Field Service Engineer - Animal Feeds/Agriculture

Crompton Technical Recruitment Ltd; St Helens; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Field Service Engineer is sought for a field-based role in St Helens, covering nationwide travel across the UK. You will work on maintenance, servicing and refurbishment of industrial processing equipment, split between workshops and client sites.

The ideal candidate has strong mechanical maintenance experience in heavy industry, with a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel, including occasional overnight stays and weekends.

Qualifications

• A recognised engineering or mechanical qualification.
• Strong mechanical maintenance experience in heavy industrial, manufacturing or processing environments.
• Practical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Excellent time management and the ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs on industrial milling, pelleting and processing equipment.
• Refurbish and upgrade used machinery within the refurbishment facility.
• Diagnose mechanical faults and carry out effective repairs to minimise downtime.
• Attend customer sites across the UK to complete servicing, maintenance and breakdown work.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment performance and communicate recommendations to customers and internal teams.
• Work safely and efficiently to meet customer deadlines and service level expectations.
• Maintain high standards of workmanship and customer service while working independently and as part of the wider engineering team.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Fault finding

Preventive maintenance

Field service

Time management

Driving licence

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Field Service Engineer

Location: St Helens, Merseyside (Field-Based with UK Travel)

Salary: £50,000 + Company Vehicle + Excellent Benefits

The Opportunity

Our client is a well-established engineering business providing specialist maintenance, servicing and refurbishment solutions to the animal feed, biomass and industrial processing sectors across the UK. Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit an experienced Field Service Engineer to join their expanding engineering team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically biased engineer who enjoys a varied role, combining workshop refurbishment with nationwide field service work. You'll work on a wide range of industrial processing equipment, supporting customers with planned maintenance, breakdown response and equipment upgrades.

The Role

You'll split your time between workshop-based refurbishment projects and travelling to customer sites throughout the UK. This role would suit someone with strong mechanical maintenance experience gained within manufacturing, heavy industry, agriculture, biomass, recycling or heavy plant environments.

Flexibility to travel and occasionally work weekends is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs on industrial milling, pelleting and processing equipment.
• Refurbish and upgrade used machinery within the company's refurbishment facility.
• Diagnose mechanical faults and carry out effective repairs to minimise downtime.
• Attend customer sites across the UK to complete servicing, maintenance and breakdown work.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment performance and communicate recommendations to both customers and internal engineering and commercial teams.
• Work safely and efficiently to meet customer deadlines and service level expectations.
• Maintain high standards of workmanship and customer service while working independently and as part of the wider engineering team.

Essential

• A recognised engineering or mechanical qualification.
• Strong mechanical maintenance experience within a heavy industrial, manufacturing or processing environment.
• Practical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Excellent time management and the ability to work independently.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK, including occasional overnight stays and weekend work.

Desirable

Experience within any of the following sectors would be advantageous:

• Animal Feed Manufacturing
• Biomass Processing
• Agricultural Machinery
• Heavy Plant
• Food Manufacturing
• Bulk Materials Handling
• Recycling or Quarrying
• General Industrial Manufacturing

If you're a mechanically biased engineer looking for a varied field-based role with a growing specialist engineering business, we'd love to hear from you.