Service Engineer - Mechanical

Hunter Selection | B Corp™; Northampton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Overtime allowances

Expenses paid

Training provided

Phone & tablet

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension contribution 5%

Life insurance after probation

Job summary

Hunter Selection is seeking a Mechanical Service Engineer to service high-speed conveyor systems across the UK. You will perform on-site inspections, planned maintenance, and client training on complex equipment.

The role offers extensive travel, autonomous work, excellent training, and a strong benefits package including 25 days holiday and pension contributions. You will join a market-leading team delivering world-class automation solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical skills with gears, bearings, shafts, belts.
• Excellent fault finding and problem-solving ability.
• Experience with material handling equipment and conveyors is beneficial.
• Role suits an engineer seeking autonomy and travel across UK.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites and service/PPM high-speed conveyor systems.
• Provide onsite fault finding, troubleshooting and repair of machinery.
• Provide onsite training for customers.
• Prepare timely service reports with detailed information.
• Work on vertical elevating equipment such as pallet hoists, box lifters and bucket elevators.
• Cover the entire UK with regular stays away and occasional weekend/night work.

Skills

Gears and bearings

Fault finding

Material handling equipment

Autonomous travel

Customer service mindset

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

• Company van provided
• Regular paid overtime and night shift allowances (If required)
• Expenses paid
• Excellent training provided
• Company phone & tablet
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company pension contribution of 5% after probationary period
• Free workplace health and life insurance after probationary period

This is a rare opportunity to join a market leading company that design, manufacture, and install some of the worlds most advanced automated processing solutions. This company supply into a diverse range of industries and sectors and supply into some of the biggest companies and household names in the country.

They now require an additional Mechanical Service Engineer to provide exceptional service to their client base throughout the UK. You will be required to perform on-site inspections, site surveys, Planned maintenance and service, with some installations and customer training. This is varied role and offers you the chance to work with a genuine market leader and work on some of the most advanced and exciting facilities in the UK.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Working from home, you will travel to customer sites and undertake the service and ppm's on high speed conveyor based systems.
• Provide high-level technical support and expertise onsite for the customer along with any trouble shooting, service and repair of machinery and equipment
• Provide onsite training for customers
• Prepare report sheets with detailing information in a timely manner
• Work on a variety of vertical elevating equipment such as, pallet hoists, boxlifters, and bucket elevators.
• Covering the whole of the UK with regular stay away and occasional weekend and night work

Knowledge, Skills, and experience

• Strong Mechanical skills e.g. experience on gears, bearings, shafts, belts etc
• Mechanically qualified, at least to NVQ level 3
• Excellent fault finding and problem-solving ability
• Experience working on material handling equipment and conveyor systems would be beneficial
• The role would suit an Engineer seeking an autonomous and varied role with plenty of travel to a broad range of customer sites

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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