Field Engineer

LGH Benelux; Tilbury; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Performance bonus

Quarterly bonus

Yearly bonus

Additional leave

Bereavement leave

Company pension

Enhanced maternity leave

Enhanced paternity leave

Free parking

On-site parking

Private medical insurance

Referral programme

Sabbatical

Sick pay

Job summary

LGH Benelux is seeking a Field Engineer to perform daily preventative maintenance and repairs on suspended access equipment, and to install new customer projects in line with Working at Height regulations.

You will troubleshoot emergencies, liaise with customers on safety issues, and provide quotes to the office for required parts and labor. Training will be provided, and career progression into a fully qualified Field Engineer role is available.

Qualifications

• Clean driving license.
• Experience working with heights.
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily preventative maintenance and repairs on suspended access equipment.
• Install new customer projects in line with Working at height regulations.
• Troubleshoot emergency breakdowns and liaise with customers on safety issues.
• Provide details to the office for quoting maintenance, repair or installation work.
• Update Simpro with jobs, assets, and evidence uploads.
• Record pass/fail status and defects in asset records.

Skills

Clean driving license

Experience working with heights

Ability to work independently or.Coll?

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Summary Of The Role

As a field engineer, you will be responsible for the daily preventative maintenance and repairs on suspended access equipment and installation of new customer projects as required in conjunction with the Working at Height Regulations. Troubleshooting on emergency breakdowns and liaising with the customer concerning potential repairs and safety-related issues found during routine work. Provide details to the office for quoting for the pricing of any items required for maintenance, repair, or installation work.

Summary Of The Role

As a field engineer, you will be responsible for the daily preventative maintenance and repairs on suspended access equipment and installation of new customer projects as required in conjunction with the Working at Height Regulations. Troubleshooting on emergency breakdowns and liaising with the customer concerning potential repairs and safety-related issues found during routine work. Provide details to the office for quoting for the pricing of any items required for maintenance, repair, or installation work.

Overview Of Accountabilities

Core Focus

• Fall Arrest and Life Safety Lines
• Eyebolts – fall restraint and abseil
• Gantries and walkways
• Guardrails
• Ladders – fixed and portable
• General lifting equipment
• Ensuring that health and safety regulations and guidelines are followed at all times and to comply with British Standards.
• To highlight any further works required following service or reactive works.
• Support of other divisions when required

Customer Engagement

• Address Customer Inquiries: Responsively attend to customer inquiries, offering comprehensive and accurate information to address their queries promptly.
• Report Additional Works: Following Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) visits, meticulously report all necessary additional works, providing a transparent overview of the equipment's condition.

Site Surveys & Reporting

• Accurate Record Keeping: Systematically record all pertinent details during site surveys, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the equipment and any additional requirements.
• Reporting to Line Manager: Communicate all findings, observations, and project requirements promptly to the line manager for further analysis and action.

Simpro Job Management

Accurately complete all assigned jobs within Simpro, ensuring job cards are closed in a timely manner and in line with company procedures.

Asset-Level Reporting

Ensure all assets are correctly recorded within Simpro, including:

• Accurate pass/fail status
• Clear identification of defects
• Confirmation where assets are missing, removed, or altered by others

Work Notes & Tech Notes

• Clients receive sufficient context for inspection outcomes
• Internal teams have the technical detail required for quoting and compliance

Photographic & Evidence Uploads

Upload clear, relevant photographs and supporting information to Simpro to substantiate findings, defects, and completed works.

Remedial Identification & Quoting Support

Clearly identify remedial works arising from inspections or servicing and provide accurate information to support office-based quoting, including parts, labour, and access requirements.

Compliance & Audit Readiness

Ensure all Simpro records meet internal quality standards and external audit requirements, supporting compliance with applicable regulations and British Standards.

Customer Care

• Ensure High Levels of Customer Satisfaction: Strive for excellence in customer satisfaction by consistently meeting or exceeding their expectations.
• Professional Representation: Uphold the company's image by representing it in a professional manner at all times, fostering positive interactions with customers.

Order Management

• Clear and Concise Customer Reporting: Provide clear and concise reports to customers regarding project progress, ensuring transparency and understanding.
• Timely Document Forwarding: Facilitate efficient order management by ensuring all relevant documentation is accurately compiled and forwarded to stakeholders in a timely fashion.

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Clean driving license.
• Experience working with heights.
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable

• Previous experience in a simlar role.
• Engineering knowledge

Training and Development

• Full training will be provided, including classroom-based and on-the-job learning.
• Opportunity to gain certifications in working at height safety standards.
• Career progression opportunities into a fully qualified Field Engineer role.

The Field Engineer plays a vital role in the success of the engineering team by maintaining strong communication channels, managing customer expectations, and ensuring the efficient execution of projects. This position requires a combination of technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality service to clients.

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY & WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Rotrex is a business providing winch hire, sales, and support worldwide and high-level cradle and fall protection equipment services across the UK. With locations in the UK, Holland, Belgium (and soon Germany), we can cover the majority of the European countries quick and with an outstanding service. Rotrex Group has two specialist businesses, Rotrex Winches and Rotrex OnSite, both providing industry-leading products, services, and support. Across the group we have highly skilled and experienced teams of engineers whose focus is to deliver the highest levels of service for our customers.

Rotrex Winches provides specialist lifting and pulling winches and equipment as well as related services such as project management, planning, training, and support. Our exclusive winch brands in the UKand the EU includes OMAC, Thompson, Colt,

and Wharton.

Rotrex OnSite manages the maintenance of high-level cradle and fall protection equipment, as well as cradle inspection, testing, and operator training. We ensure safe working conditions and legal compliance for our customers. These activities are carried via our locations in the UK.

Benefits

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus
• Quarterly bonus
• Yearly bonusAdditional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sabbatical
• Sick pay

LGH is one of the UK’s leading lifting equipment rental companies.

As a family-owned company for over 50 years, we have made a name for ourselves by combining the highest quality equipment, unrivalled expertise, and impeccable safety standards. We support customers across the globe through continuous investment in our equipment, people and IT systems. LGH adds specialist knowledge and know-how to your operation and excellent customer service, lifting your team as well as your load. From a simple toe jack for manual handling, to sophisticated spreader beams for larger loads, we offer the widest range of lifting equipment, on call and ready for delivery, backed by expert advice and on-site expertise.

LGH Winches

LGH Winches is UK’s winch specialist with the largest range of winches in Europe and a true global capability, unrivalled winching expertise and a nationwide support network.

LGH Winches has a 40-year history as the UK’s leading provider of winches and winch expertise & support including maintenance, inspection, testing, refurbishment, and installation of high-level access and fall protection equipment. The team has over 500 years collective winching expertise with wide industry experience across numerous sectors and applications including energy & renewables, infrasturure, cable installation, offshore cable pulling, pipelines and wind farms.

• Trailer Mounted Winches
• Base Mounted Winches
• Cable Drum Trailers
• Onsite Services

Rotrex OnSite

We are the UK’s leading provider of expert cradle maintenance services, fall protection equipment, cradle inspection/testing and cradle operator training. We are trusted by organisations large and small for our reliable service and fully trained experienced engineers.