Field Service Engineer

Control Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car

Pension

25 days holiday

Fuel card

Job summary

Control Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking a Field Service Engineer to service and maintain packaging machinery across the UK. You will read schematics, diagnose faults, and perform installations, with a focus on food/packaging lines.

The role requires travel with ~3 overnight stays per week, a daytime Monday–Friday schedule, and a competitive package including car, pension and overtime allowances.

Qualifications

• Multiskilled/electromechanical maintenance experience on packaging machinery.
• Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings/schematics.
• Experience with PLCs, VSDs, servo drives, pneumatics and conveyors.
• Willingness to travel nationwide with approx. 3 overnight stays per week.
• Health & safety focused with proactive problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintenance, installations, upgrades, refurbishments and occasional breakdowns on packaging machinery.
• Read drawings, fault-find, diagnose, repair and install equipment.
• Educate customers on correct use and maintenance of systems.

Skills

Multiskilled maintenance

Reading schematics

PLCs

Pneumatics

Conveyors

Willing to travel

Tools

Siemens S7

Allen-Bradley

VFDs

HMI panels

Diagnostics software

Job description

Field Service Engineer - Packaging

Location seeking Engineers based in UK ideally with good motorway links. The role will involve national travel / 3 overnight stays per week on average. Occasional international travel available if desired.

Salary £43,000 - 60,000 + car + overtime / allowances (£20 - 50k) + pension + 25 days holiday + credit card, fuel card, expenses, allowances, paid door to door

Hours Monday to Friday daytime

Exciting opportunities have arisen to join stable & profitable market leaders.

The Person:

• Multiskilled / electromechanical maintenance or service experience preferably on machinery such as flow wrapping, VFFS, HFFS, flexible packaging, multihead weighers, industrial bakeries, filling, dosing, End of line EOL, sealing, thermoforming, slicing, processing, XRay & inspection or similar food / beverages packaging machinery.


• Seeking a long term position with great training.


• Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings / schematics.


• Experienced with PLCs, VSDs, servo drives, pneumatics, conveyors.


• Flexible to travel and stay away from home 3 nights per week on average


• Health & Safety and hygiene focused, friendly, proactive, good communication, desire to learn and continuously improve.

The Job:

• Varied work including service, maintenance, installations, upgrades, refurbs and occasional breakdowns food and packaging machinery.


• Read mechanical and electrical drawings / schematics, fault finding, diagnostics, repair, installations.


• Educate customers on use and maintenance.

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