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Field Service Engineer

SER (Staffing) Ltd
Posted 10 hours ago, valid for 14 days
Location

Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Multiskilled Service Engineer located in Birmingham, offering a competitive salary range of £45,000 to £50,000, with an OTE of £70,000.
  • Candidates should possess experience in field service or maintenance engineering, ideally with a background in factory machinery or industrial maintenance.
  • The role involves installation, servicing, and maintenance of food production machinery, requiring knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical systems.
  • Regular travel is expected, averaging three nights away per week, with accommodation provided and paid travel time.
  • The company offers a supportive work environment, ongoing training, and a benefits package that includes a pension scheme, health scheme, and 25 days of holiday.

Service Engineer – Multiskilled

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (OTE £70,000)

Hours: 7.5-hour working day, with overtime available (average 50-60 hours per week)

Overtime Rate: Time and a half

Weekend Work: Rota 1 in 3 weekends

Travel Time: Paid door-to-door

3 nights away p/w on average covering a national role

About the Role

We are seeking a Service Engineer (Multiskilled) with electrical knowledge to join my client a leading provider of food preparation machinery that supply to the meat, fish & poultry sector. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer to be involved in full-coverage installation, maintenance, and servicing of advanced food production machinery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Installation, servicing, and maintenance of machinery across various food production sites.
  • Working with pneumatics, hydraulics, belts, pulleys, chains, bearings, shafts, motors, and gearboxes.
  • Networking: running ethernet cables, change IO cards and IP address
  • Reading and interpreting electrical diagrams to work with 415V three-phase systems, servo drives, analog inputs, frequency converters, amplifiers, inverters, and motors.
  • PLC fault-finding and full networking within HMI systems.
  • Travel: Regular travel with an average of 3 nights away per week (accommodation in hotels provided).
  • Daily site visits: Typically 1 per day.
  • Some form of engineering qualification (preferably apprentice trained)
  • Experience working with factory machinery or industrial maintenance.
  • Strong knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, motors, and gearboxes
  • Ability to read and work from electrical schematics and PLC fault-finding
  • Previous experience in field service or maintenance engineering is preferred.
  • Capital equipment background

Benefits & Package

  • Competitive Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (OTE £70,000)
  • Pension: 14% matched
  • Health Scheme
  • Company Laptop & Phone
  • Company Car  (Currently under review)
  • 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
  • Training & Development Program

About the Company

My client  is a globally recognized leader in the manufacturing and servicing of high-quality food processing and packaging machinery. Due to continued growth, we are expanding our engineering team to support increased demand and provide the highest level of service to our clients.

Why Join?

  • Strong career progression opportunities.
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Supportive and collaborative work environment.
  • Ongoing training and professional development.
  • Reason for Vacancy: Due to company growth.

If you are a skilled mechanical engineer with electrical understanding looking for a rewarding and stable career, we would love to hear from you! Apply today.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.