Engineering skills

[goo_so]

Hello Experts

I was lucky to find that forum which contains very useful information

Iam an electric engineer working in sole agent comany I work in field of automatic control using PLC

Recently my company became the agent of leader digital printing manufacture.
My boss gave me a job to hire new engineers for those new machines .

what I need to know what are skills , informations , softwares and courses which should I mentioning in hiring advertising?

could you guys help me in that as soon as possible.

 

[JasonFF]

I might hire someone to do the hiring for you. If you're not sure what skills are required to operate the machine, it might be hard for you to determine if the person applying actually has the skills or not. Even if they are in reality a perfect fit for the job, you might not be able to recognize that yourself.

That being said, do you know what machines you're going to be operating, and what RIP software they are going to operate on? I would get a handle on those details first, which should be established based on what your company is going to be trying to accomplish with the printers.

 

[goo_so]

I might hire someone to do the hiring for you. If you're not sure what skills are required to operate the machine, it might be hard for you to determine if the person applying actually has the skills or not. Even if they are in reality a perfect fit for the job, you might not be able to recognize that yourself.

That being said, do you know what machines you're going to be operating, and what RIP software they are going to operate on? I would get a handle on those details first, which should be established based on what your company is going to be trying to accomplish with the printers.

dear JasonSpr as I mentioned Iam new in this field and will not working in printing I said this is a job (mission) and I will not hire any body just writing the skills in the advertising
I know RIP is a software used to translate the image file to ones and zeros , so the new engineer should has software background but how should this background for example should he know photoshop or 3dmax .
should he know some electric information such as wiring .......

this is what I looking for

 

[JasonFF]

Ok let me try again, the new engineer you're looking to hire: what will be their duties and responsibilities? What do you want to pay them to accomplish?

 

[goo_so]

Ok let me try again, the new engineer you're looking to hire: what will be their duties and responsibilities? What do you want to pay them to accomplish?

Thank you very much sir,

1-install new machines
2-training customer Technician
3-technical support for customer (printing quality - hardware maintenance or any kind of normal and abnormal problem)

mony not my concern it is belong to my boss

 

[JasonFF]

mony not my concern it is belong to my boss

I think I'll hang on to this quote!

One more question - are the machines that are being installed from any specific manufacturer, or any specific models? If so, I'd look for someone who has had the training and has had experience physically installing one of the machines before, setting up the software, and training a customer on how to use them.

Here's an example: to move our iGen3 digital press to another area it costs $10,000. That covers disassembly, transportation, assembly, troubleshooting and testing. The customer training is also expensive and is 15 days long. This covers operation and maintenance of the machine, including troubleshooting and how to replace many internal parts.

In addition to that, Xerox sometimes comes in with 1-3 techs to troubleshoot any problems we encounter. This cost is covered by our per print charge. You will have to work out the financial details of your service agreement in a way that works for your technicians and the customer.

My recommendation is someone with a great deal of experience working on the specific machine you will be installing.

If you don't know what printer you will be working with, or if you want your techs to be capable of installing and fixing any printer, I would look for someone with an engineering degree who is an electrical journeyman, preferably able to code in Python, Java, C++, and Assembly. This person should also be prepared to work 60 hours a week. They should have at least some experience installing large electronics. They should be incredible problem solver. I wouldn't worry about which RIPs they have worked with in the past because they will no doubt soon encounter one they have not worked with. They would need to be very motivated to learn on their own, because there would be a very tough learning curve with this kind of job.

I hope you find who you're looking for!

 

[goo_so]

I think I'll hang on to this quote!

One more question - are the machines that are being installed from any specific manufacturer, or any specific models? If so, I'd look for someone who has had the training and has had experience physically installing one of the machines before, setting up the software, and training a customer on how to use them.

Here's an example: to move our iGen3 digital press to another area it costs $10,000. That covers disassembly, transportation, assembly, troubleshooting and testing. The customer training is also expensive and is 15 days long. This covers operation and maintenance of the machine, including troubleshooting and how to replace many internal parts.

In addition to that, Xerox sometimes comes in with 1-3 techs to troubleshoot any problems we encounter. This cost is covered by our per print charge. You will have to work out the financial details of your service agreement in a way that works for your technicians and the customer.

My recommendation is someone with a great deal of experience working on the specific machine you will be installing.

If you don't know what printer you will be working with, or if you want your techs to be capable of installing and fixing any printer, I would look for someone with an engineering degree who is an electrical journeyman, preferably able to code in Python, Java, C++, and Assembly. This person should also be prepared to work 60 hours a week. They should have at least some experience installing large electronics. They should be incredible problem solver. I wouldn't worry about which RIPs they have worked with in the past because they will no doubt soon encounter one they have not worked with. They would need to be very motivated to learn on their own, because there would be a very tough learning curve with this kind of job.

I hope you find who you're looking for!

Really I cant find words to thank you

1- yes, specific manufacturerand many models
2-the engineer will take training courcse from the manufacturer
3- if the engineer knows Python, Java, C++, and Assembly , will he be qualified for the manufacturer training I mean it will be good background to understand the course items with no Beginner questions
4-may be Photoshop will be needed

 

[Lukas Engqvist]

Maybe a good understanding of PDF would be a great advantage.

 

[goo_so]

Maybe a good understanding of PDF would be a great advantage.

Thank you Lukas very much .Do you think PHP/SQL and HTML will be advantage too

 

[Mark H]

Thank you Lukas very much .Do you think PHP/SQL and HTML will be advantage too

No. You're not looking for a programmer, you're looking for an equipment setup and maintenance person who has experience with certain types of software including Fiery, CREO, perhaps InDesign and Photoshop. This person needs strong mechanical and electrical ability, experience working on similar platforms (for example, a technician on a color toner system might have experience with digital color copiers). Anything else is a bonus.

You should also spell out what amount of time the person will travel, how much they will be expected to lift/push/pull when working/assembling/disassembling/moving the printers (these things are HEAVY).

Mark H