Field Service Engineer

Kautec Recruitment; Harpole; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Kautec Recruitment is seeking a Field Service Technician to service and repair a range of specialised vehicles at customer sites. The role involves travel to airports, ports, main dealers and industrial facilities, working remotely from the customer’s workshop.

You will operate a fully equipped van, perform preventative maintenance, callouts, and fault analysis from inspection to repair, ensuring high vehicle standards and safety.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of Plant and Vehicle technologies
• Able to follow the repair process from fault analysis to completion

Responsibilities

• Callouts
• Preventative Maintenance
• Emergency Breakdowns
• Pre-arranged servicing at rural sites
• Engine work and diagnostic investigations
• Correction of running defects
• Hydraulics and pneumatics
• Improvement of vehicle standards
• Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections
• Travelling within a designated area to customer sites
• Working with a fully equipped van
• Representing the client at customer sites

Job description

Field Service Technician

We are looking for a talented field-based Engineer to perform a variety of routine servicing, inspections and subsequent repairs to a variety of specialised vehicles supplied by the client to their customers. This will involve representing the client, travelling to their customer's sites and services centres. This could involve working at airports, sea ports, main dealers, manufacturing sites or military installations.

We are looking for a self‑motivated and independent Mechanical Engineer who can travel to our clients various workshops in a designated area providing:

• Callouts
• Preventative Maintenance
• Emergency Breakdowns
• Pre‑arranged servicing at rural sites
• Engine work and diagnostic investigations
• Correction of running defects
• Hydraulics and pneumatics
• Improvement of vehicle standards
• Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections

You will be travelling within a designated area and have use of a fully equipped van. You could be working on cargo and ground support equipment, industrial type tractors and tugs/shunters.

We require an excellent understanding of Plant and Vehicle technologies, and be capable of following the repair process from fault analysis to completion.

The personal qualities that my client are looking for are simple; these are the ethos of an exemplary team member that can represent the company in the best way possible:

• Reliable and punctual
• Enthusiastic, proactive and an innovative thinker
• Abiding by health and safety rules
• A problem solver with a can‑do mindset

Cargo Handling, Roll on Roll off, RoRo, Tractor, Rescue Vehicle, Fire Engine, Ground Support Equipment, Ground Service Equipment.