Field Service Engineer - Food Packaging

Control Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Field Service Engineer based in the North West. This role involves servicing and maintaining food and packaging machinery, requiring multiskilled electromechanical maintenance experience, ability to read technical drawings, and a proactive approach. The position offers a competitive salary, potential for earnings over £65k with overtime, and opportunities for training and travel in Europe. Flexibility to stay away from home is necessary.

Benefits

Private health care

Pension

25 days holiday

Training

Company car

Qualifications

• Multiskilled / electromechanical maintenance experience is essential.
• Flexibility to travel and stay away from home regularly.
• Health & Safety focused with a desire to learn.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, and install food and packaging machinery.
• Read drawings, troubleshoot issues, and carry out repairs.
• Educate customers on equipment use and maintenance.

Skills

Service experience

Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings

Good communication

Proactive attitude

Job description

Field Service Engineer

Location seeking Engineers based in North West, Cheshire, Shropshire, Midlands, East Midlands.

Salary £45,500 basic + car + overtime + private health care + pension + 25 days holiday + training + credit card, fuel card, expenses, allowances.

Paid door to door, Typical earnings £55 - 65k.

Can achieve higher earnings with overtime and European trips if desired.

Hours Monday to Friday.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a very stable & profitable company enjoying year on year growth. As well as training and a friendly and relaxed culture you will have opportunities to travel and work in Europe if you wanted to.

The Job

• Varied work including service, maintenance, installations, upgrades and occasional breakdowns for food and packaging machinery.
• Read mechanical and electrical drawings / schematics, fault finding, diagnostics, repair, installations.
• Working with servo drives, pneumatics, conveyors, gears and sprockets, fault finding on PLCs.
• Educate customers on use and maintenance.
• Order spare parts, complete reports and records, build relationships with customers.

The Person

• Multiskilled / electromechanical maintenance or service experience.
• Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings / schematics.
• 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 improve.

To apply please send CV to Tim Fawcett or call the Control Recruitment Solutions office.

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