Service Engineer

TipTopJob; Corby; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established British engineering company seeks a Mechanical Service Engineer for on-site maintenance of packaging machinery. The role requires travel across the UK and Ireland, with a competitive salary of up to £50,000 plus benefits. Candidates should be qualified Mechanical Engineers with field service experience, ideally in the food or pharmaceutical sectors. A great opportunity in a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Generous Car Allowance

Full Company Benefits Package

Overtime earning potential

Qualifications

• Experience in on-site maintenance or field service of industrial equipment.
• Qualified Mechanical Engineer or finished a mechanical apprenticeship.
• Exposure to packaging machinery in food, pharmaceutical, or special purpose industrial sectors.

Responsibilities

• Repair, refurbishment, upgrades, installations, and commissioning of packaging machinery.
• Travel to client sites 70% of the time, with 1 to 2 nights away from home.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Field Service experience

Maintenance Engineering

Packaging Machinery knowledge

Electrical Engineering knowledge

Education

Qualified Mechanical Engineer

Completed Mechanical Apprenticeship

Job description

Mechanical Service Engineer – Maintenance Engineer – Packaging Machinery, Industrial Capital Equipment

Are you a Mechanical Engineer with experience in on‑site maintenance or field service, providing repair, maintenance, service and support of industrial equipment? A well‑established British engineering company offers full after sales and service support to the clients of a major Italian packaging machinery manufacturer.

BASIC SALARY: Up to £50,000

• Overtime to earn circa £10,000 (paid door to door)
• Generous Car Allowance
• Full Company Benefits Package

LOCATION: Factory based in Corby 30% of the time. Covering the UK and Ireland 70%, commutable locations: Peterborough, Northampton, Stamford, Leicester, Lincoln, Bedford.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Mechanical Service Engineer – Maintenance Engineer covering packaging machinery, industrial capital equipment. A classic field service engineer role involving repair, refurbishment, upgrades, installations and commissioning of a range of packaging machinery supplied to the food, pharmaceutical and other manufacturing industries.

Travelling to client sites 70% of the time, spending 1 to 2 nights away from home per week on average. Weekend work is voluntary, offering a good work‑life balance. Time spent at the workshop in Corby roughly 30% of the time.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

You will be an experienced Field Service or Maintenance Engineer of industrial or special purpose machinery.

You must be a qualified Mechanical Engineer or completed a full mechanical apprenticeship.

Any electrical engineering qualifications or experience would be a bonus.

Exposure, or previous hands experience of packaging machinery would be an obvious advantage – ideally in the food and / or pharmaceutical sectors – but we are open to any special purpose industrial machinery experience.

The Company

A small and very well established British engineering company offering full after sales and service support to the clients of a major Italian packaging machinery manufacturer. This role is a new role to cover for future retirement. A really nice place to work and a client of mine for over 20 years.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Field Service Engineer, Site Based Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Multiskilled Engineer – Industrial Capital Equipment, Special Purpose Machinery, PPMA, Automate UK, Packaging Machinery, Process Machinery, Food, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Chemical.

INTERESTED?

Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

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

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection has been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded to us directly.

REF: SP18284, Wallace Hind Selection