Field Service Engineer

Zebra Technical Recruitment Ltd; Southampton; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car with fuel card

Door-to-door pay

Paid overtime

Hotels and meals when away

Private health insurance

Pension with up to 8% employer contrib

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Laptop and mobile provided

Job summary

Zebra Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Home-Based Mechanical Field Service Engineer to service print, packaging and converting machinery across the UK. You’ll travel to customer sites, perform fault-finding, commissioning and routine maintenance, with generous overtime and door-to-door pay.

You’ll work on high‑speed equipment such as die-cutters, folder-gluers and packaging lines; a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel, including occasional Europe trips, are necessary.

Qualifications

• Field service experience on production machinery, ideally in print, packaging or converting.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Comfortable with overnight stays; regular travel and some European trips may be required.

Responsibilities

• Install and commission new machinery from off-loading to handover.
• Fault-find and perform emergency repairs and planned servicing.
• Apply software upgrades and train operators to optimise machine performance.
• Support customers across the UK, with occasional travel to Europe.

Skills

Field service experience

Mechanical fault-finding

Full UK driving licence

Willingness to travel / overnight stay

Job description

Home-Based Mechanical Field Service Engineer - Print, Packaging & Converting Machinery

£45,000-£55,000 + paid overtime + door-to-door pay + company car

Location: Home-based, UK-wide. You can live anywhere in the UK. Most customers are in the South of England, so expect regular travel there, plus work across the rest of the UK and occasional trips to Europe. Travel time is paid door to door, and hotels and meals are covered when you stay away.

Is this you?

• A field service engineer on printing, digital print, label, mailing or finishing equipment
• A field service engineer on packaging lines (in food, drink, pharma or FMCG), or on carton, corrugated or paper converting machinery
• A service engineer with an OEM or distributor of similar capital equipment

If you can strip down, fault-find and rebuild high-speed mechanical equipment at customer sites, we want to talk to you. You don't need to have worked on these exact machines, and electrical skills aren't essential. Full manufacturer and electrical training is provided.

About the Company

Our client is a leading distributor and engineering service provider for premium print finishing and packaging machinery from continental Europe and the Far East. Their customers include some of the UK's best-known brands and largest packaging houses. Steady growth and planned retirements in the team mean they need another engineer. You'll join an established team covering neighbouring patches, so support and handover are already in place.

The Machinery

You’ll work on large, industrial-scale equipment that handles print and packaging before and after the press. This includes die-cutters, folder-gluers, rigid box-makers and digital embellishment, as well as automated packaging lines, flow-wrappers, case-erectors and conveyors, plus guillotines and high-volume folding, binding and finishing systems.

What You’ll Do

• Install and commission new machinery, from off-loading through to customer handover
• Fault-find and carry out emergency repairs and planned servicing
• Apply software upgrades and train operators to get the best from their machines
• Support customers across the UK, and occasionally in Europe

What You’ll Need

• Field service experience on production machinery, ideally in print, packaging or converting
• Strong mechanical fault-finding skills
• Full UK driving licence
• Comfortable with overnight stays. These average around two weeks a month, always Monday to Friday, so your weekends are your own

Package

• £45,000-£55,000 base, depending on experience
• Monday to Friday only, with no weekend work, paid door to door, plus paid overtime and extra jobs
• Home every weekend, with hotels and meals fully covered when you're away
• Company car with fuel card and private use
• Extra pay for work abroad
• Private health insurance and pension with up to 8% company contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Laptop and mobile provided

Also suited to: Service Engineer, Field Engineer, Mechanical Service Engineer, Installation & Commissioning Engineer, Machine Service Technician, Packaging Service Engineer, Print Service Engineer, Mobile Engineer