Field Engineer

Orion Group; Fort William; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Aquaculture services company is seeking an experienced Field Service Engineer in Fort William. The role involves travel to customer sites for servicing, maintaining, and commissioning systems while providing technical support. Familiarity with variable speed drives, PLCs, and good mechanical/electrical understanding is essential. The position offers paid overtime, travel allowances, and opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

All overtime hours paid at time and a half

Overnight inconvenience allowance

All travel time paid when working away from the workshop

Enhanced pension scheme

Life assurance

Private health care

Private use of company vehicle

Training & development opportunities

Flexible working applications considered

Qualifications

• Experience as a Field Service Engineer or technician within Aquaculture or similar service sector.
• Familiar with variable speed drives, motors, gearboxes, feedback sensors and PLCs.
• High level understanding of mechanical and/or electrical disciplines; good IT skills.
• Good communication, self-motivation, willingness to learn and ability to work flexibly.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites, including Orkney, Mainland, Western Isles and Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites to service, maintain, install and commission systems.
• Repair and service equipment at the Fort William workshop.
• Complete on-site risk assessments and adhere to company policies/procedures.
• Fill in daily timesheets and job sheets electronically.
• Provide day-to-day technical support and advice for our systems.
• Occasional on-call cover over weekends as part of a rota system.

Skills

Field Service Engineering

Mechanical understanding

Electrical understanding

IT skills

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Flexibility

Tools

Variable speed drives

PLC systems

Motors

Gearboxes

Feedback sensors

Job description

Overview

Field Service Engineer. Are you an experienced engineer/technician within the Aquaculture industry or similar service sector? Familiar with variable speed drives, motors, gearboxes, feedback sensors and PLCs? The role will primarily require travel to customer locations to service, maintain, install and commission systems on customer sites. In addition to this, you will be required to repair and service equipment at the workshop in Fort William. Training will be provided on the client's equipment and products. As part of work tasks, you will also be required to complete on-site risk assessments, whilst adhering to various company policies/procedures, including filling in daily timesheets and job sheets electronically. Good communication skills, being self-motivated, a willingness to learn and prepared to work flexibly to meet the demands of the job are also required. A high level and understanding of mechanical and/or electrical disciplines are essential along with good IT skills. The successful candidate will provide day to day technical support and advice for our systems. There is a requirement for travel to customer sites, including locations in Orkney, Mainland, Western Isles and Ireland. Sometimes this travel will be at short notice, through time, you will also be required to provide on-call cover over weekends as part of a rota system.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites to service, maintain, install and commission systems on customer sites.
• Repair and service equipment at the Fort William workshop.
• Complete on-site risk assessments and adhere to company policies/procedures.
• Fill in daily timesheets and job sheets electronically.
• Provide day-to-day technical support and advice for our systems.
• Occasional on-call cover over weekends as part of a rota system.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience as a Field Service Engineer or technician within Aquaculture or similar service sector.
• Familiar with variable speed drives, motors, gearboxes, feedback sensors and PLCs.
• High level understanding of mechanical and/or electrical disciplines; good IT skills.
• Good communication, self-motivation, willingness to learn and ability to work flexibly.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites, including Orkney, Mainland, Western Isles and Ireland.

Benefits & Conditions

• All overtime hours paid at time and a half.
• Overnight inconvenience allowance.
• All travel time paid when working away from the workshop.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Private health care.
• Private use of company vehicle.
• Training & development opportunities.
• Flexible working applications will be considered.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our role in supportingdiversityandinclusion As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment