Maintenance Engineer

 

Main characteristics

Location

Northampton, Northamptonshire

Company

Wallace Hind Selection LTD

Salary

£40000 - £45000/annum Overtime to earn extra £20k + 25 Day

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Automotive / Aerospace

Job summary

Are you a Heavy Plant Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or maybe a Field Service Engineer that's fed up of constantly being on the road or staying away? This role offers you 80% time in the workshop, but with great overtime opportunities to boost your earnings. If you enjoy different maintenance tasks and engineering challenges, we want to speak with you about joining our engineering team in Northampton.

BASIC SALARY: £43,000

BENEFITS:
· Earn up to £20k additional with realistic overtime.
· 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
· Company van with fuel card and personal use.
· Phone paid for.
· 4x death in service.
· 5% pension contribution.

LOCATION: Northampton

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Daventry, Wellingborough, Kettering, Rushden, Corby, Rugby, Milton Keynes, Towcester, Market Harborough, Peterborough, Leicester.

Why should I apply:
· Start with a great basic salary with significant overtime earning potential.
· We pay door to door when traveling to client sites or remote locations.
· Maybe you're fed with of doing the same thing over and over. Enjoy a great variety of tasks and challenges with further training and development opportunity.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Service Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Service Technician - Plant Machinery and Equipment - Heavy Plant

Reporting to the Service Manager, you'll be assisting in maintaining, servicing and repairing our fleet of pilling and drilling rigs. You'll cover all aspects of the machinery and equipment including engine, hydraulic systems and electrical systems. 80% of your work will be in the workshop but travel to client sites will be required, with occasional overnight stays.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Service Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Service Technician - Plant Machinery and Equipment - Heavy Plant

· Carry out preventative maintenance, scheduled maintenance and servicing on our machinery and equipment.
· Attend reactive/breakdown maintenance and complete repairs to our machinery and equipment.
· Assist in delivery/commissioning of machinery and equipment to site when on hire.
· Loading/unloading of plant and equipment at yard and on site.
· Scheduled call out cover.
· Control of parts and spares on van.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Service Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Service Technician - Plant Machinery and Equipment - Heavy Plant

You should have an engineering qualification or have served an apprenticeship, ideally you will be multi skilled electrically and mechanically and will likely have experience and exposure to;

· Electrical systems and controls
· Diesel engines
· Hydraulic systems
· Electro-hydraulic systems
· Fabrication / repair

You might come from a range of backgrounds, such as agricultural machinery, heavy plant fitter, marine engineering, mobile cranes, drilling machinery, pilling equipment, recycling equipment or excavation machinery.

THE COMPANY:

Based in Northampton, we specialise in piling and drilling equipment. We have a substantial fleet of Piling rigs and attachments, Drilling Rigs and Hammers as well as associated plant and equipment. The company continues to grow and we put this down to the level of support and expertise offered by the company combined with ongoing investment in its employees and the latest equipment.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and / or markets, and worked with the following products and / or services: Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Service Technician, Field Service Engineer, Field Service Technician, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Plant Mechanic, Plant Fitter, Piling Equipment, Drilling Equipment, Heavy Plant, HGV, Agricultural Fitter, Electro-Mechanical, Agricultural Machinery Engineer, Plant Equipment, Forklifts, Recycling equipment, Royal Air Force, Military, Ground Support Equipment.



Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: JN17300, Wallace Hind Selection

Benefits: Overtime to earn extra £20k + 25 Day