Field Engineer

Search Beyond Limited; Tonbridge and Malling; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Search Beyond Limited is seeking a Field Engineer to commission and service bespoke machinery across UK sites, with travel to Europe on occasion. You will build, install, test and commission equipment, diagnosing faults and providing ongoing technical support to customers.

The role offers varied responsibilities, room to grow, and a path to mastering complex systems within a growing engineering business.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on mechanical engineering skills.
• Experience as field/service engineer or similar.
• Able to read engineering/assembly drawings.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving ability.
• Full UK driving licence and own vehicle.
• Willing to travel across the UK and occasionally Europe.

Responsibilities

• Build and test bespoke machinery and equipment.
• Assemble components from drawings.
• Test equipment and verify performance before on-site handover.
• Install and commission equipment at customer sites.
• Diagnose mechanical, pneumatic and electrical faults.
• Provide ongoing servicing and support.
• Participate in upgrades and improvements.
• Collaborate with engineering teams.
• Travel to customer sites and train users.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Field engineering

Electrical systems

Pneumatic systems

Driving licence

Travel willingness

Tools

Engineering drawings

Job description

Field Engineer - Commissioning & Service

Location: Kent - with UK travel and occasional European travel

Salary: £35000 - £45000 + overtime + expenses + progression + bens, REALISTIC MINIMUM £50K with opportunity to earn £60k ++++

Are you an experienced hands-on engineer who wants more variety, more responsibility and somewhere you can genuinely progress?

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a growing engineering business where you won't be pigeonholed into doing the same thing day after day.

You'll get involved throughout the journey - building and testing equipment, getting it running exactly as it should, installing it on customer sites, fault finding, commissioning and providing ongoing technical support. It's a genuinely varied engineering role where you'll see projects come to life and have the satisfaction of knowing you played a major part in making them happen.

And importantly, this isn't necessarily the ceiling.

For someone ambitious who wants to develop, there's loads of scope to grow, broaden your technical knowledge and take on greater responsibility as the business continues to expand.

What you'll be doing

Your role will include:

• Building and setting up bespoke machinery and equipment
• Working from engineering drawings to assemble mechanical, pneumatic and electrical components
• Testing equipment and making sure everything performs as it should before it leaves site
• Getting involved with machine optimisation, troubleshooting and problem solving
• Installing and commissioning equipment at customer locations
• Diagnosing mechanical, pneumatic and electrical faults
• Supporting customers with servicing, maintenance and breakdown requirements
• Carrying out upgrades, modifications and improvement work
• Working alongside mechanical, electrical, controls and engineering colleagues
• Feeding ideas back into the wider team to help make future equipment even better
• Supporting and training customers once equipment is operational

You'll have plenty of autonomy, but you'll also have the backing of an experienced engineering team around you.

What are we looking for?

We're deliberately keeping this fairly open.

You could currently be working as a Commissioning Engineer, Service Engineer, Machine Builder, Mechanical Fitter, Assembly Engineer or in another hands-on engineering role where you've gained strong experience with machinery or automated equipment.

More important than your exact job title is your ability to understand how machinery works, build it, diagnose problems and get it running properly.

You will have:

• Strong hands-on mechanical engineering skills
• Ideally worked as a field engineer previously
• Experience working from engineering or assembly drawings
• Good fault-finding and problem-solving ability
• Some exposure to electrical and pneumatic systems
• Experience working with machinery, automated equipment or similar engineered systems
• The confidence to work independently when required
• A professional approach when dealing with customers
• A good level of physical fitness, happy to carry out heavy lifting regularly
• A full UK driving licence and your own vehicle
• A willingness to travel across the UK, with occasional trips further afield

Why consider it?

Because this is much more than a straightforward service role.

You’ll have the opportunity to work across build, testing, installation, commissioning, servicing, fault finding and improvement projects, giving you exposure to far more than you’d typically get in a narrowly defined engineering position.

The business is growing, which means there is genuine scope for the right person to progress with it. If you’re ambitious, technically curious and keen to keep learning, there is plenty of opportunity to broaden your role and take on more responsibility over time.

So, if you’ve reached the point where you want a role that gives you variety, challenge and somewhere to actually go with your career, we’d love to hear from you.