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• Must have a technical qualification (e.g., Engineering or related)
• Previous experience in the water treatment industry is highly preferred
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills are essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) is required
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be willing to travel to client sites

• Installing, servicing, and maintaining water treatment equipment at customer sites.
• Commissioning and installing water treatment plant solutions.
• Conducting routine inspections, troubleshooting, and repairs to ensure optimal system performance.
• Monitoring water quality parameters and making necessary adjustments to treatment programs.
• Providing technical support and training to customers on system operation and maintenance.
• Documenting service visits, maintenance activities, and customer interactions.
• Assisting the sales team with technical expertise and recommendations.
• Ensuring compliance with safety standards and environmental regulations.
• Managing spare parts inventory and coordinating with procurement for replenishment.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers to ensure high service satisfaction.

We’re looking for Field Engineer with a background in Civil / Structural Engineering to join our Engineering team. This is no ordinary engineering job, as ours is a uniquely high-performing and supportive working culture.

About Hilti :

Hilti is where innovation is improving productivity, safety and sustainability in the global construction industry, and beyond. Where strong customer relationships are creating solutions that build a better future. Where there is pride and a sense of belonging across our 120 locations, carrying right into our lives and homes. Where people are exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers.

Role Responsibilities :

Your Role Responsibilities will be as follows :

• Secure technical business opportunities through specifications and provide ongoing technical support to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the sales teams to convert specifications and approvals into sales, while fostering expertise in our engineering products among sales personnel.
• Maximize sales potential by identifying and pursuing sales opportunities with targeted customer groups and projects.
• Manage sales and application processes for key regional projects, coordinating all engineering and sales resources effectively.
• Develop, analyze, and manage business plans to cultivate and expand sales within your assigned customer base.
• Utilize your consultative selling skills to convince clients of the value proposition of our technical products, software and services.
• Build strong relationships with clients, helping them find innovative and cost-effective solutions.
• Provide engineering support and training to both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring top-quality service delivery.
• Cultivate relationships with key decision-makers to secure product specifications within your assigned segment.
• Attain specifications and drive sales opportunities through targeted interactions with consultants and contractors.
• Collaborate closely with the sales team to address client concerns using our engineering solutions and proactively generate new business leads.

We’re proud to rank in Great Places to Work as one of the world’s best multinational workplaces.

What do we offer :

You would be joining a company ranked 12th as a Top Employer, making Hilti a great place to work. We’ll give you the necessary resources you need to excel in your role, including one-on-one coaching, and a complete support network to help you day to day. We’ll offer you opportunities to move around the business – to work abroad, experience different job functions and tackle different markets.

What you need is :

To be successful in this role, you will need :

• Bachelor's degree or advanced diploma in civil engineering or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the construction industry obtained by working either on-site or in a consulting office.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software applications.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Collaborative team player with a strong work ethic and a commitment to continuous learning.

Why you should apply :

• Contribute to the success of a growing and innovative company in a dynamic industry.
• Work in a collaborative and supportive team environment that values diverse perspectives and experiences.
• Gain exposure to various aspects of the business, expanding your skillset and knowledge base.
• Make a tangible impact on our clients' success through your technical expertise and problem-solving skills.
• Enjoy competitive compensation and benefits package, including opportunities for professional development.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Field Engineer Gauteng • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Job Description Summary

As an Ultrasound Field Engineer, you will be responsible for meeting the daily service repair needs of customer equipment and driving customer satisfaction through Service Excellence. You will develop and maintain strong interpersonal relationships with customer representatives.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced troubleshooting, installation, maintenance, and repair on designated equipment.
• Interface daily with doctors and technicians regarding equipment status issues.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by maintaining regular communication, resolving issues, and following up appropriately.
• Maintain accurate customer service logs and internal service records promptly.
• Properly maintain and calibrate tools and test equipment.
• Identify sales opportunities, communicate with the account team, and support business growth in the assigned area.
• Collaborate with the local team to deliver efficient and cost-effective service.
• Manage warranty and PMS contract costs.
• Complete all administrative tasks on time, including FMI and PMS inspections documentation.
• Assist and mentor other Field Engineers in troubleshooting and technical repairs.
• Lead in complex and multifunctional rooms.
• Maintain compliance with ISO 9001 quality standards according to GE Service Quality Policy.

Required Qualifications

• National Diploma, B-Tech Degree, or equivalent qualification.
• Strong technical and analytical skills.
• Experience in Field Services; ultrasound expertise is a plus.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of specific modalities or multiple modalities.
• Ability to promote growth and shared learning within teams.
• Fluent in English.
• Effective communication skills across diverse teams and communities.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong customer service skills, tactfulness, and effectiveness in handling differing opinions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to build positive relationships, manage conflicts, and foster networks inside and outside the organization.
• Continuous professional development and knowledge sharing using relevant technologies.
• Deliver high-quality, customer-focused outcomes, work methodically, take initiative, and lead tasks confidently.
• Perform well under pressure, maintain composure, embrace feedback, and balance work-life demands positively.
• Contribute to team cohesion, communicate openly, support colleagues, and uphold standards.
• Adapt to change, embrace new ideas, and pursue personal and professional growth.

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Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Key Skills

Active Directory, Technical Documentation, Windows, On-Site Support, Test Equipment, Linux, Internet, Preventive Maintenance, Technical Assistance, Troubleshooting, Problem Resolution, Setup, Hardware, Technical Support, UNIX

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Canonical Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and very few roles based in offices. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring an Alliances Field Engineer to help our biggest partners (companies like Intel, Nvidia, Google, Dell, HP, Accenture, Tata and the like) understand and embrace our open source platform for themselves and their customers.

Our worldwide field engineering team apply expert insights to real-world customer problems, enabling the enterprise adoption of Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes, AI/MLOps and a wide range of associated technologies. We are experts in the whole open source stack, from kernel to desktop, from cloud to the edge. Our team is also interested in business problems - building things reliably, efficiently and cost-effectively, and we have to learn to speak the language of our customers and their industries.

We help global companies embrace public and private cloud infrastructure, cloud native operations, and open source applications. For this team we are looking for several Alliances Engineers to support OEM (hardware manufacturers), GSI (global system integrators), ISV (independent software vendors), Channel partners and Public Cloud alliance partners. You will support various alliances and partners of Canonical to adopt our products and technologies, help business leaders to define joint go-to-market programs with partners from the technical standpoint.

We often say that our field engineers have 'the hardest job at Canonical' because customers can ask about any aspect of our solutions and products and expect a thoughtful, well-informed answer. We always want to do the best thing for our partners and customers, regardless of our company interests, and field engineers are the people we trust to ensure that is true.

Location : This is a home-based role, we are hiring worldwide.

What your day will look like

• Understand Ubuntu, Linux, networking and services in real-world environments
• Architect cloud infrastructure solutions like Kubernetes, Kubeflow, OpenStack, Ceph, and Spark either On-Premises or in Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Architect and integrate popular open source software such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Cassandra and NGINX
• Help partners to offer and architect joint solutions utilizing Canonical's technologies on top of the public clouds and in the data center
• Design and publish joint Reference Architectures and perform technical validations with various partners
• Prepare and run onboarding sessions/workshops with various partners' teams to promote Canonical products and solutions
  
  

• Extensive experience with Linux (Ubuntu preferred), Kubernetes, Ceph, software automation
• Experience designing and implementing solutions on top of public or private clouds
• Python and bash understanding, troubleshooting skills
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• High motivation, ability to multi-task and follow-up reliably on commitments
• Interest in customer-facing engagement, including pitching, demonstrating and understanding customer environment and needs
• Interest in new technologies like LXD, Juju and Snaps
• Ability to travel globally up to 30% of the time
• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related technical field experience
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Server/Field Engineer – Johannesburg - R20 000 – R25 000 p.m (depending on experience and qualifications)

A leading company in Johannesburg is looking for a skilled Server/Field Engineer to manage, maintain, and optimize server and network environments for its clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot Windows & Linux servers
• Manage virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Handle backup, disaster recovery, and security compliance
• Administer Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and file servers

Requirements:
? 3+ years experience in server administration
? Expertise in Windows & Linux environments
? Familiarity with scripting & automation (PowerShell, Bash)
? Strong knowledge of cloud & monitoring tools (AWS, Azure, Nagios)of
? Own transport required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industry certifications (MCSA, MCSE, RHCSA, CompTIA Server+)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Expertise with monitoring tools (Nagios, SolarWinds, Zabbix)