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Field Service Engineer
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Astute’s Biogas Team is partnering with a key player in the anaerobic digestion market who are looking for a Field Service Engineer to join their team
They design, build and maintain assets across the country and we’re looking for a Field Service Engineer who is happy with being away from home most of the week and/or working long days (which are rewarded with excellent overtime rates).
The Field Service Engineer role comes with a salary up to £45,000, plus overtime and van and paid fuel.
If you’re a Field Service Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation where you can make a genuine difference, whilst growing personally and professionally, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the Field Service Engineer role
Reporting To The Service Manager You Will
- Provide UK-wide on-site support, repairing, maintaining and servicing key equipment at customer locations across the UK
- Carry out routine inspections, servicing, and planned preventative maintenance on a selection of equipment, like pumps, motors, conveyors, pipework, mixers and other typical parts on an anaerobic digestion site
- Diagnose mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic faults, undertake repairs, and test machinery to ensure performance and safety standards are met
- Commission equipment and assist with installations at customer sites as required
- Accurately complete service reports, job sheets, and technical documentation within required timescales
- Provide assistance to the UK Service Manager and want to learn some of the managerial tasks to increase your skillset
- Collaborate effectively within the engineering team to meet operational targets and customer requirements
- Stay away through the week when required and be flexible with plans changing at relatively short notice
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Professional Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- Level 3 mechanical engineering qualification as a minimum
- Proven experience in a field engineering role
- Experience in anaerobic digestion, energy from waste, sewage/effluent treatment, fast-paced food production or something similar
- A clean UK driving licence
Personal skills
The Field Service Engineer role would suit someone who is:
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- Flexible and happy to travel
- Someone who is happy to stay away when required, which could be regular
- Someone who isn’t shy of some wet, smelly or cold conditions (especially in the Winter)
Salary and benefits of the Field Service Engineer role
- Up to £45,000 basic salary, depending on experience
- Overtime rate of 1.5x hourly rate after standard hours are worked
- Van (or access to one) and paid fuel
- Pension and holiday allowance
- Genuine progression opportunity within the company
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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