Workshop Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime (£5k-£7k)

Commission & Bonus on aftersales (£2k)

Company Car

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is recruiting for a hybrid Workshop Engineer / Field Service Engineer role in the UK. You will spend 50% of your time in the workshop and 50% on client sites across the UK, commissioning, installing and refurbishing packaging machinery for the food industry.

Travel to customer sites, occasional weekends, and staying away 1–2 nights per week are expected. You must be a qualified multi-skilled Electrical/Electronic Engineer with a full apprenticeship.

Qualifications

• You must be a qualified multiskilled electrical/electronic engineer with a full apprenticeship.
• Packaging machinery experience and/or food industry exposure is advantageous.
• Ex-service engineers seeking a better work-life balance will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Install, commission, repair and refurbish packaging machines on client sites across the UK.
• Work in the workshop on pre-installation projects at the UK office.
• Split time: 50% workshop, 50% field service, with travel and occasional weekend work as required.

Skills

Multiskilled Electrical / Electronic

Education

Full apprenticeship

Job description

An unusual role offering 'the best of both worlds' combining both being a Workshop Engineer 50% of your time and a Field Service Engineer for the other 50%, for a packaging machinery manufacturer supplying the food industry.

BASIC SALARY

up to £45,000

BENEFITS

• Overtime to earn £5,000 to £7,000
• Commission & Bonus on aftersales to earn up to £2,000
• Company Car

LOCATION

Home based but you MUST be commutable to the companies UK office near Heathrow airport, as your time as a Workshop Engineer, will be office based. All other time will be field based, covering the UK.

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS

Slough, Uxbridge, Watford, Maidenhead, Hemel Hempstead, Hayes, Amersham

JOB DESCRIPTION

Workshop Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Factory Maintenance Engineer - packaging machinery, food

This is a hybrid Workshop Engineer / Field Service Engineer role, with a 50 / 50 split of your time.

As a Workshop Engineer, you will be working on machines pre-installation in the workshop at the companies office and as a Field Service Engineer you will be required to work on client sites and will be responsible for installation, commissioning, repair and refurbishment of machines on sites across the whole UK.

Overtime is paid door to door and you can expect to travel and stay away from home 1 to 2 nights per week and to be available to work weekends twice a month if required.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• You will be an experienced Workshop Engineer, or a Factory Maintenance Engineer who is now looking for hybrid workshop and field service role.
• The company will also consider an experienced Field Service Engineer who would like a better work life balance, spending less time away from home.
• Any previous experience of working on packaging machinery and / or of working within the food industry would be advantageous.
• You MUST be a qualified Multi Skilled Electrical / Electronic Engineer, having completed at least a full apprenticeship.

THE COMPANY

A very well established and market leading manufacturer of packaging machinery supplied to the food industry.

REF: MPH18598, Wallace Hind Selection