Field Service Technician (Agricultural Machinery)

Interaction Recruitment; Woodford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Field Service Technician to maintain and repair agricultural machinery. This role involves diagnosing faults, servicing equipment, and traveling to customer sites. Candidates should have prior experience with hydraulics and hold relevant qualifications. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including overtime and training opportunities.

Benefits

30 days holiday including bank holidays

Company van and fuel card

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience working with hydraulics essential.
• Experience within the Agricultural or Plant industries advantageous.
• Full UK Drivers License required.

Responsibilities

• Diagnosing faults and servicing agricultural machinery.
• Travel to customer sites for maintenance and repairs.
• Work independently and collaboratively at customer sites.

Skills

Hydraulics

Mechanical fault finding

Electrical fault finding

Engine servicing

Education

NVQ or City and Guilds in mechanical/electrical engineering

Job description

Job Role: Field Service Technician (Agricultural/Horticultural Machinery)
Location: Bristol, Avon (accepting applications from surrounding counties)
Salary: £30,000‑£40,000 base, OTE £45,000‑£50,000+
Hours: Monday‑Thursday 08.00‑16:30, Friday 08.00‑15.30 + up to 48 hours, anything over
Job Type: Full time, Permanent

The client

Interaction Technical have partnered with a growing, market leading dealer of Agricultural Engineering Equipment. Due to the growth of the business, our client is now looking to add an electromechanical field engineer to maintain, repair and service an array of Agricultural machinery.

The package

• 30 days holiday including bank holidays, option to buy an extra 5 days of holiday.
• All overtime after 39 hours paid at 1.5X, anything over 48 hours paid at 2X
• Plenty of overtime available per week throughout the whole year (average availability is 15-20 hours)
• Ongoing commitment to training and progression
• Pension scheme - 4% employee minimum, 3% employer
• Company van, Fuel Card
• All Travel Time during call outs, Expenses paid from home to/from site
• A fantastic Earning Potential with scope to progress

The Duties

• Accurately diagnosing faults, servicing and carrying out emergency repairs/breakdowns on agricultural machinery (tractors, combiners, Bailers etc) and JCB Telehandlers.
• Travel to customer sites to ensure all machinery is maintained and repaired to the highest quality.
• Carry out diagnostics to diagnose mechanical and electrical faults on agricultural and horticultural machinery.
• The ability to work independently within the customer sites and collaborate with colleagues to ensure documentation and the perfect solution is offered.
• Working on engines, batteries and hydraulics, alongside mechanical and electrical fault finding and repairs.
• Liaising with clients to diagnose faults and find solutions for them.

The Requirements

• Previous experience working with hydraulics, alongside mechanical and electrical capabilities (essential)
• Previous experience working within the Agricultural or Plant industries experience (advantageous)
• Electrical and/or Mechanical fault finding, repair & service experience (advantageous)
• Experience working with engines and batteries (advantageous)
• Relevant qualifications NVQ or City and Guilds in mechanical/electrical engineering (advantageous)
• Full UK Drivers License

Interaction Recruitment have specialist consultants across the majority of industries within the UK, including but not limited to, Finance & IT, Technical & Engineering, Industrial, Commercial and Hospitality. We offer both temporary and permanent support. For more information regarding the position or to discuss any other opportunities, you can reach Julius on (phone number removed), (phone number removed) or via email at (url removed).

Thank you for taking the time, we hope to speak in the near future.

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