Field Service Engineer

Astute’s Nuclear Team is partnering with a great machine tools manufacturing company to recruit a Field Service Engineer based in Brighouse.

This Field Service Engineer role comes with a salary of £46,000 per year plus overtime, a 4% matched pension, company car, life insurance, and excellent overtime opportunities.

If you’re a mechanically biased Field Service Engineer with experience working on large machine tools and CNC equipment and are looking to join a specialist engineering business with a strong heritage, then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties of the Field Service Engineer role

Within the role you will:

• Install, service and maintain large CNC and manual machine tools at customer sites across the UK
• Carry out mechanical fitting, fault diagnosis and repair work on milling and machine tool equipment
• Perform machine tool alignment and precision adjustments to ensure optimal performance
• Conduct gearbox and machining head assembly, including correct setting of bevel gear meshing
• Carry out hand scraping for geometrical adjustment where required
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and hydraulic faults and implement effective repairs
• Ensure all work complies with company health and safety standards
• Represent the company professionally while working on customer sites
• Identify potential opportunities for additional service work, spare parts, or service contracts

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (preferred)
• NVQ or higher qualification in an engineering discipline (preferred)
• Proven experience working on large CNC and manual milling machinery
• Strong mechanical fitting and machine tool fault diagnosis skills
• Experience with machine tool alignment and precision engineering techniques
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical assembly drawings, hydraulic schematics, and electrical diagrams
• Basic electrical and hydraulic fault-finding knowledge
• Good computing skills including Microsoft Office
• Full UK driving licence (clean preferred)

Personal skills

The Field Service Engineer role would suit someone who is:

• Mechanically focused with strong practical engineering ability
• Comfortable working independently at customer sites
• Confident working within a small team environment
• Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills
• Highly organised with strong time management skills
• A strong problem-solver with excellent attention to detail
• Willing to travel across the UK and occasionally internationally
• Keen to learn and develop within a specialist engineering business

Salary and benefits of the Field Service Engineer role

• £46,000 basic salary plus overtime opportunities
• Company car
• Contributory pension scheme (4% employer / 4% employee)
• Life insurance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (33 days total)

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