Overview
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
* 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
Qualifications
* 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
* 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
* £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)
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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