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An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Field Service Engineer to join their professional engineering team. This role involves installing and maintaining bespoke materials handling solutions across the UK and Europe, ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have a solid mechanical background with experience in electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. You will thrive in a customer-facing environment, providing exceptional service and support while working independently. This position offers an attractive benefits package and genuine opportunities for career progression, making it an exciting opportunity for the right individual.
Job Description
FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER
Northamptonshire base - UK and European Coverage (ideally based near Kettering, Corby or Northampton)
To c£35,500 neg dep exp + generous benefits + van + exceptional allowances + expenses
Our client is based near Northampton and is part of an established Group that specializes in the provision of bespoke materials handling solutions to a diverse range of customers and industry sectors worldwide. As a result of continued success and an ongoing programme of strategic growth, they are now seeking to recruit a dynamic and multi-skilled Field Service Engineer to complement their established and professional engineering service team installing and maintaining a range of handling solutions and supporting customers at locations throughout the UK and internationally as required.
Reporting to the Service Manager and based out of the production facility near Northampton, the successful Field Service Engineer candidate will undertake a broad range of both reactive and PPM activities on a range of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems, and will thrive within a customer-facing environment in which the highest levels of quality customer service and satisfaction are of paramount importance.
After an initial training and induction period encompassing all aspects of Health and Safety and working at height, the successful candidate will carry out service calls on a planned preventative and reactive basis at customer premises as required, undertaking Preventive Service Maintenance and repair of customer's site equipment and other manufacturer's products and systems, in full response to customer's requirements, whilst communicating activity and requirements with the customer in a clear and concise manner, and reporting via job sheets the activities carried out and faults found during service before resolving servicing and maintenance issues. You will also undertake the training of customer and their technicians in the use of and service and maintenance of equipment as required.
Complying with all Health and Safety Requirements, you will additionally provide assistance in the installation and commissioning of any machines and will be flexible in your approach to the position and be able to carry out tasks with little or no site supervision, whilst possibly being time-restrained in carrying out that task.
It is envisaged that the successful Field Service Engineer candidate will currently be working in a similar Plant and Equipment arena, most probably within a maintenance environment, and will demonstrate experience of working with Materials Handling Equipment and Automatic process equipment with a solid mechanical background. You will have multi-skilled experience and as the role is field-based, you will be comfortable working in various locations and varied environments under your own initiative and ideally be based in the Corby, Kettering, or Northampton area.
A full UK driving licence is essential for the role, as is the flexibility to work additional hours as required to ensure customer satisfaction at various locations. In return, an attractive benefits package, stability, and genuine career progression opportunities are available.
Call Premier Technical Recruitment on or email your CV in the strictest confidence for further details.