Offshore Service Engineer

Location: Unit B4 Blackness Trading Estate, Blackness Road, Altens, Aberdeen, GB
Time: Full-time

Company Description

Do you like working offshore where no working day is the same, and you get plenty of challenges? Then you could be our new service engineer!

Who are we?

Since 1836, KenzFigee has designed the most groundbreaking cranes and hoisting systems, sturdy marine cranes, and offshore equipment that have gone on to shape many of the world’s harbors and offshore installations today. With a keen eye for market developments and a focus on innovation, KenzFigee has become a trusted supplier and service provider of customer-specific cranes and equipment for the worldwide offshore oil and gas, wind energy, harbor and bulk handling, and navy and defense industries.

Our people form the core of our success. With a team of around ninety professionals, we operate from our office and workshop in Zaandam and, since 2019, from the UK regional office in Aberdeen. This allows us to experience the entire process up close, from designing to building the cranes and equipment, ensuring ultimate collaboration between all departments. We are a company with a drive; innovation is in our genes!

Job Description

For our branch office, KenzFigee UK, in Aberdeenshire, we are looking for an experienced Service Engineer with PLC knowledge and an advantage.

The duty of the Service Engineer will be to work offsite, onshore, or offshore to carry out maintenance schedules and repairs to offshore cranes or similar offshore equipment. There may be short terms of work at the onshore service base. The Service Engineer supports the client's requirements as directed by the operations and engineering department. You will have excellent experience in hydraulic and mechanical systems.

As a Service Engineer, you will rotate in the Service Department.

For the Service Department, you will be assigned to go to sites that can be all over the world, from Aberdeen to Brazil, from Singapore to the Middle East. On customers’ sites (offshore and onshore), you fulfill an important role to ensure that the cranes or equipment are working properly. This involves assembling, commissioning, testing, and also inspecting, and maintaining the cranes and equipment.

Your tasks within the Service Department on customers’ locations include:

• Carry out maintenance work as per the schedules for the equipment;
• Carry out repairs and modifications as dictated by the engineering department;
• Be competent at understanding and following schematic diagrams;
• Be able to compile daily reports and technical assessments of the equipment as required;
• Be able to fault-find problems and liaise with onshore engineering assistance as required;
• Be willing to train and develop following the competency-graded scheme.
• Troubleshooting;
• Assembling, installing, and testing systems and installations;
• Replacing parts (hydraulic/mechanical/electrical);
• Replacement of steel cables;
• Communication interface on location between customer and the organization;
• Recognize complications;
• Solving technical problems;
• General inspections;
• Investigating identified problems;
• Compiling reports following work done, tests, or investigations at customers or internally.

Qualifications

• Minimum completed college/apprenticeship level of education in a technical direction;
• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience in a technical environment;
• Good knowledge of the English language in speech and writing;
• Preferably experience in at least two of the following disciplines: mechanics, electrics, PLC, and hydraulics;
• Preferably familiar with the offshore safety standards and requirements;
• Able to read drawings;
• Flexible to deploy;
• Team player;
• Professional and positive attitude;
• Independent and proactive.
• Additional Information
• At KenzFigee, we know how to appreciate craftsmanship and initiative. You get an independent job with a lot of responsibility and freedom. You will also experience a collegial, informal atmosphere that encourages you to get more out of yourself. What else do we offer:
• A challenging job where it’s all different every day,
• Working in an international environment,
• Enough space for your personal development and ambitions,