Field Service Engineer

Role – Field Service Engineer

Salary – £36,000 – £42,000+ Overtime 3-4k + Company Car

Location – Scottish Boarders ( Glasgow to Newcastle)

The Company

ATA Recruitment is currently working with a privately owned business who specialise in the sales and service of machinery within the construction industry. They are an extremely friendly and welcoming company who offer a great deal of support and development for their engineers.

The company currently employs around 35 people and has a turnover of £7million. They currently have a service team of 10 engineers, 4 of which have been recruited by ATA in 2015. The service team are responsible for all installation and maintenance work across the UK.

If you are a qualified electrical/mechanical engineer who has had experience servicing or installing automated production or manufacturing equipment from any kind of sector and are looking to join a highly technical exciting business then

The Role

As a field service engineer you will on the road carrying out installation, planned maintenance and breakdown repair of the CNC machinery.

The role of Field Service Engineer will involve:

* On the road carrying out installation, breakdown repair and PPM of CNC Machinery for the manufacturing of windows. These machines cut out plastic, aluminium and glass

* An install job could be 3 weeks in total and on these jobs the person could be away for a week at a time

* The team are currently doing 40 – 50 hours a week average but these will be reduced to 40 as the team grows

* Mechanical work is pneumatic and involved the cleaning and replacing of parts during PPM’s.

* The majority of the breakdown work is electrical which could be fault diagnosis to understand if a switch, motor, inverter or sensor is faulty

* Training is shadowing another technician on an install or service job and can also include trips to the manufacturers abroad for their training. Can also get involved in second hand refurbishments in Rugby for training

* Role is split 50/50 electrical/mechanical

* Software – machines aren’t typically controlled by PLC’s but there can be some basic software inputting which helps the machine coordinate what axis cut the material where.

* Average number of nights away is 2 a week

* Overtime is not paid during the week but the guys are not expected to report to the office if they finish their work early

* 1.5x overtime on Saturday and 2x on Sunday

The Person

To be successful as a Field Service engineer you will need:

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Previous field service work experience

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A background in servicing production or manufacturing machinery. This could be from industries such as packaging, food, materials handling, CNC Machinery, Aerospace, Automotive ETC

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An elecrictical qualification e.g. HND, HNC, Degree, NVQ, City and Guilds, Apprenticeship or 17th edition

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Happy spending time on the road and staying away when needed

The Benefits

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You will be joining a highly successful £multi-million company who can offer a massive amount of stability and security.

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A progression structure which allows engineers to progress from Technician to Senior Technician and then Master Technician resulting in a higher basic salary

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Overtime when working weekends

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Fantastic salary and benefits package

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The opportunity to work for a friendly and welcoming company

Interested in the Field Service Engineer role?

Please contact Joanne Wilson (Talent Sourcing S