Service Technician

Location: Peterhead

Employment Type: Permanent

Job Family – Service Operations

This family is dedicated to delivering excellence in all safety servicing activity for the full range of Survitec safety solutions, through the relentless pursuit of improvement to process, systems, data, standardisation of work and continuous improvement practices.

Job Summary

This role installs, maintains or repairs Survitec products across one or more product categories, focusing on delivering Survitec standard work to maintain and uphold right first time and operational efficiency. Success requires completion of technical product training and the demonstration of applying that learning through competence assessment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Delivers servicing installation, maintenance and repair activity to quality and safety standards and according to standard work routines, focusing on delivering key performance metrics.
• Actively seeks opportunity to drive controlled continuous improvement, identifying and communicating process improvement opportunities, so they can be considered for implementation across the whole service footprint.
• Represents Survitec professionally during customer interactions and uses extensive product knowledge to understand and answer technical questions regarding service requirements.
• Helps specialists set up and test new products or processes; installs complex systems according to training and competence level, seeking guidance and support where needed.
• Carries out preventive maintenance inspections, identifying and diagnosing any requirement for equipment and systems emergency repairs.
• Develops knowledge and understanding of Survitec policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards.
• Obtains authorisation from a supervisor or manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure.
• Works with Service Operations Manager to devise own monthly schedule, ensuring appropriate operational manpower.
• Follows Survitec Health, Safety and Environment policies, procedures and mandatory instructions; identifies and mitigates risks to safeguard the environment and the wellbeing of self and others.
• Develops own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; works towards competence in multiple product lines, to become part of a flexible service operations workforce.
• Develops and maintains an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation and industry best practices through ongoing education and reading specialist materials.
• Follows stores requisition processes to maintain accurate stock levels and records.
• Works with business improvement colleagues to implement standard toolkit and uses experience and work knowledge to contribute to problem solving for process variance, identifying root cause and appropriate corrective actions.
• Creates an environment where everyone in the team can live the Survitec Values.
• Creates an environment where our people feel valued, appreciated and free to be who they are at work.
• Understands, upholds and contributes to creating a safety-first culture within Survitec. Ensures a safe and healthy working environment.

Skills

• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
• Develops and delivers communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Plans and prioritises work to meet commitments aligned with Survitec goals.
• Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
• Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Drives safety culture.
• Demonstrates commitment to delivering real value and confidence to our customers.
• Understands the importance of being the representative of both internal and external customers.
• Demonstrates respect for those customers and is open and transparent about the delivery of service – only promises what they can deliver and delivers what they promise.
• We care for our people, investing in the development of teams and individuals.
• Understands own role within the team and takes accountability for delivery – is good at closing out actions and proactively asks for help when issues arise.
• Communicates appropriately, shares knowledge to develop skills as appropriate.
• Works collaboratively with own team and others to meet business goals.
• Takes time to listen and treats others with dignity, accepting and respecting other people’s points of view or individuality.
• Understands how own behaviours impact others.
• We aim for excellence in everything we do.
• Takes personal responsibility for ensuring excellence, getting the task done on time and to the right standard.
• Consistently achieves targets, even when timescales are tight.
• Committed and passionate about continuous improvement, looking to solve problems and avoid workarounds.
• Takes the initiative and acts with confidence.
• We seek to innovate at every opportunity.
• Takes an entrepreneurial approach to change, being comfortable and willing to try out new methods, processes, ways of working or techniques to make improvements.
• Takes time to understand and explain the rationale for change to support the understanding of self and others.
• We act with integrity.
• Acts in accordance with Survitec Values, especially in situations when it is difficult to do so.
• Represents self and Survitec in an ethical manner that engenders trust from colleagues, customers and external regulators.

Experience and qualifications

Educated to High School level, with 4 GCSEs or equivalent. 1 – 3 years of job-related experience enables the practitioner to operate unsupervised and at fully competent level in a minimum of one Survitec service product line. No formal management experience required for this role.