At a Glance
- Tasks: Join IBM as a Customer Engineer, providing tech support and hardware installation.
- Company: Be part of IBM, a leader in technology and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, shift uplift payments, and comprehensive training.
- Other info: Flexible shifts, travel opportunities, and a supportive team environment await you.
- Why this job: Gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge tech and develop valuable skills.
- Qualifications: No specific education required; just bring your problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
System Services Representatives are the primary technical interface to clients for the coordination of hardware and software support and delivery of operational services.
Engineering Support Activities
Initially working alongside senior engineers assisting with technical and multi-person support activities across a range of products including hand-held devices, laptops, base-level servers and network equipment. The successful candidates will develop broad and deep technical support skills that will include hardware support to Data Centre products – Server, Power, Storage & Mainframe. Full training will be provided.
Shift Pattern
IBM TLS provide 24/7 maintenance coverage to our clients. It is mandatory that the successful candidates will be required to join the territory shift rotation pattern with their SSR colleagues. A shift uplift payment is paid in addition to salary each month. ‘Out of hours’ working health assessment is available.
Your Role And Responsibilities
This is an opportunity to join the IBM Customer Engineering team providing break-fix and hardware installation activities to a variety of IBM logo and multi-vendor hardware platforms.
Location Statement
These roles are ideally based in the following locations with the expectation of reasonable travel elsewhere within shift hours: Hampshire, with expected travel across the South of England; North London / Home Counties, with access to the M25, North Circular, A1 and M1, and convenient transport links into Central London.
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Able to adopt manual handling practices based on appropriate training
- Manual dexterity
- Be able to use hand tools and simple test equipment
- Have enhanced objection handling skills
- Creative and analytical problem solving skills
- Physical and cyber security awareness
- Be able to recognise service level targets and work unsupervised to meet them
- Work in a controlled and structured way
- Show considered decision making
- Varied working hours and shift patterns
- Eager to learn new skills and new technical platforms
- Flexible and adaptable
- Able to uphold IBM brand image
- Able to effectively communicate to different groups of people
- Broad knowledge of the consumer and business IT marketplace
- Have a sound basis of IT competences
- Ability to work independently – whilst at all times being supported remotely
- Able to integrate into a pre-existing team
- Full UK driving licence
- Security Clearances may be required to meet Account requirements
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to demonstrate that actions taken have delivered resolution to a given problem
- Client facing skills
Preferable But Not Essential
- Experience of working on IBM logo products
- Experience of working on Cisco network products
- Experience of working as a field engineer
IBM System Service Representative - Customer Engineer employer: IBM
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering our System Service Representatives a dynamic work environment that fosters technical growth and collaboration. With comprehensive training, competitive shift uplift payments, and a commitment to employee well-being, our team enjoys a supportive culture that values innovation and professional development. Located in Hampshire and North London, our roles provide convenient access to major transport links, making it easy for employees to connect with clients across the South of England.
