Field Service Engineer

FieldService Engineer
Electrical Bias
Manufacturing Machinery
Greater Manchester OL1 2RL
National travel
OTE £55,000+
Company Van And Fuel Card
Enhanced Overtime, Specialist Training, Bonus, Holiday
 
Are you an electrical engineer with experience in maintaining, servicing or commissioning industrial manufacturing machinery? If yes, please read on…
 
My client is an established firm in the manufacturing sector that is currently looking for a Senior Service Engineer to assist the current team with the breakdown and remedial work of their machines on various sites across the UK.

The ideal candidate would be based within the Greater Manchester area.

Other suitable job titles could include Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Repair Engineer, Remedials Engineer, Field Engineer, Multiskilled Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Technical Engineer or Installation Engineer, Commissioning Engineer or Industrial Electrician.

The Role: Service Engineer:

- This is a large geographical patch and will require frequent overnight stays.
- Attending technical breakdowns on-site
- Machine retrofits and control system/ energy upgrades
- Reading wiring diagrams and designing simple electrical circuits
- Working with single and three-phase electrics
- Scheduling technical work.
- Fitting, setting up and re-programming variable speed drives or variable frequency drives (VSD/VFD)
- Some simple PLC software programming, downloading programs, replacement of parts and commissioning
- Mechanical repairs with fans, fan bearings and motors
- Ability to communicate well with customers

The Candidate: Service Engineer:

- Experience servicing, commissioning, maintaining or installing industrial plant machinery or similar
- Must have experience in fault finding or installing variable speed drives VSDs 
- Fault finding on PLCs
- Ability to read and work from electrical schematics and wiring diagrams 
- Holds a valid Electrical Qualification: City and Guilds, NVQ Level 3 or HNC/HND equivalent
- Able to change mechanical components such as fans, fan bearings, motors and shafts
- Candidates must have a full UK driving licence and be willing to travel 
- Ability to communicate well with customers
- Happy to stay overnight away from home when required

- It would be an advantage to have experience with natural gas / LPG burners
 

Salary and Package - Senior Service Engineer:

- Starting salary £44k per annum 
- 40-hour working week with guaranteed overtime available (OTE £55,000+) 
- Door-to-Door Travel
- Private healthcare
- Company Van and Fuel Card
- Specialist equipment provided
- 31 days holiday including bank holidays
- Continuous training/development on courses such as: Gas Safe/PASMA/ IPAF/ PLC Programming
- Loyalty bonus scheme

- Company Pension Scheme
 

 Interested? To apply for this Field Service Engineer position, here are your two options:

- "This is the job for me! When can I start?" - Call now and let’s talk through your experience.

Ask for Emma Gilmore 0116 254 5411 between 8.30am - 5.30pm.
- "I think I'm right for this position, but I'm not sure I have enough to get an interview" - Click "apply now" so I can read your CV and let you know

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