Maintenance Engineer

Proactive Global; Colne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Global is seeking a hands-on Service Engineer to join our client’s team in Cambridgeshire. The role involves travelling to customer sites to service bespoke machinery, diagnose electrical and mechanical faults, and assist with installation and commissioning.

You will work both on-site and at the company premises, with a focus on safety, quality and customer service. The ideal candidate has practical experience with electrical and mechanical systems, fault-finding skills, and

Qualifications

• Practical experience with electrical and mechanical systems, especially in service or maintenance environments.
• Good fault-finding and troubleshooting skills with a hands-on approach.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, wiring diagrams or documentation.
• Comfortable travelling to customer sites and working on various machinery and equipment.
• Experience with robotics or automated systems.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites to service, maintain, fault-find and repair bespoke machinery and automated systems.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical faults and implement effective solutions.
• Assemble machinery and equipment at the company premises when not on-site.
• Assist with installation, commissioning and servicing of machinery and automation equipment.
• Work independently on customer sites, upholding safety, quality and customer service.
• Support reliable operation and performance of equipment through maintenance and repair.

Skills

Fault finding

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Reading diagrams

Robotics/automation

PLCs

Field service

18th Edition

Job description

Service Engineer

Location: Cambridgeshire Salary: £38,000-£45,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience Working Hours: Day shift (overtime available)

Permanent role

The Opportunity

We are looking for a hands-on, multi-skilled Service Engineer to join our client's team in Cambridgeshire. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with electrical experience to work on bespoke, custom-built machinery and automated systems. The role offers a varied mix of on-site service and maintenance work at customer locations, alongside machinery assembly and engineering tasks at the company's premises. We welcome candidates from a range of engineering backgrounds, provided they have suitable practical experience in electrical systems, troubleshooting, assembly or maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites to carry out servicing, maintenance, fault finding and repairs on bespoke machinery and automated systems.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical faults, implementing effective solutions to minimise downtime.
• Carry out general electrical and mechanical assembly of machinery and equipment at the company's premises when not working on-site.
• Assist with the installation, commissioning and servicing of machinery and automated equipment.
• Work independently on customer sites while maintaining high standards of safety, quality and customer service.
• Support the reliable operation and performance of equipment through effective maintenance and repair work.

Experience required

• Practical experience working with electrical and mechanical systems, ideally within a service, maintenance, assembly or engineering environment.
• Good fault-finding and troubleshooting skills, with a hands-on approach to resolving technical problems.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, wiring diagrams or engineering documentation where required.
• Comfortable travelling to customer sites and working on a variety of machinery and equipment.
• Experience working with robotics or automated systems.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification. (Desirable)
• Experience with PLCs, including fault finding or programming.
• Previous experience servicing, assembling or commissioning bespoke machinery.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.