Field Service Engineer

Cressida Consulting; Oldham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cressida Consulting is seeking a Field Service Engineer to install and commission bespoke process systems across the UK and internationally. You will work on diverse projects, from large-scale cooking systems to vacuum cooling technology, ensuring each system performs as intended.

The role requires an electrical engineering background, experience with industrial machinery, and PLC knowledge. Travel flexibility is essential to support customers and the engineering team on site.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering background required.
• Experience commissioning or servicing industrial machinery.
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills.
• Ability to travel UK and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Commission bespoke process machinery.
• Electrical fault finding and problem solving.
• Servicing, upgrades and customer support.
• FAT support and pre-delivery testing.
• Customer training and final handover.
• Collaborate with software and project engineers on challenging projects.

Skills

Electrical engineering background

Experience commissioning or servicing

Electrical fault finding

PLC knowledge

Willingness to travel

Education

Electrical engineering qualification

Tools

PLC software knowledge

Job description

Field Service Engineer

£47,000–£50,000 Basic | £70,000 OTE

North Manchester | UK & International Travel

I'm recruiting for a British engineering company that designs and builds bespoke process systems used by some of the biggest names in food manufacturing. Their equipment helps produce products supplied to brands and retailers including Greggs, Wagamama, Ginsters and M&S.

This isn't repetitive maintenance on standard production equipment.

Every project is different. One week you could be commissioning large-scale cooking systems, the next vacuum cooling technology or bespoke process equipment designed specifically for a customer's manufacturing process.

You'll be trusted to install, commission, fault-find and support equipment on customer sites across the UK and internationally, working closely with both customers and the engineering team to make sure every system performs exactly as intended.

What you'll be doing

• Commissioning bespoke process machinery
• Electrical fault finding and problem solving
• Servicing, upgrades and customer support
• FAT support and pre-delivery testing
• Customer training and final handover
• Working alongside software and project engineers to deliver technically challenging projects

You'll ideally have

• An electrical engineering background
• Experience commissioning or servicing industrial machinery
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills
• PLC knowledge (you don't need to be a programmer)
• The flexibility to travel and enjoy customer-facing engineering

Why this role?

• £47,000–£50,000 basic salary
• Realistic £70,000 OTE through paid overtime and site uplifts
• Bespoke machinery rather than repetitive production equipment
• UK & international travel
• Ongoing training and technical development
• Approachable management and a genuinely supportive engineering culture
• The opportunity to work on machinery supplied to some of the best-known names in food manufacturing