Job Description
Location: Field-based role ideally in Lincolnshire, East Midlands or Midlands. Salary: Depending on experience + paid door to door 1.5x hourly rate after standard hours are worked. Benefits: Company van, overtime at time and a half, pension, paid travel and overnight accommodation (when needed).
Overview
Are you an experienced Mechanical Field Service Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Mechanical Fitter looking to build a long‑term career within renewable energy and industrial process engineering? This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing international engineering business specialising in anaerobic digestion, biogas, renewable energy and process plant technology. You will travel to sites across the UK, carrying out planned maintenance, breakdown repairs, fault finding, equipment replacement and plant improvement work. This is a field‑based position involving regular travel and overnight stays. Engineers will normally work in teams of two or three, with the UK service operation coordinated from Lincoln.
Benefits
- Paid door to door at overtime rates
- Overtime paid at 1.5 times your standard hourly rate
- Fully equipped company van
- Fuel and business travel costs covered
- Overnight accommodation covered (applicable allowances)
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Specialist technical and product training
- Long‑term career progression within a global business during significant UK growth
- Work within the expanding renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sector
Role Summary
You will visit company‑operated, customer‑owned and partner sites throughout the UK, completing mechanical maintenance and repair work across renewable energy and industrial process facilities.
Responsibilities
- Complete planned preventative maintenance
- Respond to breakdowns and equipment failures
- Diagnose mechanical and process plant faults
- Repair and replace mechanical components
- Support equipment installation and commissioning
- Assist with plant upgrades and improvement projects
- Collaborate with electrical, controls and automation engineers
- Help improve plant reliability, efficiency and performance
- Supervise contractors during construction or upgrade work when required
- Complete service reports and maintenance documentation
- Follow site safety procedures, permits and isolation requirements
What you may work on
- Pumps, submersible mixers and motors
- Valves, pipework and flow systems
- Conveyors and solid‑feed systems
- De‑packaging and material‑handling equipment
- Heat exchangers and heating systems
- Gas storage and associated process equipment
- Sensors, safety systems and general mechanical plant machinery
Qualifications
- Level 3 qualification in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- At least three years of mechanical maintenance, fitting or field service experience
- Strong mechanical fault‑finding and repair skills
- Experience working within industrial, manufacturing or process plant environments
- Practical experience with pumps, motors, conveyors, valves or pipework
- Full UK driving licence
- Willingness to travel throughout the UK
- Willingness to stay away from home regularly
- Practical, flexible and safety‑conscious approach
- Ability to work effectively as part of a small engineering team
Preferred Experience
- Anaerobic digestion or biogas
- Renewable energy
- Wastewater or utilities
- Food manufacturing or food processing
- Recycling or resource recovery
- Agriculture
- Energy generation
- Heavy manufacturing
- Chemical or industrial process plants
Previous Job Titles
- Mechanical Field Service Engineer
- Mechanical Service Engineer
- Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
- Mechanical Fitter
- Plant Maintenance Engineer
- Process Plant Engineer
- Maintenance Technician
- Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Location and Travel
This is a field‑based position involving regular UK travel and overnight stays. Candidates based in Lincolnshire, the East Midlands or along the M1 corridor or within another well‑connected Midlands location will be particularly well placed. Reasonable access to Lincoln would be beneficial, although easy access to the wider UK motorway network is the main consideration. Fuel, business travel costs, overnight accommodation and applicable allowances will be covered.
About the Organisation
You will be joining an established international engineering business delivering advanced renewable energy, anaerobic digestion, biogas and sustainable process technology. The organisation operates across 18 countries, with more than 235 company‑operated sites and over 1,750 installations worldwide. It offers strong technical resources, specialist training and genuine long‑term career opportunities. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing UK service team, work with advanced process plant equipment and develop your career within renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure.
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