Field Service Engineer - Gas Compression

Sulzer; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Offshore allowances

33 days leave

Job summary

Sulzer is a leading engineering company seeking an experienced Field Service Engineer to join our Gas Compression team. This hands-on mechanical role covers installation, maintenance, overhaul, and commissioning of gas compression and rotating equipment across diverse customer sites in the UK and abroad. Location: Flexible - UK Wide.

Travel: UK and international including offshore assignments. The role demands fault finding, inspections, and delivering high-quality service while adhering to

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship-trained or equivalent mechanical engineering qualification.
• Proven experience maintaining, overhauling, commissioning, or repairing rotating equipment.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation.
• Flexible approach to travel, including frequent UK and international assignments and offshore work.
• Strong commitment to health, safety, and quality standards.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively within a team.
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Install, remove, repair, commission, and maintain rotating equipment at customer sites across the UK and internationally.
• Carry out mechanical inspections, dismantling, fault diagnosis, and condition assessments of compressors and rotating equipment.
• Produce detailed inspection, service, and commissioning reports using standard documentation and reporting systems.
• Reassemble, test, and commission equipment in line with OEM specifications and engineering best practices.
• Work safely in accordance with Sulzer and customer HSE procedures.
• Provide technical expertise to minimise downtime and improve reliability.
• Build strong relationships with customers through professional communication and high-quality service.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, workshop, and project teams to deliver outcomes.

Skills

Fault finding

Reading drawings

Communication

Health & Safety

Team collaboration

Education

Apprenticeship-trained mechanical engineer

Job description

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

About The Role

Sulzer is looking for an experienced Field Service Engineer to join our Gas Compression team. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands‑on mechanical engineer who enjoys working in dynamic environments, solving complex technical challenges, and supporting critical rotating equipment across a diverse range of customer sites.

Working both onshore and offshore, you'll play a key role in ensuring the reliable installation, maintenance, overhaul, and commissioning of gas compression and rotating equipment, helping our customers maximise uptime and operational performance.

Location: Flexible - UK Wide

Travel: UK and international travel, including offshore assignments

What You'll Be Doing

• Install, remove, repair, commission, and maintain rotating equipment at customer sites across the UK and internationally.
• Carry out mechanical inspections, dismantling, fault diagnosis, and condition assessments of compressors and associated rotating equipment.
• Produce detailed inspection, service, and commissioning reports using standard documentation and reporting systems.
• Reassemble, test, and commission equipment in line with OEM specifications and engineering best practices.
• Work safely in accordance with both Sulzer and customer health, safety, and environmental procedures.
• Provide technical expertise and practical solutions to minimise equipment downtime and improve reliability.
• Build strong working relationships with customers through professional communication and high-quality service delivery.
• Collaborate closely with internal engineering, workshop, and project teams to deliver successful customer outcomes.

What We're Looking For

We are seeking a time-served Mechanical Engineer with practical experience working on rotating equipment, ideally within the oil & gas, petrochemical, energy, industrial, or related sectors.

Essential Requirements

• Apprenticeship-trained or equivalent mechanical engineering qualification.
• Proven experience maintaining, overhauling, commissioning, or repairing rotating equipment.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation.Flexible approach to travel, including frequent UK and international assignments and offshore work.
• Strong commitment to health, safety, and quality standards.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively within a team environment.
• Excellent communication and customer‑facing skills.

Desirable

• Experience working on gas compression equipment.
• Offshore certification (BOSIET/FOET) or willingness to obtain.
• Experience of working in hazardous or challenging industrial environments.
• Knowledge of compressors, turbines, pumps, gearboxes, or related rotating machinery.

What we offer you

• A competitive basic salary
• Company-wide bonus scheme
• Paid overtime opportunities
• Offshore allowances
• 33 days annual leave.
• Defined pension contributions.
• Access to Medicash helping you cover everyday health costs like dental optical and physiotherapy plus a range of wellbeing perks.
• Confidential support via Employee Assistance Programmes.
• Access to discounts on shopping entertainment lifestyle plus opportunity to apply for Costco membership.
• Discounted personal car leasing for you your family and friends.
• Long Service Awards celebrating your commitment.
• Continuous learning opportunities through Sulzer Learning Pathways.
• As a Sulzer Award holder of the MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, we welcome and support veterans, reservists and Cadet Adult Volunteers with policies for training, camps and deployment, plus a growing internal military network.

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.