Service Technician

If you are a Service Engineer or Service Technician with experience of heavy plant machinery or equipment, we want to talk to you! If you enjoy the challenge of different tasks, whether planned or reactive, understand all aspects of the machinery plus love to travel and meet different people, you could be just the person that we are looking for to join our growing service team in Northampton.

BASIC SALARY: £43,000-£60,000

BENEFITS:
· Typical earnings (Fully Qualified or Experienced) are in excess of £60,000.00 per annum with OT.
· 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
· 5% pension contribution.
· Sick pay scheme.
· Discretionary annual bonus.
· Death in service benefit, 4 x basic salary.
· Fully equipped service van.

LOCATION: Northampton

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Northampton, Daventry, Wellingborough, Kettering, Rushden, Corby, Rugby, Milton Keynes, Towcester, Market Harborough

THE COMPANY:

We are the UK subsidiary of a German manufacturer who produce a comprehensive range of specialist piling rigs and construction equipment. To meet increasing demand for our services we are now looking to recruit a further member of staff to be part of our enthusiastic service team.

We have a substantial hire fleet of piling rigs, attachments, drilling rigs and piling hammers as well as associated plant and equipment. The company continues to grow, and we put this down to the level of support and expertise that we offer to our customers combined with ongoing investment in our employees and the very latest equipment.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Field Service Engineer, Field Service Technician - Plant Machinery and Equipment

Reporting to the Service Manager you'll be responsible for servicing and maintaining not only our own hire fleet of piling rigs and drilling rigs but also those of our customers who are spread around the UK and Ireland. Our service team look after all aspects of machine function: engines; hydraulic systems; electrical systems, and control systems. Work is carried out in our yard in Northampton, but we also get to visit customer’s own premises and their job sites around the UK (primarily) and Ireland (occasionally). All equipment is designed and manufactured by our parent company in Germany, so our team have the benefit of full factory support and product training.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Field Service Engineer, Field Service Technician - Plant Machinery and Equipment

· Carry out preventative maintenance, scheduled maintenance, servicing and repairs on our own manufactured machinery and equipment (yard based and site work).
· Visit customers job sites and their plant yards around the country to provide full-service support as and when required.
· Assist with the commissioning of new or hired machinery and equipment.
· Training customers, machine operators and service personnel when/as required.
· Loading / unloading of plant and equipment as required in our yard or on site.
· Occasional out-of-hours support.
· Control of parts and spares in service vehicle.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Field Service Engineer, Field Service Technician - Plant Machinery and Equipment

You will either have an appropriate engineering qualification or be a time served experienced fitter. You will be multi skilled electrically and mechanically and must have experience and exposure to:

· Electrical systems and controls systems.
· Diesel engines.
· Hydraulic systems.
· Electro-hydraulic systems.
· Fabrication / repair.

This is a key role within our company as you will be a customer facing representative of our business. You should possess a positive attitude and a flexible approach to your work, comfortable working on your own or as part of a team. You will need to be reliable, organised, methodical and demonstrate good communication skills. Specific product training will be provided including factory training in Germany.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and / or markets, and worked with the following products and / or services: Heavy Plant Fitter, Mobile Plant Fitter, Mobile Plant Engineer, Plant Engineer, Service Engineer, Service Technician, Field Service Engineer, Field Service Technician, Mechanic, Engineering Technician, Workshop Plant Engineer, Heavy Vehicle and Plant Mechanic, Piling Equipment, Rig Mechanic, Hydraulic Technician, Agricultural Machinery Engineer, Crane Technician, Crane Mechanic, Crane Maintenance Engineer - Drilling Equipment, Heavy Plant, HGV, Electro-Mechanical, Plant Equipment, Forklifts, Cranes, Recycling equipment, Royal Air Force, Military, Ground Support Equipment, Construction, Agricultural Machinery, Marine Engineering, Mobile Cranes, Drilling Machinery,

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgment of your application.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: JN17300, Wallace Hind Selection