Service Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Northampton Copse; Remote; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A British engineering company is seeking a Mechanical Service Engineer to provide repair and maintenance of industrial packaging machinery. This field service role involves traveling to client sites across the UK and Ireland, representing about 70% of the time. Candidates should have a mechanical engineering qualification along with relevant experience in the industry. The company offers a competitive salary of up to £50,000 plus benefits, including generous overtime and a car allowance.

Benefits

Overtime earning potential

Generous Car Allowance

Full benefits package

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Mechanical Engineer with completed apprenticeship.
• Experience in field service or maintenance engineering of industrial machinery.
• Exposure to packaging machinery is advantageous, particularly in food/pharmaceutical sectors.

Responsibilities

• Repair, refurbish, install and commission packaging machinery.
• Provide after sales technical support at client sites, which involves traveling.
• Spend approximately 30% of time in the workshop.

Skills

Field Service Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Maintenance Engineering

Repairing Industrial Machinery

Packaging Machinery Experience

Education

Qualified Mechanical Engineer

Job description

Are you a Mechanical Engineer with experience of providing repair, maintenance, service and support of industrial equipment? We're a well established British engineering company who offer full after sales & service support to the clients of a major Italian packaging machinery manufacturer.

BASIC SALARY: Up to £50,000

BENEFITS:

• Overtime to earn circa £10,000 (paid door to door)
• Generous Car Allowance
• Full company benefits package

LOCATION: Covering the UK & Ireland 70%, but factory based in Corby 30% of the time.

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Peterborough, Northampton, Stamford, Leicester, Lincoln, Bedford

JOB DESCRIPTION: Mechanical Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - 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, and spending 1 to 2 nights away from home per week on average, but weekend work is voluntary so we offer a good work life balance.

Time spent at the workshop in Corby roughly 30%.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

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

• You will be an experienced Field Service or Maintenance Engineer of industrial or special purpose machinery.
• You must be a qualified Mechanical Engineer / 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're open on any special purpose industrial machinery experience.

THE COMPANY:

A small and very well established British engineering company who offer 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.

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 have 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 on to us direct.

REF: SP18284, Wallace Hind Selection