Ernest Gordon Recruitment
Trainee Service Engineer (Machinery)

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Trainee Service Engineer (Machinery)
£30,000 - £32,000 + Vehicle + Full Training + Shift flexibility + Bonus + Tools + Benefits
Location
Chard
Are you a hands-on Engineer from a mechanical background, looking for full on-the-job training on automated machinery, allowing you to progress to become a skilled Service Engineer? Are you looking for a varied role where every day is different, covering a local patch to perform repairs on state-of-the-art machinery?
In this field-based role you will travel to customer sites across the South West to perform servicing and maintenance of CNC machinery, with full training provided. You will shadow a Senior Engineer for 6-12 months who will also teach you electrical skills along with programming.
This close-knit and ambitious machining company supply CNC machinery and maintenance solutions to a range of companies across the south. They pride themselves on delivering a high level of service to their clients whilst continuously developing their staff for the future.
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This role would suit a hands-on Engineer who is looking to progress into a field-based role, with full training on specialist machinery allowing them to develop their skills and become a rounded Service Engineer.
The Role
- Performing servicing and maintenance of CNC machinery
- Diagnosing electrical, mechanical and pneumatic issues
- Full training provided by shadowing an experienced engineer
- Monday to Friday or Monday to Thursday shifts available, 40-hours a week
The Person
- Aspiring Service Engineer
- Mechanical background
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CNC, Field, Engineer, Engineering, Repair, Mobile, Servicing, Diagnostic, Maintaining, Field, Maintenance, Service, Plant, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Chard, Taunton, Exeter, Yeovil


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