Field Engineer

Founded in 1968, SKAN is one of the pioneer companies in the specialist areas of cleanroom equipment and the development of isolators for the pharmaceutical industry. Innovative products, customer-specific solutions, and a powerful service and support organization have made SKAN a market leader and an important partner for industry and research laboratories.

At a glance

In this position as a Field Engineer at SKAN, you will become part of a great team with great team spirit that takes care of the maintenance, qualification, and calibration of our systems in the field. The range of systems goes from older models to state-of-the-art filling lines. Both the induction through our SKAN Academy and your several years of professional experience as a Field Engineer will help you to quickly find your way around our environment.
With a high proportion of travel within Europe, exciting challenges, new cultures, and the opportunity to use your know-how internationally await you. Assignments take place on a weekly basis (Mon-Fri) and sometimes over two-three weeks. The position requires above-average temporal flexibility and willingness to travel. International service assignments are planned according to customer needs and can change at short notice. You bring the willingness to adapt flexibly to different assignment times, travel durations, and short-term schedule changes.

Tasks

• Performing maintenance of our systems
• Qualifications, re-qualifications, and inspections of SKAN systems & products in the pharmaceutical environment
• GMP-compliant documentation of test protocols
• Calibration and adjustment of sensors
• Filter integrity testing and ventilation qualification
• Replacement and repair of components as well as troubleshooting service assignments on isolators

Hardskills

• Basic technical training and/or higher technical educational degree (mechanical engineering, mechatronics, polymechanics or similar)
• A few years of experience in the service technology environment are very advantageous
• Experience in the GMP environment or in the field of isolator technology is very desirable, but not a must
• Very good English skills are required, German skills are an advantage
• Due to the travel activity, a residence in the Basel / Allschwil area is recommended or openness to moving there

Softskills

• Enjoyment of working in a team
• Precise and careful way of working
• High level of personal responsibility
• Pronounced temporal flexibility and high willingness to adapt to short-term changes in assignment planning, as well as high flexibility regarding travel times, assignment duration, and short-term scheduled customer assignments
• High flexibility due to sometimes short-term changes in the assignment schedule
• Confident and professional appearance towards the customer
• Willingness for Europe-wide travel activity of up to 75%-85%

We offer

• An open and collegial corporate culture
• Freedom for ideas
• Participation in sports and leisure activities
• Promotion through further training, especially at our SKAN Academy
• Intensive and job-oriented induction
• Short decision-making paths and flat hierarchies
• Open communication policy
• 5 weeks of vacation and the possibility for additional vacation days

Further information

We look forward to receiving your complete application documents (CV, diplomas, and work references), which you can submit directly via our career page.

For this vacancy, we rely on direct applications and do not work with external agencies. Submitted dossiers from agencies will not be processed.

If you have any questions, please contact Viviane Braxton.