Service Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading selection firm in the UK is seeking a professional Service Engineer with a flexible mindset for national travel. This role offers a salary of £40,000 - £48,000, company car, and benefits including healthcare and life assurance. Ideal candidates will have experience with industrial capital equipment and possess strong mechanical and electronic engineering skills. Apply now to join a progressive and innovative company.

Benefits

Company Car or Van

25 Days Annual Leave plus Statutory Days

Pension matched to 5% of salary

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Income Protection cover

Qualifications

• Experience in an industrial Service Engineer role within capital equipment (or similar).
• Full driving licence and flexibility for overnight stays in the UK.
• Confident communication with the ability to engage at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned installations and reactive repair work.
• Deal with breakdowns and servicing of machinery on customers' premises.
• Manage a diverse workload across several industry sectors.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Electronic skills

Electrical skills

Software engineering skills

Customer-facing skills

Creative problem-solving

Job description

Overview

Are you a professional Service Engineer with a flexible mindset who enjoys travel, both locally and nationally? This role offers the opportunity to upgrade your career with a high-quality employer that has world-class products, applications, and customers. We welcome applications from hardworking Service Engineers with different industrial capital equipment backgrounds.

Salary & Benefits

• BASIC SALARY: £40,000 - £48,000
• Additional overnight payment for any nights away
• Company Car or Van
• 25 Days Annual Leave plus Statutory Days
• Pension - matched to 5% of salary
• Private Healthcare
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection cover

Location & Travel

Location: South-East or South-Central-based, and/or South or West of the M25, with regional and national travel as required (5 days on the road per week).

Commutable locations include: Woking, Guildford, Leatherhead, Crawley, Slough, Windsor, Reading, Basingstoke, Redhill, Wokingham, Bracknell, Epsom, Aldershot, Camberley, Farnham, Thatcham.

Job Description

Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - Industrial Capital Equipment, Machinery

As our Service Engineer, you will join an established and experienced national team. Your first 6 months will be spent training, learning on the job, and shadowing a colleague until you are competent and ready to work solo.

Responsibilities

• A mixture of planned installations, coupled with reactive repair work
• Dealing with breakdowns and servicing of machinery on customers\' premises
• Managing a diverse workload
• Working with customers across many industry sectors; including print, packaging, defence, aerospace, graphics, medical, automotive, and fashion, etc.
• Building seamless long-term relationships with our customers, both externally and internally
• Providing technical support and expertise within our state-of-the-art internal demo centre
• Write and complete Field Service Reports for customer records

Person Specification

• Experience in an industrial Service Engineer role within capital equipment (or similar)
• Mechanical, Electronic, Electrical, and Software engineering skills in a fast-paced environment
• Smart, credible, customer-facing, and creative problem-solving
• Full driving licence, passport, and flexibility to conduct overnight stays in the UK, with potential skills training in Switzerland (or occasional overseas work)
• Confident communication with the ability to engage at all levels
• A methodical approach with the ability to work independently, manage time, and deliver accurate results

Our Company

We are a multiple-award winning, branded manufacturer of prestigious capital equipment used across a wide range of industries. Our products and service support are recognised as industry leading. We continue to build on our successful UK presence, with the full backing and resources of a strong international business. Culturally a progressive, open-minded, and forward-thinking senior management team.

Background & Roles

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Service Engineer, Technician, Industrial Capital Equipment, Industrial Consumables, Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Equipment Engineer, Plant Engineer, Field Engineer.

Interested?

Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client, embraces diversity, champions equality, and fosters 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 directly.

REF: JK18248, Wallace Hind Selection