GBR Recruitment Ltd, are working exclusively with a one of the UK’s well established & highly respected flexible packaging machinery businesses, recruiting for an experienced multi-skilled Field Service Engineer with both Mechanical & Electrical (Electrical bias) skills to install, maintain & repair a variety of semi-automatic & automatic equipment, made by leading, high-quality business partnering brands from Europe. As the company’s Field Service Engineer, you will work with both SME & Major National clients, working on their Vertical (VFFS) and Horizontal (HFFS) form fill & seal machinery, flow wrapping machinery, semi and automatic banding system machines, automatic bag forming & bag filling machinery, automatic sleeve wrapping and shrink wrapping lines, & other associated machinery, most with PLC controls (Mitsubishi & Siemens PLC’s).
You will get to test your engineering skills across an array of differing machinery, from entry level models & mid-range options, through to larger, high-volume, high-speed machinery, giving you variety in your working day.
This role is both field based (UK wide) & Workshop based, so flexibility is required.
Install, service, modify, fault find & repair flexible packaging machinery on UK customers sites or in the head office workshop
* Working with PLC-controlled systems, including diagnostics & modification (hardware, environmental & protective repairs, no programming)
* Troubleshooting electrical & mechanical faults, replacing parts & components
* Proactively managing scheduled maintenance of machines
* Liaising with customers on-site to ensure smooth handover & ongoing technical support
* Training customers to use the machinery & to get the optimal usage out of the machines
* Maintaining accurate service records & updating maintenance logs
* A time served multi-skilled Engineer from the packaging / print machinery industry
* Level 3 NVQ in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
* Experienced in working with 3 phase electrical power supplies is imperative
* Strong Mechanical Engineering skills
* PLC knowledge (not a programmer)
* Machine setting & operating skills
* Happy to work field based covering the UK & also in the workshop
* Used to giving technical advice to clients, as well as operator training
* Occasional overseas travel to Europe for machine training and line approvals
* Driving license required as a company vehicle is given for this role
Interviews to take place immediately, with an ASAP start