Start your marine automation career as a Marine Field Service Engineer

Are you ready to turn your engineering studies into hands-on experience at sea? Join us as an Automation Marine Service Engineer and support advanced automation systems on cruise vessels and other sea-going vessels. You will learn alongside senior engineers, build practical service skills, and help keep customer systems operating while ships are in service or dry docked. Based in the Quintana Roo / Cancun area, this role offers an international start to your career with customer contact and occasional global travel.

Your responsibilities

·    Provide day-to-day service and maintenance for marine automation systems, both onshore and offshore, while vessels are in service or dry docked.

·    Partner with senior engineers during troubleshooting and repair activities, and prepare software in-house before service work.

·    Participate in system upgrades and small improvement projects, including Distributed Control System (DCS) upgrades with product and operations teams.

·    Support customer service visits, apply safe automation and customer-service practices, and travel globally when required.

·    Follow up with customers after service project implementation to help maintain high customer satisfaction.

Expectations for you

·    You have a degree in Automation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineering, or a related field.

·    You bring a basic understanding of control systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), or automation technologies.

·    You communicate well in English, work effectively with others, and adapt to a fast-paced environment.

·    You are motivated to learn and develop your technical skills through hands-on service work.

·    You are willing to travel and work onboard vessels when required, up to 75%.

To succeed in this role

You combine a foundation in automation or electrical engineering with curiosity, practical problem-solving, and a strong willingness to learn. You work collaboratively with senior engineers, product and operations teams, and customers while adapting to changing onboard service conditions. Clear English communication, attention to safe working practices, and readiness for frequent travel are essential.

We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles—practical behaviours that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:

·    Take accountability – Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through

·    Lead with courage – Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly

·    Build on trust – Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety

·    Collaborate for growth – Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value

We offer

You will join an international service environment supporting advanced automation systems on cruise vessels and other sea-going vessels. The work combines onshore preparation, onboard service, troubleshooting support, maintenance, upgrades, and customer follow-up. You will collaborate with senior engineers as well as product and operations teams while developing practical marine automation experience. This is an opportunity for a recent graduate or early-career engineer to build technical skills through direct customer and vessel work.

We also offer a great benefits package, according to local policies.

When everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.

At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential, never on personal characteristics such as gender, gender identity, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, or political views.

Join the team – and lead the way with us!

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