Field Service Engineer

Automation Experts; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Healthcare benefits

Gym membership

Training and career development

International travel and exposure

Job summary

Automation Experts in Plymouth is seeking an experienced Field Service Engineer (Multi Skilled / Mechanical Bias) to install, commission and service specialist industrial equipment across the UK and internationally. You will diagnose faults, upgrade machinery and provide on-site training and support.

The role involves ~50% travel, including overnight stays, with excellent benefits and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' hands-on commercial/industrial engineering experience.
• Background in field service, commissioning, maintenance or machinery support.
• Strong mechanical and/or electrical engineering skills.
• Full UK driving licence and valid passport.
• Willing to travel regularly throughout the UK and internationally.
• Ability to read technical drawings and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Install and commission specialist industrial equipment.
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and control-system faults.
• Service, repair and upgrade machinery.
• Fault-find systems involving pumps, valves, sensors, pipework and pressure/flow control.
• Test and calibrate equipment and associated systems.
• Carry out software updates and system optimisation.
• Provide remote and on-site technical support.
• Deliver operator and maintenance training.
• Complete service reports and technical documentation.

Skills

Field service

Mechanical & electrical engineering

Fault diagnosis

Read technical drawings

Customer-facing

Problem solving

Education

Apprenticeship

HNC

HND

Degree

Tools

Industrial automation

PLC-controlled machinery

Pumps and valves

Job description

Field Service Engineer

£40,000 - £42,000 + Expenses, Allowances, Door to Door, Excellent Benefits

Plymouth - Approx. 50% UK & International Travel. Ref: 25752

Are you an experienced Field Service Engineer (Multi Skilled / Mechanical Bias) with a strong background in industrial machinery?

The Role:

• Install and commission specialist industrial equipment
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and control-system faults
• Service, repair and upgrade machinery
• Fault-find systems involving pumps, valves, sensors, pipework and pressure/flow control
• Test and calibrate equipment and associated systems
• Carry out software updates and system optimisation
• Provide remote and on-site technical support
• Deliver operator and maintenance training
• Complete service reports and technical documentation
• Feed customer and field experience back into engineering teams
• Travel approximately 50% across the UK and internationally, including overnight stays

The Person:

• Minimum 3 years' hands-on commercial/industrial engineering experience
• Background in field service, commissioning, maintenance or machinery support
• Strong mechanical and/or electrical engineering skills
• Confident fault-finder and problem solver
• Able to read technical drawings and documentation
• Comfortable working directly with customers and independently
• Engineering qualification such as Apprenticeship, HNC, HND or Degree, or equivalent experience
• Full UK driving licence and valid passport
• Willing to travel regularly throughout the UK and internationally

Experience with industrial automation, PLC-controlled machinery, pumps, valves, instrumentation, dosing/metering or testing and calibration would be advantageous.

What's on Offer:

• 30 days' holiday, increasing with service up to 35 days
• Healthcare benefits
• Gym membership
• Training and career development
• International travel and customer exposure
• Opportunity to work with advanced engineering technology