Workshop & Service Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection, on behalf of a food packaging machinery manufacturer, seeks a Workshop Engineer with a clear path to a Field Service Engineer. The role starts in the workshop and evolves to on-site support across the UK after training.

Expect a 50/50 split between workshop pre-installations and customer-site work, with travel and some weekend availability. You must be a qualified Multi Skilled Electrical / Electronic Engineer with a full apprenticeship.

Qualifications

• Qualified Multi Skilled Electrical / Electronic Engineer with a full apprenticeship.
• Experience with packaging machinery and/or the food industry is advantageous.
• Willing to travel UK and occasional weekends when required.

Responsibilities

• Pre-installation workshop work on packaging machines.
• Post-training, installation, commissioning, repair and refurbishment at client sites across the UK.
• Maintain a 50/50 split between workshop-based and field-based duties.
• Overtime is paid; occasional travel and nights away may occur.

Skills

Workshop Engineer

Field Service Engineer

Electrical/Electronic engineer

Hybrid role

Education

Full apprenticeship in Electrical/Electronic engineering

Job description

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

BASIC SALARY: up to £48,000

BENEFITS

• Overtime to earn £5,000 to £7,000 to earn circa £55,000
• Commission & Bonus on aftersales to earn up to £1,000
• Company Car

LOCATION: Home based but you MUST be commutable to the companies UK office near Heathrow airport, as you will be office based.

After training you will be office based 50% & field based 50%, 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

After you have completed your training, this role will become 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 after training 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.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

REF: MPH18623, Wallace Hind Selection