Service Technician

Do you have broad technical knowledge, and would you like to work with advanced (offshore) equipment? Do you like variety in your work, do you want to independently assemble and test, and do you enjoy giving training to our customers at home and abroad? Then we are looking for you for the role of Service Technician within our organization!

Monday morning. Cheerfully you step into the service hall. You immediately get to work on a customer’s scheduled service. You can really enjoy it when it’s successful, because the systems you work with are complex. Next month you’ll even leave for a foreign country to give training to the operators there on how to use this machine. It’s not often you get on the plane yourself, so you’re looking forward to it. Carefully you inspect the machine. Every operation and test contribute to the flawless running of this unit.

While you’re tinkering with concentration, an urgent call comes in. A malfunction in one of the machines. Whether you guys can fix this. The service coordinator makes sure you can get to work right away, because not much later the machine is ready for you. Fortunately, you find the solution in no time: a disturbance in the control technology. It’s a quick fix and, thanks to you, the customer has a working machine again within an hour. He is impressed: “Thanks, great that I can use the machine again right away!”

About the position

• As a Service Technician, you are the person when it comes to maintenance, service, testing and commissioning of new and already operational machines.
• No two days are the same for you. One day you are taking delivery of a new machine and the next day you are performing regular maintenance on a Track-Truck that is several years old.
• You are all-round in the field of mechanics and hydraulics, but also know how to manage when it comes to electrical engineering.
• Every week you work on a service assignment. Such an assignment varies from fixed checks to problems or malfunctions.
• You will coordinate with the service coordinator, but you will also search for and solve malfunctions independently.
• Several times a year you will provide training and instructions to our customers, both in-house and abroad.
• An estimated 80% of the time you will work at our own location, performing mostly regular maintenance. Occasionally you will work on location at our customer or in the workshop. This can also mean performing offshore work. 

Where will you work?

We are A.P. van den Berg, an innovative family business based in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, that designs, builds and supplies CPT systems for onshore and offshore soil investigations. Our customers are spread all over the world. We are continuously working on innovations in the field of CPT systems. The equipment, instruments, software, etc. are completely developed and made in-house. Our company consists of about 60 employees and the company culture is characterized by: pride in your work, respect for each other, working together and continuing to learn and adapt. We are growing in various areas. We don’t do crazy things, but we are far from standing still. Not in our products, but not in our operations either.

What does our organization look like and what can you find with us?

A.P. van den Berg is a playground for technicians. Innovation is in the DNA of our company and its people. When you join us, you will be working in a multidisciplinary team of enthusiastic professionals, who enjoy working on innovative developments. The service hall will be the domain for you as a Service Technician. Here you work independently, but the other technicians are always nearby. Furthermore, you will be the sparring partner of the service coordinator.

What do we ask of you?

• Do you have secondary vocational education (MBO) working and thinking level and a technical background in a relevant direction, for example Mechanical or Electrical Engineering?
• Do you have knowledge of hydraulics and vehicle technology and affinity with electronics?
• Do you enjoy solving problems and do you manage to switch between different service issues?
• Do you have good communication skills and are you able to communicate your knowledge in both Dutch and English?
• And do you see yourself working in the described position?

Then respond immediately!

Colleague Jasper tells us about being a Service Technician at A.P. van den Berg

“Hi, I’m Jasper. When you join us in the workshop, we become colleagues. I started as an intern at A.P. van den Berg. During my internship I became very enthusiastic and got the chance to stay here. In the two years that I have been working here I have learned a lot about the technology in our machines. The challenge and specialism of our technology is what makes working here so much fun. In addition, we have a nice team of specialists here, which you too can become part of.

In our assembly hall we are close to the service hall and we are busy making the systems of our probing machines and working on the complete construction of the machine. But that’s not all. Besides building up, we also do the repairs and maintenance of our machines. This happens both in the factory and on location, in the Netherlands but also worldwide, onshore and offshore!”