Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Thetford
- Date: 16 hours ago
Description:
Service Engineer
Multi-Skilled
South East
£40,000 – £45,000 + Overtime (OTE £50k–£55k)
Package Includes:
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Company vehicle (fully expensed for work use)
Matched pension scheme (4%)
Extensive training provided (including international training at European HQs)
Regular overtime opportunities (£10k typical)
Average working week 50–55 hours
The Company
Our client is a leading distributor of premium European food processing machinery across the UK. With global roots in Canada, they now supply cutting-edge technology to fish, meat, and poultry factories worldwide.
Their portfolio covers 10 specialist machinery brands, providing complete solutions for primary, secondary, and further processing. Typical equipment includes:
Filleting and portioning machines
Dicers and slicers
Grinders and mixers
Formers and moulders
Packaging systems
This is a company that invests heavily in training and prides itself on long-term relationships with both staff and customers.
The Role – Field Service Engineer
As a Field Service Engineer, you will be a key technical expert supporting customers nationwide. You will be responsible for:
Installation, service, repair, and commissioning of a wide range of food processing machinery
Electrical fault finding, including interpreting and working from electrical drawings
Diagnosing and repairing faults on PLCs, HMIs, and 3-phase (up to 415V) systems
Running and terminating Ethernet cables and network connections
Mechanical work on bearings, shafts, pulleys, chains, conveyors, pneumatics, and hydraulics
Completing preventive maintenance schedules to minimise downtime for customers
Working away from home up to 4 nights per week, covering sites across the UK
Visiting a variety of customer environments including fisheries, poultry farms, and meat processing plants
This is a hands-on, varied role that requires a self-sufficient, customer-focused engineer who enjoys problem solving and working with complex machinery.
Qualifications & Experience
The ideal candidate will have:
Recognised apprenticeship or equivalent in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering (preferred)
Solid experience within FMCG, ideally in food or packaging machinery environments
Knowledge of PLC systems (basic fault finding and I/O diagnostics)
Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems (pneumatics, hydraulics, conveyors, motors, drives)
Willingness to travel extensively across the UK and stay away during the week
Why Apply?
Work with world-leading machinery brands
Structured career development with international training
Competitive package with significant overtime earnings
Opportunity to become a specialist engineer in a niche, high-demand industry
Interested?
Contact Dan Walton on (phone number removed)
Email: (url removed)
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