Field Service Technician

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Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.

Competitive total rewards package.

Profit sharing available.

Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.

Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology, and sustaining communities, and make a positive impact on the community.

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Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!

Employee perks and discounts.

Diversity and inclusivity focused.

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Position Overview

Our Field Technician will work in an experienced team and exciting environment supporting Siemens Light Rail Vehicles. Our vehicles connect cities across North America, and the Field Service group works closely with customers, Siemens Mobility departments worldwide, and Field Service teams on site.

The primary goal of the Field Service Technician is to collaborate with the Siemens team to engineer, build, test, and commission products that achieve high customer satisfaction and reliable performance. This role involves planning, preparing, instrumenting, and executing tests on rail vehicles, as well as documenting results through detailed test reports.

The position is based in Calgary, Alberta, with testing campaigns conducted in the field, at dedicated test centers, and on customer alignments.

Responsibilities

Develop expertise in commissioning Siemens Light Rail Vehicles

Develop detailed technical testing plans to support routine commissioning activities

Plan, prepare, instrument, and execute tests, including writing comprehensive test reports

Identify and drive the procurement of equipment and tooling required for commissioning activities

Collaborate with Engineering, Production, Scheduling, Project Management, and Quality teams to streamline commissioning processes

Provide technical expertise and support to field service teams

Mentor Field Service Technicians on commissioning and warranty best practices

Communicate technical feedback and lessons learned to Engineering teams

Perform hands-on work related to instrumentation, commissioning, and testing activities

Contribute to improving product reliability and maintainability through field-based feedback

Required Knowledge, Skills, Education, and Experience

Post-secondary education in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience with demonstrated success in similar responsibilities

Experience commissioning complex products or systems

Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, mentor, develop, and motivate team members

Excellent team-building and facilitation skills

Ability to work across multiple systems and develop expertise beyond a primary engineering discipline

Strong ability to read and interpret electrical schematics

Ability to quickly learn new software applications in a continuously evolving environment

Work Authorization Requirement

Qualified applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada and must not require employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Education, and Experience

Technical degree, Bachelor's degree, or Master's degree in Engineering

Rail industry field service experience

Rail vehicle commissioning experience

About us.

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Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility.

In Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal’s exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.

Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada’s sustainability goals.

To learn more about Siemens Mobility, visit our website at: https://www.mobility.siemens.com/ca/en.html

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