Field Service Engineer PLC s

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK sales and service office is seeking a skilled Field Service Engineer with expertise in Siemens PLCs and packaging machinery. The role involves maintenance and installation across the UK, offering comprehensive training and competitive benefits. Successful candidates will have a solid background in the food/beverage sector and must be willing to travel frequently.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Hybrid company car

10% Pension

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a Field Service Engineer with hands-on packaging machinery experience.
• Experience with Siemens PLCs or similar.
• Willingness to travel and spend nights away from home.

Responsibilities

• Repair, refurbishment, installation, and commissioning of packaging machinery.
• Work across the UK and Ireland, spending 1 to 2 nights a week away.
• Full training provided on job and at HQ in Europe.

Skills

Fault finding

Electrical engineering

Modifying PLCs

Multi-skilled engineering

Problem-solving

Education

Electrical & electronic engineering qualifications

Job description

A great Field Service Engineer role! We really want an accomplished and qualified Multi-skilled Engineer who has specific experience of fault finding, modifying and upgrading of Siemens PLC s (or similar) used in end of line packaging machinery.

We are the UK sales and service office of a major European manufacturer of end of line packaging machinery sold into the food, beverage and logistics / pallet markets.

BASIC SALARY: up to GBP50,000

BENEFITS:
Overtime to earn circa GBP60,000
Hybrid company car
10% Pension

LOCATION: Home based and ideally living in the Midlands or North of England

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham, Stoke, Sheffield, Leicester

JOB DESCRIPTION: Field Service Engineer, Controls Engineer, Electrical Engineer - Siemens PLCs, industrial capital equipment, packaging machinery

A classic Field Service Engineer role involving repair, refurbishment, installation and commissioning of end of line packaging machinery with specific emphasis on working with PLC s, ideally capable of fault finding, modifying and upgrading of Siemens PLC s, or similar.

You will be covering the whole of the UK and Ireland, and will be expected to spend 1 to 2 nights per week away from home, plus working one weekend a month on average.

Full training will be offered on the job and occasionally at HQ in Europe.

Overtime is paid door to door.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Field Service Engineer, Controls Engineer, Electrical Engineer - Siemens PLCs, industrial capital equipment, packaging machinery

You MUST have a proven track record as a Field Service Engineer with hands on packaging machinery experience working in the food and/or beverage markets.
You will be a Multi-skilled Engineer with electrical & electronic engineering qualifications and specific experience and training on fault finding, modifying & upgrading of Siemens PLC s, or similar.
We will consider applicants with a track record as a factory Maintenance Engineer who have hands on end of line packaging machinery experience, used in the food and/or beverage market and who have the PLC knowledge mentioned above.

THE COMPANY:

A very well established UK sales and service office for a major European manufacturer of end of line packaging machinery supplied to the food and beverage markets.We are growing fast and are investing in new premises and strengthening our sales and service teams.

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: MPH18103, Wallace Hind Selection