
  
  • Assist with Re-torquing of electrical connections.
  
  
  • Functional testing.
  
  
  • PDU Maintenance.
  
  
  • PFC Maintenance.
  
  
  • ATS Maintenance.
  
  
  
  


• Preparation of all tools, test equipment and site documentation for project/maintenance activities.


• Daily interaction with back-office personnel.


• Completion of site related paperwork, ensuring documentation is signed off by all relevant parties and uploaded to client portals in a timely manner.


• Responsibility for safe working practices on-site and ensuring all relevant HSE procedures are adhered to.


• Assume Site Person in Charge/Lead Engineer responsibilities.


• Assume a supervisory role for a team of ~ 8 Customer Engineers.


• Provide close support to Technical Manager.


• Be willing to undertake varying levels of security clearance & criminal record checking for customer sites that have enhanced security procedures.


• Attend customer sites across a defined geographical area.

Qualifications:

Required/ Minimum Qualifications:

• Recognized qualification in an Engineering discipline.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in a site / client facing role.


• Experience with dealing with clients/customers in a professional manner.


• Excellent knowledge of electrical panel testing & fault finding.


• Excellent Understanding of LV Switchgear and Protection devices.


• Excellent Working knowledge of Electrical Drawings/Control Systems.


• Excellent attitude to safety and good understanding of safe isolation and electrical safety and safe working practices.


• Familiar with maintaining accurate and detailed completion of test documentation.


• Proficiency in conducting Client Factory Acceptance Tests / Site Acceptance Tests.


• Knowledge of PC Software & reasonable understanding of IT.


• Excellent communicator – ability to deal with difficult clients under pressure.


• Fully flexible to work additional hours and nights/weekends.


• This is a site-based role and majority of work time will be based on-site or travelling, the role will include extensive overseas travel.


• Full driving license is desirable.

Physical & Environmental Requirements: - (To be used majorly for manufacturing jobs.)

• None

Time Travel Needed:

• 100%

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture


• Customer Focus


• Operational Excellence


• Innovation


• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it


• Act with urgency


• Foster a customer-first mindset


• Think big and execute


• Lead by example


• Drive continuous improvement


• Learn and seek out development


• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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