Job Description
Senior Field service Engineer
Posting Start Date:
9/8/26
Main Location:
Cairo
Requisition ID:
53553
You may be our new
Senior Field Service Engineer
Key responsibilities
- The purpose of this role is to secure the functional efficiency of the filling machine lines at customer sites. The job holder is required to consider the commercial conditions required while performing service and maintenance duties as needed to support customers during their daily production plan.
- Installation & Commissioning: Execute the installation, startup, and commissioning of high-speed SIG filling lines at customer sites.
- Maintenance & Support: Provide expert-level preventive and corrective maintenance to ensure maximum equipment efficiency and uptime.
- Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex electrical and automation faults using PLC programs and HMI interfaces.
- Customer Excellence: Act as the primary technical point of contact for customers, providing on-site support and technical coaching for their operators.
- Performance Monitoring: Analyze technical KPIs (such as MTBF and MTTR) to recommend performance improvements.
You bring these skills, experience & education
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (Power, Automation, or Mechatronics).
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in the Food & Beverage or packaging industry.
- Automation Skills: Strong proficiency in PLC troubleshooting (e.g., Beckhoff, Siemens) and industrial communication protocols (e.g., PROFIBUS, Ethernet).
- Technical Literacy: Expert ability to read and interpret complex electrical schematics and technical manuals.
- Excellent command of the English language (written and spoken).
- High mobility and readiness to travel frequently to various customer locations.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills under pressure.
- Hands-on capability and willingness to work on mechanical issues.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to manage customer relationships effectively.
SIG competencies
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is 'yes', come and join us.
Our promise
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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Contact
SIG Talent Acquisition Team
Phone: +49 246 279 1436
Email: recruiting@sig.biz
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Senior Field service Engineer