Service Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Company car

Generous holiday

Pension scheme

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Mechanical Service Engineer to join our Coventry site and train towards a field-based account management/service engineer role for a global manufacturer of precision engineered components.

The role includes an 80% reactive workload and 20% scheduled maintenance, with a comprehensive training program, including a spell in France, aimed at long-term career development in field service engineering.

Qualifications

• Qualified Mechanical Engineer (ONC/HNC/HND+)
• Experience as Mechanical/Service Engineer in industrial capital equipment
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive field service work (80%) with specialist repairs and fault finding
• Perform scheduled maintenance and servicing
• Train and educate customers on equipment operation and care
• Support OEM/End User bases across multiple sites as needed

Education

ONC/HNC/HND+ Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Mechanical Service Engineer

Are you an experienced Mechanical Service Engineer with a commercial / customer facing sensibility looking to break into a field based Account Management / Service Engineer position with a worldwide manufacturer of precision engineered components. A year long training programme - including a spell staying in France - will set you up for a full career in Field Service Engineering within a large multimillion pound organisation. Based out of our Coventry site.

BASIC SALARY: Up to £45,000

BENEFITS

• Annual bonus based on performance
• Fully Expensed Car
• Good Holiday Package
• Access to the full Company Benefits Package including excellent Pension scheme.

LOCATION: Coventry

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS

Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Kettering, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Banbury, Worcester, Wolverhampton, Rugby, Daventry

JOB DESCRIPTION

Mechanical Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - Industrial Capital Equipment, Machinery

We're expanding and need a new Mechanical Field Service Engineer to train and develop, with the view of taking over the mechanical service engineering activity at a variety of OEM and End User client bases.

The role is split between 80% reactive and 20% scheduled work. The majority of reactive work begins with a telephone call (guaranteed within 24 hours) with follow up visits to be arranged, as necessary to repair, fault find or performance review.

Scheduled work is arranged by the Mechanical Service Engineer, where the frequency depends on the seniority of the client. This includes servicing and maintenance, as well as training and induction to educate customers on how to get the best out of the equipment and identify potential concerns before they arise.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

You're an experienced Service Engineer or Maintenance Engineer from any industrial capital equipment background. This could be maintaining factory equipment from any sector including Food, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Automotive, Rail, Quarrying, Mining, Energy, Construction, Recycling, OEM etc.

You're a qualified Mechanical Engineer (ONC, HNC or HND +)

You also need a strong (and ideally broad) Mechanical Engineering understanding with excellent inter-personal skills.

THE COMPANY

We are a multi billion pound, worldwide manufacturer of precision engineered mechanical components supplied to original equipment manufacturers (OEMS) within the Off Highway, Quarrying Machinery, Rail, Heavy Duty Bus and Truck, Automotive Passenger and Light Vehicle Manufacturers (OE and aftermarket), Aerospace, Mining, Energy, and Construction equipment markets and through their OES suppliers and industrial distributors.

PROSPECTS

Outstanding technical and commercial training programmes bespoke to your personal development. Ultimately you will become a specialist within a particular market/s and specific product portfolio.

The demographics within our European service engineering operation offer the genuine opportunity for career development medium to long term.

An active policy of promotion from within and offer the genuine opportunity for career development both within Europe and worldwide.

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: Mechanical Field Service Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Fitter, Technical Specialist, Repair Engineer,