Resident Service Engineer – Netherlands

Resident Service Engineer – Netherlands

Centrax Nederland BV, is seeking a resident Gas Turbine Service Engineer to carry out all aspects of service and maintenance activities to ensure the highest quality of support for the customer at all times.

A positive professional work attitude, friendly demeanour, technical insights and troubleshooting skills, good communication skills written and verbal in Dutch and English are key to the position. Furthermore, compliance to company Health and Safety policies and guidelines is essential.

Centrax Nederland BV, is seeking a resident Gas Turbine Service Engineer to carry out all aspects of service and maintenance activities to ensure the highest quality of support for the customer at all times.

A positive professional work attitude, friendly demeanour, technical insights and troubleshooting skills, good communication skills written and verbal in Dutch and English are key to the position. Furthermore, compliance to company Health and Safety policies and guidelines is essential.

Job Purpose:

The role is multi-disciplined, and includes mechanical, electrical and electronic skills. The work is usually carried out at the customer’s site, so the engineer must be able to work on his own initiative and with minimal supervision.

As a resident engineer you must also demonstrate leadership, a willingness to accept responsibility, and the ability to supervise, control and develop other engineers.

For the role you will be part of a small resident service team based out of our Dutch maintenance depot in Zoeterwoude.

This team is further supported by a team of engineers from our English headquarters during busy periods.

Regular travel throughout the Netherlands and Belgium with occasional travel to other locations within the EU is a requirement of this role. Some days away from home in hotel accommodation is a regular occurrence.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Attending site to carry out regular maintenance inspections
  • Fault diagnosis and repair on all Centrax supplied equipment, good trouble shooting skills are a plus
  • Maintaining a good working relationship with the customer
  • Preparation of accurate reports and timesheets using the current Centrax system
  • Work within the current quality management system requirements
  • Prepare and delegate work
  • A good attitude to health and safety at all times
  • To set a good example at all times to other engineers

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Excellent and fluent communications skills, verbal and written in DUTCH and ENGLISH
  • IT skills, including but not limited to MS Office application
  • Education: Energietechniek, Luchtvaarttechniek, scheeps electricien, boord werktuigkundige, mechanische techniek of soortgelijk. Knowledge, experience and interest in industrial and/or aeroderivative gas turbine engines is a plus
  • The role is multidisciplined, work requiring troubleshooting, electrical/control systems knowledge, power generation, and mechanical skills are part of the regular tasks
  • Occasional Independent work and decision making is part of the role
  • Clean drivers licence (B)

Please provide a full CV when applying and also provide an explanation for any gaps in your employment history where applicable, along with your salary expectations.

Closing Date for applications: 11 July 2025

Whilst applications from persons meeting all of the essential requirements are invited, applicants must also be working in the UK or already have the right to do so and, where required, must be able to relocate to within daily commutable distance of Newton Abbot at short notice and at their own expense.

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For Recruiters:
At Centrax we know the precise type of person who would flourish in our business. As such we won’t consider speculative or unsolicited CVs from agencies whether emailed to Centrax employees or the HR team.

We only use agencies who have signed up to our preferred supplier list and have an understanding of our business. Only our selected recruitment partners will earn a fee where we have instructed them directly within a specific remit.

Date of Advertisement: 25 June 2025
Vacancy Ref. 2515