Service Engineer

Food Careers Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Vehicle

Private Healthcare

6% Company Pension Contribution

Home-based

Job summary

Food Careers Limited is seeking an experienced Service Engineer to cover Midlands sites, performing installation, commissioning and routine maintenance on capital equipment in the food manufacturing sector.

You will manage your own time, travel to customer sites, and contribute to high-quality after-sales service.

Qualifications

• Experience as Field Service Engineer with electrical and mechanical skills.
• Knowledge of PLCs (Siemens, Omron, Mitsubishi, Allen-Bradley) would help.
• Willingness to travel and stay away from home when required.

Responsibilities

• Visit customer sites across the Midlands and manage your own time.
• Perform routine service visits, preventative maintenance and breakdown resolutions.
• Install and commission machinery on customer sites.
• Troubleshoot, fault find and modify machinery to improve yield.
• Train staff at customer sites on equipment operation.
• Collaborate with field service and aftersales teams.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

Field service experience

Time management

Tools

Siemens PLC

Omron PLC

Mitsubishi PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

Job description

Service Engineer

Based in the Midlands / West Midlands / East Midlands

Salary: £45,000 pa. On target earnings: £60,000 pa - £65,000 pa

Extensive/Guaranteed Overtime Available at £34 an Hour

Great opportunity for a Field Service Engineer with solid Electrical skills to join a genuine leader in its field. This business has an outstanding reputation for providing the Food Manufacturing sector with high-quality Capital Equipment and Machinery, backed up by a best-in‑class After Sales service.

This role offers a diverse set of responsibilities including:

• Working remotely, managing your own time, visiting customer sites (manufacturers) in the Midlands and other areas;
• Covering a defined territory and supporting Engineers in other areas, the Service Engineer appointed will undertake routine service visits, planned preventative maintenance, and breakdown resolutions at a wide array of Food production sites;
• Installation and Commissioning of Machinery on customer sites;
• Problem Solving, Fault Finding and Machine Modifications to Food Production equipment at customer sites;
• Build rapport with customers and be seen as a trusted Engineer on site;
• Opportunities to attend training courses in: Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Germany;
• Work closely and cohesively with existing Field Service Engineers and the After team;
• Equally at home serving the needs of both Major Multi-Site Food Manufacturers and small artisan Food producers;
• Train staff at customer sites, demonstrate how equipment should be operated in accordance with manufacturers standard operating procedures;
• Work with customers advising them how to use the Machinery effectively, increasing Yield and Throughput;
• Understand food technology and how the inappropriate use of ingredients can lead to breakdowns and errors with equipment.

We are seeking an experienced Field Service Engineer with a well-developed Electrical and Mechanical skillset. Knowledge of PLC’s (Siemens, Omron, Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley) would benefit an application. Engineers applying for this role may be established Field Service Engineers or perhaps Maintenance Engineers seeking a new challenge ‘on the road’ where they will be meeting different people everyday.

Salary Package and Requirements:

• £45,000 pa base Salary - Pay review after 6 months
• Expected Annual Earnings £60,000-£65,000 pa
• Guaranteed Overtime to guarantee a certain level of earnings
• Overtime at £34 an hour
• Paid Door-to-Door
• Home-based
• Company Vehicle
• 6% Company Pension Contribution
• Private Healthcare
• Able to stay away from home if required

If you are currently earning a higher basic Salary than this role offers, the Company can Guarantee you Overtime at £34 an hour, to ensure your earnings do not drop. Field Service Engineers working for this Company earn an additional £15,000-£28,000 in Overtime per year and have P60 earnings circa £58k-£68k. As Engineers are paid door-to-door much of the Overtime is earned whilst driving. Ref 358-0

Area to live: Midlands, West Midlands / East Midlands