Jr. Service Specialist, Building Automation - Co-op (May-August)

Job description

Change the future with us.

We are passionate about innovations that mean real progress. We are excited about technologies that still need to be developed. What about you? Do you want to use your curiosity, passion, and creativity to make the lives of millions of people easier and better? Join us as a graduate –either by beginning your career with us or through a co-op placement. Whichever path you take, we’re looking forward to seeing your perspective.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Competitive total rewards package
• 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.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2023, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2023 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

This is an ideal opportunity for a student to gain practical experience and explore a career with us!

In this role you will receive mentorship from a Senior Technician or Technical Advisor when performing the following:

What will you do?

• Work safely by following the highest standard of safe work procedures and abiding by all applicable legislation and regulations
• Represent Siemens at a range of customer premises in an appropriately professional manner
• Work in collaboration with partner companies and their representatives
• Diagnose problems, determine corrective action and repair BAS systems
• Perform preventative maintenance and diagnostics on BAS system components
• Document problems for your customer, discuss, and advise them on the best course of action
• Provide field information as needed to the central dispatcher and other administrative support
• Identify and bring forward additional business opportunities including time and material work, system extensions, upgrades, and service contact expansion
• Complete repairs, replacements, upgrades, adjustments, and calibration on BAS systems by following written instructions
• Pursue ongoing learning in order to keep up with changes in the industry, new products and technologies, and new customer requirements.
• Conduct training and development classes for customer operators and technicians
• Assist delivering technical support coaching and direction to end users and colleagues
• Ensure that all records are kept up to date including, drawings, service records, and instructions

Location: Greater Toronto Area

Contract length: 4 months, with the possibility of extension.

What will you need to succeed?

• Currently enrolled in a college, or university in electrical, control or instrumentation engineering, information technology/computer engineering or mechatronics programs.
• Diagnostic skills: ability to systematically identify and resolve technical problems
• Ability to deliver high quality service to a variety of customers
• Ability to stay calm and professional under pressure, willing to communicate and work though complex problems
• Autonomy, resourcefulness and strong organizational skills
• IT literate and possess proficiency in Windows applications, including MS Office suite
• Must be available to travel to customer sites, using a personal vehicle or public transportation
• Assets: Knowledge of building mechanical systems; training and certification in a related trade; understanding of the Building Code as it pertains to automation; specific technical knowledge of Siemens building automation systems.

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

For over 110 years, Siemens Canada has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality and reliability. Active across Canada, the company focuses on intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems and on automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Siemens brings together the digital and physical worlds to benefit customers and society. Through Mobility, a leading supplier of intelligent mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is helping to shape Canada’s passenger rail services. Via its majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, Siemens is also a leading supplier of medical technology and digital health services. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.

Making a difference together we raised $757,000 towards charitable contributions, support over 23 non-profit organizations and planted 1,100 trees in our local communities. Siemens Canada has 2,500 employees from coast-to-coast and 24 office and production facilities across Canada. Join our team of approximately 293,000 talented professionals in more than 190 countries/regions and help us tackle the most exciting challenges to build a successful future together. So, what are you waiting for? Take your next career step with us.

To learn more about Siemens Canada, visit our website at www.siemens.ca

While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Siemens is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, Siemens Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities to support participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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