Service Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid company car

5% Pension

Overtime via 1.5x / nights & weekends

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection LTD is seeking a Field Service Engineer / Maintenance Engineer to install, commission, repair and refurbish packaging machinery in the food manufacturing sector. You will work across the UK, travelling to client sites in the Northwest with about one overnight stay per week and minimal weekend work.

Full product training in the UK and Europe, with on-site mentoring from a senior engineer for the first six months, plus a hybrid company car option and a 5% pension.

Qualifications

• Experienced food factory maintenance engineer with hands-on experience of packaging machinery.
• Multi-skilled engineer with apprenticeship up to HNC in Electrical & Electronic engineering.
• 18th Edition & PLC knowledge would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Install, commission, repair & refurbish packaging machines used in the food manufacturing industry.
• Stay away 1 night per week on average with almost no weekend work; 90% of work on client sites in the Northwest.
• Overtime paid door to door at 1.5× outside core hours and double at night and over weekends.
• Full product training in the UK and Europe, with on-site mentoring from a senior Engineer for the first 6 months.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Field service experience

Packaging machinery

Education

Apprenticeship to HNC in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Tools

PLC knowledge

18th Edition

Job description

BASIC SALARY:

up to £45,000

BENEFITS:

• Overtime to earn up to £67,500
• Choice of hybrid company car
• 5% Pension

LOCATION:

Home based and 90% covering client sites in the Northwest. You will ideally be living in or around Greater Manchester or elsewhere in Lancashire.

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS:

Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Warrington, Chester, Blackpool, Lancaster.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - packaging machinery, food manufacturing.
• Installation, commissioning, repair & refurbishment of packaging machines used in the food manufacturing industry.
• Staying away 1 night per week on average with almost no weekend work; 90% of your work will be on client sites in the Northwest.
• Overtime paid door to door at 1.5× outside core hours and double at night and over weekends.
• Full product training in the UK and Europe, with on site mentoring from a senior Engineer for the first 6 months.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Experienced food factory Maintenance Engineer with hands‑on experience of packaging machinery.
• Also considered experienced Field Service Engineers with packaging machinery experience in the food manufacturing markets.
• You must be a qualified Multi‑skilled Engineer with ideally a full apprenticeship up to HNC level in Electrical & Electronic engineering.
• 18th Edition & PLC knowledge would be advantageous.

THE COMPANY

A well established, market leading and great company to work for with a fantastic culture and a very stable and loyal workforce. They manufacture and sell a range of packaging machinery to the food manufacturing market.

EEO STATEMENT

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.