Field Service Engineer

Staffbase Recruitment; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer of woodworking machinery is seeking a Field Service Engineer for service and repair activities in South East England. The ideal candidate will have strong mechanical and electrical maintenance experience, ideally with CNC or woodworking machinery. This role offers a competitive salary with benefits including a company vehicle, travel expenses, and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Credit card

Fuel card

Door to door pay

28 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Excellent mechanical and 3 phase electrical maintenance experience.
• Knowledge of CNC or woodworking machinery would be ideal.
• Good customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for machine service and repair activities throughout South East England.
• Carry out fault find and repair work on pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Electrical maintenance work will include fault find and repair on motors.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Customer service skills

Communication skills

Tools

CNC machinery

Woodworking machinery

Job description

Overview

Our client is a leading manufacturer of woodwork machinery and due to continued business expansion Staffbase have been appointed to recruit for the position of Field Service Engineer.

The successful candidate will be responsible for machine service and repair activities throughout the South East England.

Benefits

Excellent package including overtime with 'door to door' pay, company car + credit card, fuel card, generous daily expenses allowance. OTE £45K - £50K per annum

Role

Reporting to the service manager you will be responsible for effective delivery of professional mechanical & electrical maintenance, service and repair of woodworking machinery.

• Mechanical maintenance activities will involve the removal and replacement on broken and worn component parts such as chains, sprockets, linear bearings, and ball screws.
• Carry out fault find and repair work on pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Electrical maintenance work will include fault find and repair on motors, servos, 415v and 24v circuits (ability to read electrical schematics/drawings is essential).
• Machine installation & commissioning

Candidate

The successful candidate will have excellent mechanical and 3 phase electrical maintenance experience and knowledge of CNC or woodworking machinery would be ideal. You will demonstrate good customer service and communication skills and you will be of a friendly disposition. Applicants with previous woodwork machinery or CNC machine maintenance experience would be beneficial.

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary and a OTE £42K - £48K
• Company vehicle, phone , laptop
• Credit card, fuel card
• Door to door pay + OT
• 28 days annual leave