Field Service Engineer

Hunter Selection; Gayton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment consultancy is seeking a Field Service Engineer for a role that involves onsite installations, maintenance, and customer training across the UK. The ideal candidate will have engineering qualifications with a mechanical bias and experience in field service, particularly with material handling equipment. This position offers opportunities for regular paid overtime and additional benefits including a company van, phone, and health insurance.

Benefits

Company van provided

Regular paid overtime

Expenses paid

Excellent training provided

Company phone & tablet

25 days holiday + bank holidays

5% company pension contribution

Free workplace health and life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience working in field service is beneficial.
• Engineering qualifications are required.
• Mechanical bias is important.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite installation and commissioning for new machinery.
• Offer high-level technical support onsite.
• Conduct onsite training for customers.
• Prepare detailed report sheets in a timely manner.

Skills

Fault finding and problem-solving

Experience in field service

Mechanical bias

Knowledge of production processes

Education

Engineering qualifications

Tools

Material handling equipment

Conveyor systems

Job description

Field Service Engineer

£32-35,000

Stafford ST16

Commutable from Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Telford, Derby

Benefits

• Company van provided
• Regular paid overtime and night shift allowances (If required)
• Expenses paid
• Excellent training provided
• Company phone & tablet
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company pension contribution of 5% after probationary period
• Free workplace health and life insurance after probationary period

This is a rare opportunity to join a market leading company that design, manufacture, and install some of the worlds most advanced automated processing solutions. This company supply into a diverse range of industries and sectors and supply into some of the biggest companies and household names in the country.

They now require an additional Field Service Engineer with a mechanical bias to provide exceptional service to their client base throughout the UK. You will be required to perform on-site inspections, site surveys, maintenance and service, installations, commissioning, and customer training. This is a varied role and offers you the chance to work with a genuine market leader and work on some of the most advanced and exciting facilities in the UK.

Role & Responsibilities

• Provide onsite installation, validation, and commissioning for new machinery on customer sites
• Provide high-level technical support and expertise onsite for the customer along with any trouble shooting, service and repair of machinery and equipment
• Provide onsite training for customers
• Prepare report sheets with detailing information in a timely manner
• Work on a variety of vertical elevating equipment such as pallet hoists, boxlifters, and bucket elevators
• Covering the whole of the UK with regular stay away and occasional weekend and night work

Knowledge, Skills, and experience

• Experience working in field service will be beneficial to any candidate applying
• Engineering qualifications
• Mechanical bias
• Experience working on material handling equipment and conveyor systems
• Excellent fault finding and problem-solving ability
• Knowledge and experience of production processes and equipment

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Suitable candidates should apply immediately by calling Jack Lavis for this vacancy – or by sending your CV directly to him at the provided contact details.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note that as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.