Field Service Engineer

Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions; Rugeley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salary

Overtime compensation

25 paid holidays annually

Opportunities for training and professional growth

Fully equipped service bus

Mobile phone and laptop

Work clothing and personal protective equipment

Job summary

A leading provider of recycling solutions in the UK is looking for a Field Service Engineer. This role requires extensive travel to customer sites to ensure installations work efficiently. You need technical expertise in electrical engineering and at least three years of relevant experience. Knowledge of hydraulics and willingness to learn is a plus. Excellent salary and generous working conditions are offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a remote environment with minimal supervision.
• More than 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Willing to travel extensively.
• Reading and understanding technical drawings.
• Willing to travel frequently and drive long distances.
• Willing to work in dirty environments and handle challenging conditions.
• Native-level English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites to resolve malfunctions and complaints.
• Maintain installations and perform preventive maintenance.
• Assist in the installation of new machines and sorting systems.
• Instruct customers on operation and maintenance of machines.
• Assist in the installation of new machines and sorting systems.
• Visit the company warehouse and office in Rugeley to keep the van stocked.

Skills

Knowledge of electrical engineering and control technology

Ability to read and understand technical drawings

Willingness to run breakdown services

High proficiency in English

Knowledge of hydraulics and mechanics

English proficiency

Driver's license

Education

Technical, electrical or related education

Tools

Driver's license

Job description

Do you also want to create a world of difference in the recycling industry? And soon be able to say that 80% of the household waste in New York is processed by the machines of your organization? Then come and join us! We are currently looking for Field Service Engineers in the United Kingdom.

As a Field Service Engineer, you work independently on various large sorting machines and installations. You play a very important role in making our installations perform. Customers count on you. For Bollegraaf you are an important signboard and entrepreneur.

What will be your role?

You will have a very important role. You will visit customers every day to ensure that their installations continue to work. You are the face of Bollegraaf.

• You will be on the road a lot. You travel from your home to our customers to resolve malfunctions and complaints at our customers. The faults can be electrical, hydraulic and/or mechanical in nature.
• You take care of the ready-to-use installation, delivery and maintenance of installations and machines on location.
• Performing preventive maintenance is part of your job.
• You maintain contact with the customer, insofar as it concerns the installation of machines or malfunctions of machines of the relevant customer. You instruct the customer regarding the use and operational maintenance of the machine.
• You assist in the installation of new machines and sorting systems.
• You visit our warehouse & office in Rugeley to keep your van fully equipped and stocked.

Also, take a look at this video to get an idea of your role.

Who are you?

You are looking for a varied technical position and have proven experience working in a remote environment with minimal supervision. You are willing to travel a lot and driving many miles. You completed a technical, electrical or related education and / or have more than 3 years of relative work experience.

What do you bring?

• You have knowledge of electrical engineering and control technology.
• You can read and understand technical drawings.
• You preferably also have knowledge of hydraulics and mechanics / mechanical engineering or are willing to learn this through training.
• You are willing to run breakdown services.
• You are willing to provide excellent service and work beyond the required amount of time to achieve this (overtime will be compensated).
• You are willing to work in dirty work environments
  You hold a valid driver’s license
  You have a high proficiency in English (native level). Proficiency of additional languages is an advantage.

Which would also be an advantage:

• Knowledge of hydraulics and/or mechanics/work construction.
• Experience with electric and/or inert gas welding.
• You speak other languages than the one of the region where you work.

What do we offer you?

We offer:

• Excellent salary, depending on knowledge and experience.
• Generous working conditions, such as overtime compensation and 25 paid holidays annually based on fulltime employment.
• A varied and challenging position within an internationally active organization with strong growth ambitions in a meaningful sector.
• Plenty of opportunities for training, personal development and professional growth.
• Fully equipped service bus, mobile phone and laptop for performing your function.
• Clothing and other personal protective equipment.
• Work clothing and other personal protective equipment.

Who are we?

Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions is internationally known as a leading producer of very large, ready-to-use recycling solutions. Bollegraaf has several branches or agents in Europe and North America, but our installations and total solutions can be found all over the world, such as in Mexico and in Ghana.

In Appingedam (NL) and Emmen (NL), approximately 400 employees work continuously on the products and services. From R&D to production, Bollegraaf has everything in-house and with our products we make a positive contribution to a sustainable world. The systems can separate raw materials from waste thanks to innovative and high-quality techniques. Bollegraaf is active in a growth market; reusing and recycling raw materials is crucial to ensure that the earth is not depleted. Our vision is clear: There is no such thing as waste, only a stock of valuable substances that must be sorted, cleaned and prepared to enter a new life cycle.

Can I develop into another position within Bollegraaf?

If, over time, you want to take on a different role within Bollegraaf, there are opportunities for this (e.g. as a senior Field Service Engineer or in the after sales department).

Would you like more information or would you like to apply?

Then, send your short motivation, including your curriculum vitae, quoting the vacancy title, to [e-mail] or respond via the link on our website. For more information, please contact Sebastian Huisman at [phone].

Acquisition as a result of this vacancy is not appreciated. We consider CVs sent unsolicited as a direct application from the candidate.