Service Engineer

SF Partners; North West Leicestershire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van & fuel

Job summary

SF Partners is seeking a Service Engineer to cover the Kettering, Leicester and Newark region. The role involves home-based field work, travelling to customer sites to install, service, repair and commission machinery for a manufacturer and supplier of industrial packaging equipment.

You will have a scheduled workload with occasional visits to the head office for parts and van stock. Packaging machinery experience is useful but not essential; strong hands-on electrical and mechanical skills are

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Service Engineer or Maintenance Engineer with industrial machinery.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Good mechanical knowledge.
• Experience with packaging, bottling, processing or similar machinery would transfer well.

Responsibilities

• Installing, servicing, repairing and commissioning machinery at customer sites.
• Diagnosing electrical and mechanical breakdowns and achieving a first-time fix where possible.
• Carrying out planned servicing and preventative maintenance.
• Supporting customers with machinery and process optimisation.
• Training operators after new machine installations.
• Working with a range of industrial packaging equipment.
• Completing service documentation and maintaining the company vehicle.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical knowledge

Packaging machinery experience

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Service Engineer

Kettering / Leicester / Newark region

£45,000 - £47,000 DOE + Company Van & Fuel

Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm

We are recruiting a Service Engineer to cover customers across the Kettering, Leicester and Newark region, working for a manufacturer and supplier of industrial packaging machinery.

This is a home-based field role, travelling directly to customer sites to install, service, repair and commission machinery. You'll have a scheduled workload and will only need to travel to the company's head office periodically to collect parts, restock the van or when otherwise required.

Packaging machinery experience would be useful, but it isn't essential. We're much more interested in someone who has worked hands-on with industrial machinery and has strong electrical fault-finding skills alongside a good mechanical understanding.

Service Engineer Responsibilities

• Installing, servicing, repairing and commissioning machinery at customer sites
• Diagnosing electrical and mechanical breakdowns and working towards a first-time fix
• Carrying out planned servicing and preventative maintenance
• Supporting customers with machinery and process optimisation
• Training operators following new machine installations
• Working with a range of industrial packaging equipment
• Identifying additional service, consumable or machinery requirements where appropriate
• Completing service documentation and maintaining a well-stocked company vehicle

Service Engineer Experience

• Previous experience as a Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or similar working with industrial machinery
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills
• Good mechanical knowledge
• Experience with packaging, bottling, processing, production or similar machinery would transfer well
• Hydraulics experience would be advantageous but isn't essential
• Comfortable working independently at customer sites
• Good communication skills and confidence dealing directly with customers
• Full UK driving licence