Field Service Engineer- Brazil

Job Summary

The Field Service Engineer is responsible for the start-up, testing, preventive maintenance and repair at client sites. Position requires air travel, on-call status, strong AC/DC power electronics and customer skills.

Responsibilities include air travel 50% of the time leaving on Monday and returning on Friday but may require weekends on occasion for start-up, testing, preventive maintenance, and repair services of Ferro resonant and PWM power inverters, phase-controlled rectifiers, phase conditioners and voltage regulators, static transfer switches, and large storage batteries at client sites.

This position would be in the Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro area. Primary travel would be within Brazil and South America. The Field Service Engineer – Brazil will work from home and travel to client sites.

Qualifications

Requires an Associate of Science in Electronics/Electrical Engineering Technology with 3 years of experience preferred or Military equivalence and 3 years of experience in a similar field preferred.

Must be willing to travel and able to work autonomously with minimal supervision.

Must have effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.

Need to multitask, and be capable of managing complex projects.

Strong AC/DC Power electronics and application skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is beneficial.

Physical Requirements

Medium work: Exerting up to 75 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and make fine discriminations in sound.

Repetitive Motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that the duties and responsibilities are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the individual(s) with this job description. The individual(s) maybe called upon and required to follow other instructions or perform other duties/responsibilities requested by his/her manager, consistent with the purpose of the position, department and/or company objectives.