Is The Field Engineer Job Board Unique? Check Now
In answer to the question: “Why do I think The Field Engineer Job Board is unique?”
Here is my answer.
Our company goal is to support field engineers through their careers
If you are working in field engineering, The Field Engineer company goal is to support you through your career.
The Field Engineer community is built to enable field engineers to network through a global community of engineers from all fields of field engineering. We have members from over 100 countries.
You can join community here.
Why we created the Job Board
Our Job Board exists uniquely to support the careers of engineers who work in the field and the teams that support them in customer Service and Support. We aim to make this Job Board the go to Job board for field-based engineering across the world. To offer a Job Board like no other.
Why Recruiters should post their vacancies on this Job Board
If you offer genuine career opportunities, we have your back.
Whether you work for a major corporation, a recruitment agency, an RPO company, or any other type of organisation, if you hire or recruit engineers who work in the field you are welcome to post your vacancies on our Job Board.
Our goal is to help you fill your vacancies
We want you to succeed, so we can support the engineers that our company was created to support.
If you are offering good career opportunities that will enable our community of engineers to enhance their lives and careers, we want to support you.
So, we promise that any paid job postings that do not receive a job application are entitled to be extended for a further 30 days. You just have to request to extend it.
We will also offer support on how you could improve your job advertisements if we see any areas where we believe you might get a better outcome.
What is a field engineer?
A field engineer is someone who works in different locations and installs, services, repairs, tests, maintains and updates equipment, machines, and systems. Whatever the industry or technology, field engineers use their theoretical understanding of engineering concepts and practical designs to carry out their work.
Some field engineers train clients or end users. In other situations, they manage whole engineering or technical projects. They may also carry out on-site inspections or perform safety checks
More and more software installation or software updating is part of field engineers’ client visits because many equipment users do not want their equipment to be remotely updated in case it leaves them open to cyber-attack.
Field sales engineers are not as hands on but still need to understand the technology they are selling. They face many of the same challenges as other field engineering professionals.
Field engineering industries
Field engineers can work in any industry or technology. The most known industries are manufacturing, construction, electronics and semiconductor, telecommunications, energy, oil, and gas industries.
Other industries which need field engineers are medical, mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, environmental, scientific instruments, consumer products, transport systems, rivers and waterways, server farms and IT …. The list is almost endless.
Types of field engineers who might use The Field Engineer Job Board
There are a lot of people working in field engineering who do not have the job title of field engineer or field technician.
Some examples of job titles without the word ‘field’:
Coiled tubing engineer,
Biomedical engineer,
Commissioning engineer,
Geotechnical engineer,
Offshore structural engineer,
Wind turbine technician.
Again, the list is almost endless.
What they do
A key part of working in field engineering is that technical skills and knowledge needs to be matched with customer facing, relationship building and communication skills.
Field Engineers can be the eyes and ears of their company within their client’s sites.
In addition to filing regular technical report detailing their visit, they may also report on a project status, feedback questions, concerns, and requests. Field engineers can be asked to conduct research and gather data whilst on site. Also, Field Sales and Service Engineers are key to selling and introducing new products to clients as often they are the part of the organisation who is seen in person.
The eyes and ears of the company on the client’s site
Field Service Engineers can see how their company’s equipment is being used, they speak to the people operating the equipment, they can find out what the operators think of the equipment and how easy and pleasurable it is to use. This can help with new product suggestions, and improvements in user interfaces, keeping clients happy, as well as helping to gain more orders for the company’s equipment.
The future of field engineering
Field engineering is changing all the time because technology is constantly evolving. As technology evolves, field engineers will need to adapt, learn new skills, and accept change.
Augmented Reality (AR) is increasing the amount and quality of remote support. However, it can only enrich the work carried out in the field and not replace it. The person on the ground still needs to have skills and experience and have strong communication skills in order to make best use of remote support.
Climate and field engineering
Field engineering requires travel, and often global travel.
One of the major challenges for the future of field engineering is how to get the job done, while reducing field engineering’s carbon footprint. There are many locations which are inaccessible without using carbon emitting technologies. With large tool cases and other equipment to transport, public transport is not always an easy option.
Smart cities will not function without different types of field engineering teams.
Some engineers, for example software engineers, can work in one location and never travel. However, end users need field engineers where their equipment is located.
Emerging technologies that will require field engineers
There are dozens of emerging fields in engineering that may not be well known yet but will soon become popular as they grow more sophisticated over time. As technology continues to improve, the future of field engineering will change as well.
If your work fits the description of field engineering given above, then The Field Engineer Job Board is for you.
If you are looking for a job in field engineering or customer service in any of its forms you can upload your CV or resume to our CV library and sign up for Job Vacancy Alerts.
If you recruit engineers who fit the description given above, then you should be posting your vacancies on The Field Engineer Job Board.
The Field Engineer Job Board offers all new companies that register a free Bonus – one Free Job Posting just for registering your company and creating your Free company page on The Field Engineer Job Board.
If you have not posted here before, you can get your Free Job Posting Here
Our Goal is to support field engineers through their careers
If you are working in field engineering, our company goal is to support engineers like you through your career in field-based engineering and customer service and support.
Our The Field Engineer community is built to enable engineers like you to network through a global community of engineers from all fields of field engineering. You can join the community here