Equipment/ Facilities Engineer

[phester]

Do you think that 29k is a good salary for an equipment enginner. I graduated in 2004 as a mature student. I have been in employment since 2001 in technician roles and have worked for approx 1.5 years as an enginner. Do you consider experience as a technician experience. I would but I bet HR have other ideas

 

[Purple]

No.
We are paying graduate (mechanical) engineers with 3-5 years experience €36'000 plus overtime. Having said that we are very fussy about who we hire.

 

[phester]

Just curious.

What sector would that be in.

Is it medical or pharma.

As it seems to be impossible without direct FDA or GMP experience to get these type of positions. ISO 9002 does not get any recognition within the recruitment agency sector

 

[SineWave]

As it seems to be impossible without direct FDA or GMP experience to get these type of positions

Appreciate your frustration, but it is not impossible. Get to the interview (put what they want to see on first pages of CV) and propose the middle-ground.

A middle-ground could be to agree on their lower starting salary on the basis of a review in 6 months along with completion of probationary period. That allows the risk to be shared. You won't stay if they don't raise, if they don't raise you won't stay.

At 6 months bring everything to the table. I had to go through it and had 18 years related experience, but without FDA! FDA type criteria is something IMHO most HR don't understand themselves, but use it as a filter.

On another note, relating to your your heading, facilities engineering and equipment engineering are two different disciplines, unless it's an "all-rounder" they're looking for.