Service Engineer in Petersfield)

Wallace Hind Selection; East Hampshire; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A machinery distribution company is seeking a Multi-skilled Electrical / Mechanical Engineer to service, install, and commission industrial machinery across various sectors. This hybrid role requires you to split time between their Petersfield site and client locations throughout the UK. Ideal candidates should have experience with production equipment and a good understanding of PLC controlled machinery, along with excellent training and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Circa £5,000 overtime annually

Good holiday package

Company bonus scheme

Private Healthcare and Pension benefits

Qualifications

• Experienced Service or Maintenance Engineer necessary.
• Familiarity with packaging, process, inkjet, or automation equipment is a bonus.
• Understanding of PLCs at an operational level is important.

Responsibilities

• Service, install, and commission equipment across various sectors.
• Conduct scheduled maintenance and reactionary service.
• Engage in world-class training across Europe.

Skills

Multi-skilled Engineer

Experience with production equipment

Familiarity with PLC controlled machinery

Job description

Are you a Maintenance Engineer looking to break into Field Service? Are you a Field Service Engineer looking for a better quality of life and less staying away from home? We are looking for a Multi‑skilled Electrical / Mechanical Engineer to service, install and commission industrial machinery / capital equipment across various sectors. Splitting your time between our Petersfield site and client locations across the UK – we offer a good salary, benefits package and excellent job security.

BASIC SALARY:

Up to £45,000

BENEFITS:

• Company vehicle
• Circa £5,000 overtime annually
• Good holiday package, rising with service
• Company bonus scheme
• Full access to benefits package including Pension and Private Healthcare

LOCATION:

Commutable to Petersfield, Hampshire

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS:

• Winchester
• Reading
• Southampton
• Portsmouth
• Farnham
• Fleet
• Horsham
• Basingstoke
• Andover
• Crawley
• Worthing
• Fareham
• Guildford
• Woking
• Bracknell
• Epsom
• Alton

WHY SHOULD I APPLY?

• We will not waste our engineers’ time – you’ll work rather than endlessly driving. Your skills and experience are a valuable asset and we want you working rather than endlessly driving.
• We offer world‑class training at our principals’ sites across Europe. You’ll become an expert in our niche field.
• Hugely varied work on a wide variety of products. Our portfolio is large, so you’ll be doing different things each week. Keep that problem‑solving engineering brain ticking!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Field Service Engineer – Automate UK, Process and Packaging Machinery, Inkjet, Production Equipment. This is a hybrid role split between working at our Petersfield site, and a classic, multi‑skilled field‑based Service Engineer vacancy. The role is divided between scheduled installation and maintenance of equipment at sites across the UK and reactionary service (often with a few days’ notice and very occasional emergency breakdown response). During periods of training, you will also visit principal sites across Europe.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Ideally, you will be a multi‑skilled and experienced Service or Maintenance Engineer with familiarity of working on production equipment from any sector. Any exposure to packaging, process, inkjet, or automation equipment would be a bonus, but any PLC controlled machinery would be a good match. The wide variety of equipment you work on would benefit from a broad range of experience and a good, general engineering understanding. An understanding of PLCs from an operational level is important – but you are not required to be able to program, debug, fault‑find etc.

THE COMPANY:

Well established and respected distributor of machinery across several business areas including converting, print finishing, and process and packaging machinery.

PROSPECTS:

Beyond an annual salary review, there is a direct path to a Senior Service Engineer role in the medium term. 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, Maintenance Engineer, Installation Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Multiskilled Engineer – PPMA, Process and Packaging Machinery, Inkjet, Production Equipment, PLC, Automate UK.

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

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: SP18262, Wallace Hind Selection