Field Instrumentation Engineer at Authentix

Job description

Position Summary:

The Field Engineer, laboratory Instrumentation will be responsible for and focus on the maintenance of the instruments or equipment used for the fuel marker program in Kenya. The objective of this position is to conduct instrument installations, routine planned maintenance, reactive maintenance, operator training on instrumentation or equipment to ensure that contractual agreed quantities of instrumentation or equipment are available to the client and our partners. There will be the need to assist operations in other activity as is required.

Functional description:

• Travel inside Kenya, the occasional travel within the southern Africa region and there me be some international travel further afield required to meet the objectives of the business to install, maintain, train people and support instrumentation or equipment.
• Deliver company maintenance programs to ensure reliability and availability objectives are met
• Attend instrument breakdowns to ensure instruments are repaired in line with company/third party procedures and are available to the client as quickly.
• Train local partner and client personnel as required
• Manage inventory levels of spares for instrumentation and equipment.
• Order spares as is required to ensure Min levels of spares are held in country
• Work closely and flexibly with internal and external clients
• Assist operations as required

Candidate Competencies:

• Experience in the use of and basic maintenance of laboratory analytical equipment
• Possess the ability to perform moderate to complex troubleshooting activities on various lab instrumentation in an independent manner, following required procedures
• Good mechanical aptitude and dexterity
• Excellent communication in written and verbal form
• Possess excellent customer service skills
• Detail-oriented and organized with strong initiative and sense of ownership with all aspects of the job Effective time management
• Technical and practical understanding of the science behind how a GCMS works

Education and Experience:

• BS in Chemistry, Science or Engineering preferred.
• > 1 years’ experience working with technology (Science, engineering, or chemistry)
• Fluency in English both written and verbally

Additional Notes for Potential Candidates to Consider:

• Due to the work requirements of this position in that it is not a normal Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 position;
• The job requires some to be conducted at evenings and or at weekends.
• The job will require some travel at evenings and weekends.
• There is an amount of travelling involved and candidates should have no barriers or impediments to travel by air, road, rail or sea

Factors Resulting in Added Consideration:

• Advanced hands on experience as a laboratory analyst in the preparation of samples for, and the use of Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometers (GCMS) equipment would be advantageous
• Specific experience in the setup, maintenance and basic repair of Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometers (GCMS) equipment would be advantageous