Field Service Engineer

Nottingham Source: WhatJobs

£40,000–£45,000

Field Service Engineer - Industrial Machinery

Location: Midlands - Field Based

Salary: £40,000 + Overtime + Benefits

Permanent | Full Time

Are you a Field Service Engineer with strong electrical fault-finding skills and experience working on industrial machinery?

We are recruiting for an established UK engineering business specialising in advanced automated machinery used within manufacturing and fabrication environments.

This is a varied field-based position involving the installation, commissioning, servicing and repair of complex industrial machinery at customer sites throughout the UK, with occasional overseas travel.

You do not need previous experience on this company's specific machinery. Engineers from CNC, packaging, automation, machine tools, conveyors, production machinery and other electro-mechanical equipment backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

The Role

Service, maintenance and repair of industrial machinery
Electrical and control system fault finding
Diagnosing faults from first principles
PLC I/O and control system diagnostics
Mechanical fault finding and repairs
Installation and commissioning of new machinery
Planned preventative maintenance
Reading and interpreting electrical drawings and schematics
Working with motors, sensors, drives and control panels
Fault finding on pneumatic and hydraulic systems
Providing technical support to customers
Working independently at customer sites
UK travel with occasional travel to Ireland/Europe

What We're Looking For

We are particularly interested in engineers with a strong electrical / controls background who are also comfortable undertaking mechanical work.

Ideally, you'll have experience with some of the following:

Industrial machinery, Electrical fault finding, Control panels
PLC fault finding / PLC I/O
Motors, sensors and drives
Electrical schematics and Mechanical systems
Hydraulics and pneumatics
Breakdown and preventative maintenance

Experience working on CNC machinery, machine tools, cutting equipment, packaging machinery, automated production equipment, conveyors or similar industrial machinery would be particularly relevant.

Direct experience with plasma, oxyfuel or laser cutting machinery would be advantageous, but is not essential where you have strong transferable industrial machinery experience.