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Technical Advisor - Thruster Controls

Technical Advisor - Thruster Controls

An exciting opportunity has arisen as Technical Advisor in the Global Customer Support - Technical Support and Engineering Department. In this role you will be working with the Thruster Control product systems; MCON and Helicon X3, as well as the Advanced Maneuvering products autopilot, autonomy, energy optimization and positioning systems.

As a Technical Advisor you will handle and deliver services, technical support and participate in engineering tasks to customers, and to Kongsberg Maritime's Global support network. This includes technical support, technical documentation, upgrade design support and technical sales support.

If you are comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and solution-oriented environment, we would like to hear from you.

Key accountabilities

  • Provide Technical support, troubleshooting of delivered thruster control systems to vessels worldwide using support tools or sending service engineers
  • Collaboration with customers and internal departments in Kongsberg to resolve technical product issues in the sailing fleet
  • Discover and provide feedback of recurring problems and general product improvements to the engineering department 
  • Participate in the creation and define best "ways of working" in service-documents to be used by internal and external customers 

Qualifications and experience

  • Bachelor's degree or technical education in Automation, Electronics, IT or other relevant experience
  • Knowledge of integrated systems; Thrusters, Power electric, Hydraulic, network, software and Integrated control systems
  • Fluent communication skills in Norwegian and English, both verbally and written

This employment may require security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority. For more information visit www.nsm.no.

You are able to

  • act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
  • adhere to company rules and procedures and execute plans with commitment and determination
  • use a methodical and systematic approach, plan ahead, define clear priorities and allocate resources effectively
  • analyse complex issues and problems and come up with rational judgments
  • communicate in a clear, precise and structured way
  • co-operate well with others, share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

What we can offer you
With us, you will be offered a competitive salary and benefit packages with good development opportunities in an international environment. We have flexible work hours and holiday arrangements in addition to a good pension and insurance scheme. We offer an inspiring and safe work-environment and the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future.
A Technical Advisor is usually a part of the duty-phone rotation in the department. Training in both the product portfolio and management tools will be given.

Recently graduated students are encouraged to apply

Work location
Ulsteinvik or Ålesund

Point of contact
Stig Worren

Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is a global marine technology company, providing innovative and reliable technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including: merchant, offshore, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries. Kongsberg Maritime is part of KONGSBERG, an international, knowledge-based group delivering high-technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defence and aerospace

Our Global Customer Support division is responsible for Kongsberg Maritimes services, upgrades and support in the aftermarket. Our 2300 employees are present in 35 different countries around the world. During the operational lifetime of more than 30.000 installations, we ensure cost-efficient delivery of services, upgrades and spare parts in order to secure availability and predictability to our customers.

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions. We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

WORLD CLASS – through people, technology and dedication