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Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer

Role: Field Service Engineer

Shifts: Monday to Friday

Location: UK Wide

Salary: £54,000  (OTE £70,000)

Benefits: 10% Bonus + Private Healthcare + Overtime (1.5X/2.0X) + 6% Pension + Training + Company Car + Fuel Card

The Company:

ATA are proud to partner with a key business within Automated Logistics that design, manufacture and maintain highly automated state of the art systems within the warehousing industry. With operations in nearly 100 sites across the UK (and growing!) the demand for their services has increased hence why they are currently looking to add to the Field Service team.

With a UK Turnover of around £100m they can offer the right Field Service Engineer great job security and some fantastic training opportunities too. You will be sent abroad within your first 6 months of employment to their head quarters for specialist training on all of their highly automated machinery.

The Role:

The Role of Field Service Engineer will include the following:

Travelling the UK to different customer sites completing Maintenance on all of the highly automated machinery including: Robots, Shuttles, Conveyors, Hanging Garment Systems.
Completing Project work at customer sites to improve the reliability of the machines
Working as a technical expert liaising directly with customers, keeping them informed of your progress
Working Electrically on Motors, Sensors, Switches, Relays, Contactors, Invertors,
Mechanically working with: Bearings, Belts, Rollers, Gearboxes, Shafts, Pneumatics, Chains
Working an on call rota one in four weeks (Typically only called out once within this week)
The Candidate:

The Right Candidate for the role of Field Service Engineer will be/have:

A recognised Engineering qualification
Experience working within Maintenance/Field Service Engineering
Be confident Fault Finding Electrically and Mechanically
Be happy with stay away once or twice a week
UK Drivers License
Have a pro-active and positive attitude to Engineering – this is a customer facing role
Willing to take on extra training given by the company
The Benefits:

The Benefits included for a successful applicant of Field Service Engineer will be:

Door to Door pay (OT paid at 1.5X and 2.0X)
A Company Car and Fuel Card
Plenty of Training Opportunities
Up to 10% Bonus
Realistic Earnings of £70k +
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
6% Matched Pension
Progression Opportunities – Working for a Global Engineering company with opportunities to progress into management, controls or projects in future
ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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