Service Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection; Kettering; On-site; GBP 48,000

Job description

Job Description

Are you an experienced Field Service Engineer or Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias? You'll be servicing indoor cranes, hoists, and lifting equipment on sites, within an hour of Northampton. With full training provided and strong career prospects for you, this is the ideal opportunity for someone seeking a new challenge (maybe in a new industry) where no two days are the same.

BASIC SALARY: Up to £48,000 dependent on your relevant experience

BENEFITS:

1. 25 Days Holiday & Bank Holidays
2. Company Van & Fuel Card
3. Overtime
4. Company telephone & tablet
5. Annual pay review
6. Private medical insurance after qualification period
7. Pension contribution

LOCATION: Home based - you'll be local to the Northampton area, covering a radius of about 60-90 minutes including Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby, Rugby, Rushden, Bedford, Huntingdon, Leicester, Peterborough, Milton Keynes, St Neots, Market Harborough etc.

Why you might want to apply?

1. You want to become a highly trained, technical expert in indoor cranes, hoists, and lifting systems.
2. You love a challenge and don't mind working at height.
3. You're looking for a career, not just a job.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer - cranes, hoists, lifting equipment. You will be home based (living around the Northampton area) and reporting into our Service Manager who used to be an engineer and remains hands-on where possible. You'll visit customer sites to service, repair, and maintain a variety of our equipment - ranging from hoists to gantry cranes and other associated lifting equipment. That will be about 60% of your week, as you will also support our dedicated installation team the rest of the time with commissioning etc.

We have a solid core customer base covering more manufacturing and industrial environments and a solid product range where we are regularly introducing new products and re-engineering existing ones.

YOUR BACKGROUND:

Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer - cranes, hoists, lifting equipment. You'll be a qualified Electrical Engineer with a background in static maintenance or field service - ideally with your C&G 2365 Electrical Installation or equivalent. You will be happy working at height, comfortable with 3 phase electrics, and have a background of relevant transferable machinery such as hydraulics, motors, gearboxes, inverter-controlled machinery, industrial machinery, pneumatics etc.

If you answered YES to the above and you have any experience of working on cranes, traction lifts, or similar things like material handling equipment or access plant lifting equipment such as: alloy gantries, forklifts, hiabs or versa lifts, skates, air skates, cranes, toe jacks, roller bars, ultralift, telehandlers then you should APPLY NOW!

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Service Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Installation Engineer, Crane Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - Materials Handling, Crane, Gantry Crane, Lifting Equipment, LEEA, Electrical Hoist, Capital Equipment, Overhead Crane, Machine Installation, Plant.

THE COMPANY:

We started production in 1964 and have been established in the UK since 1991. We are a world-leading crane manufacturer represented within the materials handling industry. We stand for the highest quality products and reliable customer service. Honesty, safety, and quality are our most important values.

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application. Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client, embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: KC18057, Wallace Hind Selection