Service Engineer

Major Recruitment North West Perms; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Major Recruitment North West Perms is seeking a Service Engineer for heavy plant and road-rail equipment, based mainly in the Thornton Cleveleys workshop. The role covers diagnosing, repairing and upgrading machinery, with potential involvement in new builds and on-site support.

You will use drawings and schematics to investigate faults, perform routine servicing, and comply with rail industry safety and quality standards. NVQ3 in Engineering and 2+ years’ relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent.
• At least two years' relevant experience with heavy plant or rail-related equipment.
• Experience diagnosing mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical faults.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and repair mechanical, hydraulic and electrical faults.
• Service and maintain excavators and other heavy plant.
• Fit modifications, upgrades and safety systems.
• Assemble, test and support new machinery builds.
• Use technical drawings and schematics to investigate faults.
• Complete work to the safety and quality standards required in the rail industry.

Skills

Fault-finding skills

Heavy plant experience

Rail/road equipment background

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering

Job description

Service Engineer - Heavy Plant / Road-Rail Equipment

Thornton Cleveleys | £33,200-£34, 200 basic, negotiable depending on experience | OTE £50,000+

40 hours per week | Monday-Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm; Friday 8:00am-2:30pm

If you enjoy finding the cause of a machinery fault and putting it right, this role offers more variety than routine servicing. You'll work on specialist excavators that operate on both roads and railway tracks, with opportunities to get involved in repairs, upgrades and new machine builds.

Based mainly in the Thornton Cleveleys workshop, you'll:

• Diagnose and repair mechanical, hydraulic and electrical faults
• Service and maintain excavators and other heavy plant
• Fit modifications, upgrades and safety systems
• Assemble, test and support new machinery builds
• Use technical drawings and schematics to investigate faults
• Complete work to the safety and quality standards required in the rail industry

You'll need an NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent, at least two years' relevant experience, and strong hands-on fault-finding skills. Your background could be in construction plant, heavy equipment, rail plant or HGVs, provided you've worked on complex machinery rather than solely vehicle servicing or MOTs.

Road-rail experience would be an advantage, but strong transferable plant experience is welcome. There may occasionally be work at customer facilities or on site.