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Field Service Engineer Bio-Processing and Life Sciences - Southwest England Job Details | Getinge Jobs by Category Jobs by Category Field Service Engineer Bio-Processing and Life Sciences - Southwest England Date: Jul 15, 2026 Location: Derby, GB Company: Applikon Biotechnology UK branch Remote Work: Field With a passion for life Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers. Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it. Field Service Engineer Bio-Processing and Life Sciences Location: Southwest England (Field Based) If you’re an engineer who enjoys fault-finding, working hands-on with complex equipment, and seeing the impact of your work in the field, this could be your next move. Every system you service, calibrate, and repair plays a direct role in patient safety and infection prevention. That’s why we invest in our engineers not just with training and tools, but with real autonomy, clear progression, and work that genuinely matters. The role We’re looking for an experienced Field Service Engineer to support our Bioprocessing and Life Sciences portfolio across the Southwest England . You’ll work directly with hospitals and healthcare facilities, carrying out preventative maintenance, diagnostics, repairs, and validation ensuring critical equipment performs exactly as it should, every time. This is a true field-based role with a high level of independence, backed by strong technical support from our UK Service Office, Service Managers and our Technical Services Department. What you’ll be working on As a Service Engineer at Getinge, your work is varied, technical, and customer-facing: • Service, test, calibrate, and repair specialist medical equipment to defined standards • Carry out scheduled preventative maintenance in line with service contracts and SLAs • Respond to breakdowns and urgent repairs efficiently, offering on ‑ site and remote support • Diagnose mechanical, electrical, electronic, and instrumentation faults • Support customers in regulated environments, ensuring uptime and compliance • Produce accurate service, maintenance, and validation documentation • Complete work orders and reports using Salesforce service asset management systems • Manage service parts inventory, returns, and quarantine of defective components • Maintain and calibrate service tools and test equipment • Ensure full compliance with Getinge QMS, quality standards, and ESD requirements • Build long ‑ term relationships by owning and supporting assigned customer sites • Share field insights, quality feedback, and customer issues with internal teams About you You’re an engineer first and foremost and are comfortable working independently in the field, confident in front of customers, and calm under pressure. You likely bring: • A qualification (or equivalent experience) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronic Engineering • Experience as a Field Service Engineer or onsite maintenance engineer, ideally in Life Sciences, pharma, biotech, or a regulated process environment • A solid technical foundation across instrumentation, mechanics, electrics, and electronics • Strong organisational skills and a calm, methodical approach under pressure • Confidence working directly with customers in production or laboratory settings • Good IT skills for service software, diagnostics, and reportingA willingness to travel up to 80% of the time across your region to support customer sites Desirable but not essential: • Knowledge and experience of service/testing of sterilisers and/or bioreactors devices • Experience in a maintenance/service engineer field-based or onsite role, supporting multiple customers • Comprehensive training on Getinge systems is provided, what matters most is your engineering mindset and willingness to learn. Development & progression We take development seriously. Through our Engineer Career Progression Pathway, your skills are assessed and as your capability grows, so does your reward. Training is delivered by our in-house technical specialists, with access to global expertise and manufacturing support. What we offer • Competitive salary with engineer bonus scheme • Clear, structured progression and pay banding • Electric company vehicle with home charging point • Private healthcare • Travel and subsistence allowance • Flexible working patterns where possible • Enhanced family-friendly policies • Perkbox shopping discounts • Employee Assistance Programme • Gold Award status in the Better Health at Work Scheme We have a commitment to sustainability and therefore we travel only when necessary and have a strong push towards reduced CO₂ impact across our operations. About Getinge With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimise workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries. About us With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries. 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