Field Service Engineer – Food and packaging machinery

Title Field Service engineer –

Salary Basic £35K - £40K. Average earnings £40K - £50K

Door to door pay

Overtime - inflated rates during the week and weekend

Package Company car, mobile phone, laptop, health care, pension, training.

Hours 40 hours per week + Overtime

Due to continued success, renewed contracts, and new business my client is looking to hire x2 additional field-based engineers to visit food production and packaging plants in their area.

If you are a field-based engineer and you are looking to reduce your time away from home during the week, improve your earning potential, join a larger team or are looking for a company that can offer career progression then this company could be a good option for you.

If you are a maintenance engineer or Technician and you are looking for a challenge and a more varied week then this role will be for you, not any 2 days are the same, get away from shifts and become a product specialist.

The company will provide full training on their machines but candidates who have worked on electromechanical production machinery will be preferable.

The Job

• Traveling to food and packaging plants to install, repair or maintain machinery

• Retro fitting machinery into production lines

• Solo working and working in teams

• Training customers

• Providing Technical support

The company

• Large well-known customer base

• Extensive product training

• Lots of support

• Specialists in their field

• Long -term career opportunities

The person

• Experience with working with motors, conveyors, labellers, cappers, tray sealers, baggers, weighers, slicers, and similar machinery

• Must have hands-on experience repairing and maintaining manufacturing and FMCG equipment

• Happy to travel and stay away from home when required – all expenses covered.

• Maintenance and repair background

• Field or mobile experience – Not essential

• Opportunity to progress to a senior field service engineer

food; beverage; packaging; field; mechanical; electrical; mainteance; install; commission; FAT; SOP; technical; conveyor; sealer; weigher; inspection; motor; packer; palletiser; end of line