Field Calibration Technician

Electroserv (Temperature Controls & Sensors) Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded company vehicle

Fuel card with allowances for meals on

Overnight allowance for overnight work

Phone/tablet and tools provided

Company pension

Job summary

Electroserv (Temperature Controls & Sensors) Ltd in Reading region is seeking a Field Calibration Technician to join its field service team. You’ll calibrate and repair process instrumentation for diverse customers, split roughly 50% between fieldwork and the workshop.

The role requires a driving licence, strong communication, and hands-on electronics/instrumentation knowledge. Field travel across the UK with occasional trips to Europe, training opportunities, and a company vehicle are provided.

Qualifications

• Instrumentation calibration experience in multiple sectors.
• A driving licence and ability to travel UK-wide.
• Self-motivation and teamwork with good initiative.
• Flexible approach to working activities and schedules.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Calibrate and repair process instrumentation in field and workshop.
• Maintain a 50/50 split between field work and workshop tasks.
• Travel across the UK and occasional trips to Europe; raise service reports.

Skills

Instrumentation calibration

Field service

Electrical knowledge

Driving licence

Communication skills

Time management

Education

ONC/HNC in electronics or instrumentation and control

Job description

Field Calibration Technician

Location: Reading region (field based)

Salary: £32,000 – £42,000 per annum, fully funded company vehicle and tech, fuel card including allowances for breakfast, lunch and dinner when working away (zero out-of-pocket expenses), paid overnight allowance for every night you spend working away

About the Role

Electroserv is looking for a Field Calibration Technician to join its field service team. You’ll calibrate and repair process instrumentation for high-profile customers in all industries, working for a growing, market-leading company that both sells and services sophisticated process instrumentation.

The role is field based. Applicants within an hour’s commute of Electroserv’s second office in Bramley (RG26) are preferred because of where the client base is.

About Electroserv

Electroserv has been a leader in calibration services for the last 50 years. We’ve grown and opened up new opportunities over the past decade, and we plan to expand further. We work in Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) and offer a complete service, from design and configuration, express delivery and installation through to UKAS accredited calibration and a full project life-cycle service.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Field Calibration Technician, you’ll carry out calibration service and repair on process instrumentation, in the field and in the workshop. Your time is split roughly 50% in the field and 50% in the workshop or office.

Field work covers the UK, with occasional trips around Great Britain and the Continent. You’ll build relationships with clients on site, and raise service reports and test certificates for the work you carry out.

What You’ll Bring

• Instrumentation calibration experience in one or more of these sectors: chemical, life sciences, power, food, steel, water, wastewater, paper, oil and gas, petrochemical
• A driving licence
• Self-motivation, with the ability to use your own initiative and work as part of a team
• A flexible approach to working activities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Assertiveness and the ability to build good working relationships with customers
• Good organisational skills, with excellent punctuality and timekeeping
• Ideally qualified to ONC/HNC level, preferably in electronics or instrumentation and control

It would help if you also have field or customer-facing experience, a CCNSG card, CompEx 1-4 or 1-6, experience in process or petrochemical environments, electrical and controls knowledge, Profibus knowledge and UKAS knowledge.

What’s On Offer

• Employee training, with opportunities to grow and develop
• Company events
• Free gym membership close to the HQ office
• Company pension
• 31 days’ total holiday package, plus Christmas shutdown
• Employer-sponsored office attire
• Employer-funded cash plan that reimburses the optician, dentist, physiotherapist and more
• Free on-site parking with electric and plug-in charging points