Service Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime £10,000–£15,000

Hybrid company car

Good pension

Private health cover

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking an experienced Field Service Engineer to service robotic packaging machinery across the UK and Ireland. You will be home-based, travelling to customer sites, performing repairs, upgrades and commissioning on Siemens PLC controlled systems.

The role involves a ~50 hour week, occasional weekend overtime, and travel of ~20,000–25,000 miles per year, with a strong package and career development in a global manufacturer’s UK sales and service office.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as Field Service Engineer in packaging/automation.
• Multiskilled engineering capability with electrical/electronic background.
• Experience fault finding and modification on Siemens PLCs.

Responsibilities

• Repair, modify and upgrade packaging machinery on site.
• Install, commission and test new systems.
• Travel extensively; typical 20k–25k miles per year; 50 hour week with optional weekend overtime.

Skills

Field service

Multiskilled

Siemens PLCs

Education

HNC Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Tools

Siemens PLCs

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. You will be joining the UK Sales and Service office of a worldwide market leading manufacturer with very low staff turnover and a very good package.

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