Field Service Engineer - Woodworking Machinery

SER Limited; Luton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van (personal use)

Healthcare

25 days holiday

All expenses covered

Job summary

SER Limited is seeking a mechanically biased Field Service Engineer to join our team, covering woodworking machinery across the UK. The role involves hands-on service, maintenance, and breakdown repair with strong career progression into machine commissioning.

We are looking for engineers with a solid mechanical background, experience in servicing machinery, and knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics. Travel across the UK and staying away from home when required are part of the job.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical engineering background with field service experience.
• Experience servicing and maintaining machinery.
• Knowledge of machine alignments, pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Electrical knowledge is advantageous but not essential.
• Willingness to travel across the UK and stay away from home.

Responsibilities

• Carry out service work and breakdown repairs on woodworking machinery.
• Diagnose mechanical faults and perform general machinery repairs.
• Perform machine alignments and check spindles, jointers and machine movements.
• Work with pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Service and maintain woodworking machinery, including panel machines, edge banders, beam saws and sawmill equipment.
• Attend customer sites across the UK, providing reliable and professional service.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Field service

Machinery servicing

Pneumatics

Hydraulics

Electrical basics

Tools

Machine tools

Job description

Field Service Engineer - Woodworking Machinery

Location: Ideally within a 2-hour radius of Luton

Package: £39,000 Basic (DOE) + Company van (personal use), overtime,healthcare, 25 days holiday, expenses

Hours: 42 hours per week, Monday-Friday

The Role

We're looking for a mechanically biased Field Service Engineer to join an established business specialising in woodworking machinery.

This is a hands‑on, field‑based service position involving the maintenance, servicing and breakdown repair of a wide range of woodworking machinery across the UK. The role would suit a practical engineer with strong mechanical skills who enjoys getting stuck into the job with the opportunity to progress into machine commissioning.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out service work and breakdown repairs on a wide range of woodworking machinery.
• Diagnose mechanical faults and carry out general machinery repairs.
• Perform machine alignments and check spindles, jointers and machine movements.
• Work with pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Service and maintain woodworking machinery, including panel machines, edge banders, beam saws and sawmill equipment.
• Attend customer sites across the UK, providing reliable and professional service.

What We're Looking For

• Strong mechanical engineering background, ideally within field service, maintenance or machine tool engineering.
• Experience working on machinery, carrying out servicing, repairs and maintenance.
• Knowledge of machine alignments, pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Mechanically biased engineer - electrical knowledge would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Experience with machine tools or woodworking machinery would be beneficial.
• Willingness to travel across the UK and stay away from home when required.

Package

• Salary starting at £39,000 basic (DOE).
• Company van provided, including personal use, with the potential to move to a company car in the future.
• Overytime available during the week at time and a third after 42 hours (No regular weekend working).
• Company pension scheme.
• Healthcare and dental care.
• All expenses covered with a company credit card provided.

If you're a mechanically strong, hands‑on engineer who enjoys working on varied machinery, is keen to develop into commissioning and wants to build a long-term career with an established business, we'd like to hear from you.