Mechanical service engineer

Responsibilities

• Installation and commissioning of individual machines in production lines.
• Spare parts surveys to individual machines.
• Maintenance and overhauling of machines with commissioning.
• Installation of changeparts and upgrades with commissioning.
• Identifying, eliminating and documenting malfunctions in consultation with technical and design departments.
• To carry out training of customer staff on machine operation following installation.
• Instructing and training of Apprentices.
• Reporting & Feedback (Service reports, travel reports, warranty reports etc.).

Qualifications

• To have a willingness to learn new technologies and techniques.
• To be able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• To be able to work with customer specific guidelines and safety instructions.
• Time served engineer, ideally HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Previous experience of the food & beverage industry as well as filling and packaging equipment preferable but not essential.
• Previous experience of field based working preferable but not essential.
• Good level of computer literacy and IT skills, and having used MS office (Outlook, Word, Excel), but also with the ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Good fault-finding capability with flexibility to consider different solutions, thinking outside the box.
• Excellent communication skills both written, verbal and face to face.
• Travel throughout the UK, Europe & Worldwide as required.