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Field Service Engineer

Oxford
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Field Service Engineer
Home based national role covering the whole UK.
Some shift work will be required.
Package;

  • Total £54,075.20 (Including shift and call out allowances) + 10% Bonus, Plenty of Overtime and Company Car.
  • 174 hours per month contracted paid door to door.
  • Call out – Contracted 1 week in 3 (Usually 1 in 5)
  • 25 days holiday, Healthcare, Pension, Dental Cover, Optical Cover and more.
    Key Responsibilities:
    The Field Service Engineer will primarily be responsible for the visited maintenance contracts which vary in complexity and size. There will also be a requirement to support site teams as required. Field Service Engineers will be safety conscious, with a record of providing solutions to complex problems.
    Duties/Knowledge required;
  • Electrical strip-down/re-assembly, field wiring, machine calibration and system testing.
  • Reactive maintenance
  • Stakeholder management
  • Problem solving
  • Ability to interpret electrical circuit diagrams
  • Health and Safety management
  • Mechanical engineering
  • PLC knowledge
  • Electrical engineering
  • Operate hand tools and be able to assemble parts onto equipment
  • Ability to compile complete and concise visit and breakdown reports
  • Liaising with members of the different engineering departments sharing knowledge and information
    Skills, qualifications and experience
  • Minimum qualification NVQ level 3 or equivalent (BTEC/City & Guilds)
  • Proven experience of dealing with electro-mechanical/PLC/hardware faults and preventative maintenance operations as part of a home-based support infrastructure
  • PLC knowledge
  • Ability to read electrical drawings
  • Practical working knowledge of physics
  • Computer literate with basic Microsoft Office skills
  • Communications skills
  • Appreciation of Cultural Diversity
    Experience in the following will be advantageous:
    Distribution| FMCG |electrical engineer |automation engineer| | Automation | Manufacturing | Production | Conveyors | Machinery | Material Handling | Baggage Handling | Packaging Machinery | Cranes | MHE | Airports | PLC's / Control Systems | | Motors | Drives | Navy | Army | RAF | REME | Marines | Armed Forces |
    Suited candidates previously hold roles such as:
    | Maintenance Technician | Maintenance Engineer | Electrical Engineer | Automation Engineer | Electrical Technician | Electro-mechanical Technician | Marine Technician | Marine Engineer | Avionics Technician | Avionics Engineer | Aircraft Engineer | Aircraft Technician | Robotics Technician | Robotics Engineer | Multi-skilled Engineer | Multi-skilled Technician |
    Application Process:
    If you have the above skills and wish to be considered for this position or find out more details then please submit your CV.
    We will endeavour to contact all applicants however if you do not hear from me within two weeks then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful

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