Astute’s Biogas Team is partnering with a key player in the anaerobic digestion market who are looking for a Field Service Engineer to join their team. They design, build and maintain assets across the country, and we are looking for a Field Service Engineer who is happy with being away from home most of the week and/or working long days (which are rewarded with excellent overtime rates).
The Field Service Engineer role comes with a salary up to £47,000, plus overtime and van and paid fuel. Candidates must be within an hour of Lincoln in order to collect their equipment and, if needed, a colleague or apprentice.
If you’re a Field Service Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation where you can make a genuine difference while growing personally and professionally, submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties
- Provide UK-wide on-site support, repairing, maintaining and servicing key equipment at customer locations across the UK.
- Carry out routine inspections, servicing and planned preventative maintenance on a selection of equipment such as pumps, motors, conveyors, pipework, mixers and other typical parts on an anaerobic digestion site.
- Diagnose mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic faults, undertake repairs and test machinery to ensure performance and safety standards are met.
- Commission equipment and assist with installations at customer sites as required.
- Accurately complete service reports, job sheets and technical documentation within required timescales.
- Provide assistance to the UK Service Manager and develop managerial skills where possible.
- Collaborate effectively within the engineering team to meet operational targets and customer requirements.
- Stay away through the week when required and be flexible with plans changing at short notice.
Professional qualifications
- Level 3 mechanical engineering qualification as a minimum.
- Proven experience in a field engineering role.
- Experience in anaerobic digestion, energy from waste, sewage/effluent treatment, fast‑paced food production or similar.
- A clean UK driving licence.
Personal skills
- Flexible and happy to travel.
- Comfortable staying away when required, potentially regularly.
- Not shy of wet, smelly or cold conditions (especially in winter).
Salary and benefits
- Up to £47,000 basic salary, depending on experience.
- Overtime rate of 1.5 times the hourly rate after standard hours are worked.
- Van (or access to one) and paid fuel.
- Pension and holiday allowance.
- Genuine progression opportunity within the company.
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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