Do you enjoy the practical hands-on elements of engineering and have the desire to work on industry-leading, highly complex equipment?
Ready for your calling? This specialist technology provider is searching for a well-rounded Service Engineer to join their team. (Equipment training and certification provided).
Why This Company?
My client is an innovative manufacturer and supplier of advanced scientific instrumentation, supporting researchers and industrial organisations with cutting-edge analytical instruments. Backed by sustained investment and significant growth, the business has developed a market-leading portfolio that includes proprietary technologies manufactured in-house, alongside comprehensive service and calibration capabilities.
Having experienced rapid expansion across Europe, the company continues to invest in its people, processes and infrastructure while maintaining the entrepreneurial culture that has underpinned its success. This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation where innovation, collaboration and commercial ambition go hand in hand.
Rewards & Benefits
- €50K – €75K Basic Salary (salary dependent on experience)
- 8% Holiday Bonus
- €1.5K Company Bonus
- Lunch Allowance
- Company Car (Private fuel covered)
- Company Expense Card
- Full rate Pension
- All local requirements
- Fantastic training program
About The Role
Following completion of your training, as a Service Engineer you will work from a home office and cover the Netherlands.
Responsibilities include:
- Spending time between customer sites and my clients Netherlands workshop. Any travel is conducted Mon-Fri and therefore doesn’t encroach onto the weekends.
- Visiting Netherlands customers to complete reactive problem solving (50%), preventative maintenance (40%) and new equipment installations/commissioning (10%). Some of the most advanced equipment can take up to 2 days to complete an installation and also 2 days for planned preventative maintenance.
- Visiting major industry (80%) and research and academia clients (20%).
- Liaising with customers directly to schedule the service visit.
- Decommissioning equipment for site relocations.
- Conducting routine service and calibration work, alongside more reactive maintenance, including fault finding and problem resolution.
- Working on equipment including both hardware and software ranging from €100K to €300K in value.
- Completing service visit reports.
- Handling service tickets, gaining the equipment log file and using TeamViewer where possible to gain remote access to their equipment.
About You
The successful candidate will possess at least 1-2 years of service engineering experience, gained working on complex equipment, which could include but not limited to, Analytical Instruments, Spectroscopy, X-Ray Microscopes, Electron Microscopes (SEM / TEM), Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), Thermal Analysis, Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Elemental Analysis, Laser Deposition, Spectrometers, X-Ray CT Systems, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), Particle Accelerators, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Particle Analysis machines or similar.
A degree level education or above is beneficial, but not essential.
It is, however, essential you have a logical and methodical approach to finding faults and be comfortable spending time away from home when needed. (2 nights per month depending on your location).
A valid local driving license is essential, as is the rights to work in the Netherlands. Candidates must possess professional level spoken English. Although Dutch is beneficial, it is not required.
My client doesn’t offer sponsorship.
Interested in this role? Here’s what happens next…
Click the apply button to send us your CV. If we think you’re a great fit for this role, we’ll be in touch in the next couple of days.
Thank you for taking the time to read about this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you,
Team Mase.
Job Ref: 169-4346
Service Engineer – Analytical / Scientific Instruments
Location: Based anywhere in the Netherlands
Keywords: Service Engineer, Field Engineer, Senior Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Customer Support Engineer, Installation Engineer, Support Specialist, Technical Specialist, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronic, Physics, Chemistry, Industrial Metrology, Material Science, Analytical Instruments, Laser Technology, X-Ray CT Equipment, MicroCT, Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopes, SEM, TEM, Atomic Force Microscopes, AFM, Particle Analysis, X-Ray Diffraction, XRD, X-Ray Fluorescence, XRF, Magnetics, Electrical Discharge, Photonics, Spectroscopy, Spectrometry, X-Ray Microscopes, Gas Analysis, Gas Analyser, Raman Spectroscopy, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, OES, Elemental Analysis, X-RAY Microscopes, Thermal Analysis, Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, XPS, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, EDS