Agricultural Service Engineer

Our client is a long-standing family business that have been in the Agricultural and Ground Care industry for over 100 years who are looking for an Agricultural Service Engineer to service JCB machinery and other agricultural equipment in the Colchester area. They are offering a competitive salary of up to £42,000, a company vehicle and plenty of overtime opportunities.

Successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a range of JCB Agriculture equipment as well as several other manufactures.

• Service and maintain JCB and other agricultural machinery to the manufacturers specifications and to ensure machine reliability and safety.
• Have a keen eye for detail, reporting machine defects and upselling the services provided by the company wherever possible.
• Successfully diagnose and rectify electrical, hydraulic, powertrain and various other faults prior to initiating and completing a repair.
• Operate diagnostic software via a laptop computer when required (training will be given).
• Complete a detailed report of work completed along with supporting photographs and documenting of all worked times.
• Have a good understanding of GPS, Telematics, and machine controllers.
• Ensure that machines returning from demonstration are complete and undamaged.
• Consult with the service departments over operational matters.
• Preparing for shows, open days and working events.
• Attend factory training days when available.

• 3+ years experience of a variety of machinery ideally in the agricultural, commercial vehicle or construction industry.
• Must have a full UK driving licence.
• Open to weekend work when required.

• Salary: £34,000- £42,000
• Working Hours: 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday 8am- 5pm with a 1-hour lunch
• Holiday Package: 23 days + 8BH
• Pension - 3% employee contribution and 7% employer contribution
• Life insurance
• Company Vehicle, Mobile Phone and laptop
• Ongoing training as required.
• Overtime available (Mon - Sat time and a half, Sunday - double time, bank holiday Monday - double time & day in lieu)
• You will be required to do some weekend working during peak times.

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, and contact you in relation to this application and the services we offer.