Service Engineer

Wallace Hind LLP; Nottingham; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime potential

Hybrid company car

Pension

Private health cover

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection seeks an experienced Field Service Engineer to service robotic packaging machinery across food, pharmaceutical or personal care sectors. The role is homebased with UK/Ireland coverage, typically a 50-hour week and travel between customer sites.

You will perform repairs, upgrades and commissioning on packaging systems, with Siemens PLCs, and may stay away nights while earning overtime and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as Field Service Engineer on robotic end-of-line packaging equipment.
• Qualified Multiskilled Engineer, ideally with HNC Electrical and Electronic engineering.
• Experience with Siemens PLCs, fault finding and modification.

Responsibilities

• Complete repairs, modifications, upgrades, installations and commissioning of packaging systems.
• Travel ~20,000–25,000 miles per year; around 50-hour weeks with occasional weekend overtime.

Skills

Robotic packaging machinery experience

Field Service Engineer

Siemens PLCs

Multiskilled engineering

Travel readiness

Education

HNC Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Tools

Siemens PLC programming

Job description

We want to recruit an experienced Field Service Engineer who has worked on servicing robotic packaging machinery systems used in the food, pharmaceutical or personal care markets.

BASIC SALARY

up to £55,000

BENEFITS

• £10,000 to £15,000 Overtime
• Choice of hybrid company car
• Good pension
• Private health cover

LOCATION

Homebased (ideally living in central England between Birmingham and the M62 corridor), you will be covering both the UK (90%) and Ireland (10% )

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS

Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Leicester, Sheffield, Liverpool

JOB DESCRIPTION

Field Service Engineer, Multiskilled Engineer - packaging machinery - food, pharmaceutical or personal care - Siemens PLC's

This is a classic Field Service Engineer role where you will be working a circa 50 hour week Monday to Friday, with voluntary planned weekend overtime available and spending 8 to 10 nights a month away from home on average. You will be typically travelling between 20,000 to 25,000 miles per year.

As the Field Service Engineer, you will be completing a mix of repairs, modifications, upgrades, installations and commissioning of new systems.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• You MUST have a proven track record as a Field Service Engineer having worked on robotic end of line packaging machinery
• You MUST be a qualified Multiskilled Engineer with ideally HNC Electrical and Electronic engineering
• You WILL have experience of working upon Siemens PLC`s and will be capable of fault finding and modifying

THE COMPANY

A well established UK sales and service office for a world market leading European manufacturer of end of line robotic packaging machinery systems supplying the food (80%), pharmaceutical and personal care (20%) markets. We sell very high quality products with after sales support with very low staff turnover.

There will be a full on boarding program and on going product training both in Europe and on the job in the UK.

REF: JAC18741, Wallace Hind Selection