Service Engineer

SER Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or van

25 days holiday + bank holidays

5% employer pension contribution

Overtime pay (door-to-door)

Job summary

SER Limited is seeking a Service Engineer (Mech/Electrical/Mechatronics) for a Midlands, UK field-based role. You will service palletisers, bagging and packaging lines across the UK, performing preventative maintenance, breakdown repairs and installation support.

You will diagnose mechanical and electrical faults, read schematics, work with control panels and HMIs, and travel 3–5 nights weekly with a company vehicle and door-to-door overtime. A full UK driving licence is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as Field Service Engineer in automated machinery.
• Ability to fault-find mechanically and electrically.
• Comfort with reading electrical schematics and wiring control panels.
• Willingness to travel extensively across the UK and stay away from home.

Responsibilities

• Servicing, maintaining and repairing palletisers, bagging machines and packaging lines.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and responding to breakdowns.
• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical faults (pneumatics, gearboxes, motors, shafts, pulleys, bearings).
• Carrying out electrical fault finding and testing components; replacing relays and sensors.
• PLC fault finding and basic software diagnostics; working with HMIs and I/O diagnostics.

Skills

Fault finding

Field-based travel

PLC fault diagnosis

HMI/I-O diagnostics

Tools

Electrical schematics

Control panels wiring

Job description

Service Engineer (Mech/Electrical/Mechatronics)

Location: Midlands, UK (Field-Based)

Salary: £45,000–£47,000 + Door-to-Door Overtime + Company Vehicle

OTE: £65,000+ (based on 50–55 hour weeks)

Are you an experienced Field Service Engineer with a background in automated machinery? Do you enjoy fault finding, travelling across the UK and working on a variety of mechanical and electrical systems?

We are seeking a Service Engineer to join a leading manufacturer of palletising, bagging and packaging equipment. Based in the Midlands, you’ll travel throughout the UK carrying out installation support, servicing, preventative maintenance and breakdown repairs on a wide range of automated machinery.

The Role

As a Service Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Servicing, maintaining and repairing palletisers, bagging machines and packaging lines.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and responding to breakdowns.
• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical faults, including:
  • Pneumatics
  • Gearboxes
  • Motors
  • Shafts
  • Pulleys
  • Bearings
  • Chains and drives
• Carrying out electrical fault finding, including:
  • Reading electrical schematics
  • Wiring into control panels
  • Testing electrical components
  • Replacing relays, sensors and other control devices
• PLC fault finding and basic software diagnostics.
• Working with HMI systems, inputs/outputs and making minor software adjustments where required.
• Delivering a high level of customer service while working independently on customer sites.

Essential Requirements

• Previous Field Service Engineer experience (this is essential).
• Experience working on automation, packaging, bagging, food processing or beverage production machinery.
• A strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding background.
• Experience with mechanical components such as pneumatics, gearboxes, motors, shafts, pulleys and bearings.
• The ability to read electrical schematics and carry out electrical fault finding.
• Basic PLC fault-finding experience and confidence working with HMIs and I/O diagnostics.
• A full UK driving licence.
• The flexibility to travel extensively throughout the UK and stay away from home during the week.

Travel

• Field-based role covering customer sites across the UK.
• Typically 3–5 nights away from home each week.
• Weekend work is occasional and not a regular requirement.

Package

• Basic salary of £45,000–£47,000
• OTE of £65,000+
• Door-to-door paid overtime
• Paid travel time
• Company car or van
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Commission on machine sales
• Ongoing product training and development

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established engineering business offering a varied role, excellent earning potential and long-term career progression. If you're an experienced Field Service Engineer looking to work with industry-leading automated packaging equipment, we'd love to hear from you.

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