Service Engineer

Samuel Frank; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional service engineering company in West Yorkshire is seeking a Service Engineer to troubleshoot and repair machinery across the UK. The role requires strong electrical fault-finding skills and knowledge of PLC systems, particularly Siemens TIA Portal. Benefits include a fully expensed vehicle, annual salary reviews, and bonuses. The ideal candidate should be based within an hour of Halifax, with a full driving licence and willingness to travel extensively.

Benefits

Annual salary review

Annual bonus

Fully expensed vehicle

20 days holiday plus public holidays

Qualifications

• Electrically qualified and strong fault-finding skills are essential.
• Experience with Siemens TIA Portal is highly desired.
• Must have a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Travel and stay away from home as required, with medium to heavy mileage expected.
• Cover weekend work approximately once every six weeks.
• Typical work week around 40-45 hours including travel time.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding experience

PLC fault-finding experience

Mechanical appreciation

Experience with special purpose machinery

Job description

Overview

Service Engineer - West Yorkshire based Company - UK Coverage - £40-50k + fully expensed vehicle (including private mileage/maintenance/insurance) + annual discretionary company bonus, typically 10-15% of basic salary per year

Responsibilities

• Strong electrical fault-finding experience & Electrically qualified - essential
• PLC fault-finding experience - essential (ideally Siemens TIA Portal fault-finding experience)
• Travelling role as a Service Engineer
• Ensure full UK driving licence - essential
• Sound mechanical appreciation
• Travel and stay away from home as required - 80% of travel will be there and back in the same day; the Service Manager estimates roughly 2 nights per week could be an overnight stop over
• Experience of working on special purpose machinery as a Service Engineer would be extremely useful, particularly packaging or wrapping machines
• National coverage - medium to heavy mileage expected
• Located within 1 hour of Halifax / Dewsbury / Huddersfield
• Weekend working - 1 week in 6 rota cover (extremely rare; happened once in 2023)
• Typical work week: around 40-45 hours on site + travel time; a typical day when working in the workshop is (phone number removed)pm

Benefits & Schedule

• Annual salary review for all employees
• Annual bonus pays, on average, 10-15% of the basic salary
• Fully expensed vehicle (Ford Ranger/Toyota Hilux style) including all private mileage, maintenance, tyres, and insurance; benefit in kind considerations apply
• 20 days holiday per year + Christmas/New Year shutdown + Bank Holidays

Location

The client’s premises are ideally located and commutable from Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Halifax and Barnsley with good links to the M1 and M62.

How to Apply

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