Details:
- Salary: £45,000 - 47,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Newark Nottinghamshire
- Date: 6 days ago
Description:
Astute's Biogas Team is partnering with a key player in the anaerobic digestion market who are looking for a Field Service Engineer to join their team. They design, build and maintain assets across the country and we're looking for a Field Service Engineer who is happy with being away from home most of the week and/or working long days (which are rewarded with excellent overtime rates).
The Field Service Engineer role comes with a salary up to £47,000, plus overtime and van and paid fuel. You also need to be within an hour of LIncoln in order to collect your equipment for the day/week before hitting the road and/or to perhaps collect a colleague or Apprentice, for example.
If you're a Field Service Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation where you can make a genuine difference, whilst growing personally and professionally, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the Field Service Engineer role
Reporting to the Service Manager you will:
Provide UK-wide on-site support, repairing, maintaining and servicing key equipment at customer locations across the UK
Carry out routine inspections, servicing, and planned preventative maintenance on a selection of equipment, like pumps, motors, conveyors, pipework, mixers and other typical parts on an anaerobic digestion site
Diagnose mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic faults, undertake repairs, and test machinery to ensure performance and safety standards are met
Commission equipment and assist with installations at customer sites as required
Accurately complete service reports, job sheets, and technical documentation within required timescales
Provide assistance to the UK Service Manager and want to learn some of the managerial tasks to increase your skillset
Collaborate effectively within the engineering team to meet operational targets and customer requirements
Stay away through the week when required and be flexible with plans changing at relatively short notice
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
Level 3 mechanical engineering qualification as a minimum
Proven experience in a field engineering role
Experience in anaerobic digestion, energy from waste, sewage/effluent treatment, fast-paced food production or something similar
A clean UK driving licence
Personal skills
The Field Service Engineer role would suit someone who is:
Flexible and happy to travel
Someone who is happy to stay away when required, which could be regular
Someone who isn't shy of some wet, smelly or cold conditions (especially in the Winter)
Salary and benefits of the Field Service Engineer role
Up to £47,000 basic salary, depending on experience
Overtime rate of 1.5x hourly rate after standard hours are worked
Van (or access to one) and paid fuel
Pension and holiday allowance
Genuine progression opportunity within the company
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