Service Engineer

TipTopJob; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay up to £70,000

Hybrid company car

Pension 5%

Job summary

TipTopJob is seeking a Field Service Engineer / Maintenance Engineer to service packaging machinery in the food manufacturing sector. The role covers installation, commissioning, repair, and refurbishment with home-based arrangements and travel to Northwest client sites.

You will stay away about one night per week and enjoy overtime rates; full product training in the UK and Europe and a strong company culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Experienced food factory maintenance or field service engineer with packaging machinery experience.
• Must be a multi-skilled engineer with an Electrical and Electronic background.
• 18th Edition and PLC knowledge are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Install, commission, repair and refurbish packaging machines for food manufacturing.
• Stay away around one night per week with minimal weekend work.
• Work primarily at client sites in the Northwest with home-based logistics.
• Receive on-site mentoring and full product training in the UK and Europe.

Skills

Packaging machinery experience

Food manufacturing experience

Multi skilled engineer

Electrical & Electronic background

Education

Electrical & Electronic engineering apprenticeship/HNC

Tools

PLC knowledge

Job description

If you are a food factory Maintenance Engineer looking for a new challenge as a Field Service Engineer but also wanting a good work life balance or if you are an experienced Field Service Engineer with packaging machinery and /or food industry experience wanting less travelling and staying away then this is the job for you

BASIC SALARY: up to A GBP 50,000

Benefits

• A Overtime to earn up to A GBP 70,000
• A Choice of hybrid company car
• A 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

A classic Field Service Engineer role working on installation, commissioning, repair and refurbishment of packaging machines used in the food manufacturing industry.

You will be staying away 1 night per week on average with almost no weekend work required as 90 of your work will be on client sites in the Northwest.

Overtime is paid door to door at 1.5 x 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

Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer : packaging machinery, food manufacturing

A You will be an experienced food factory Maintenance Engineer ideally having hands on experience of working with packaging machinery.

A Or you could be an experienced Field Service Engineer with hands on experience of packaging machinery used in the food manufacturing markets.

A You MUST be a qualified Multi skilled Engineer with ideally a full apprenticeship up to HNC level in Electrical and Electronic engineering

A 18th Edition and 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.

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