Join The Dream Team! – FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (Inspection Equipment) wanted

We are seeking an experienced mechatronic engineer, ideally with electrical bias, to join our expanding service team in a field service role.

Field Service Engineer (Inspection Equipment) – Job Description

The Company: UK Inspection Systems Ltd is an independent and employee-owned Company that has been delivering a comprehensive range of goods and services to major brands in the UK food industry for over twelve years, with expertise that includes most makes of in-line inspection and weighing equipment.

In 2018 we established ourselves as a manufacturer with our own Aegis, Fortis and Parvis machinery range, whilst continuing to deliver high quality service support for metal detection, X-ray and static/dynamic weighing systems supplied by other manufacturers.

The Role: We are seeking an experienced mechatronic engineer, ideally with electrical bias, to join our expanding service team in a field service role.

Working from home (located in the south west of England), the role will cover a variety of field based service PPM/maintenance and repair work tasks at customer sites around the UK, predominantly in the south and south west region, but with the potential to travel further afield from time to time.

The role will also involve providing support for other projects according to their requirements, when not deployed to customer sites.

The role has good potential for career development, up to a fully skilled project and support engineer.

The successful candidate will be required to represent UK Inspection Systems in the best possible way, through building strong and trusting relationships with customers, delivering engineering excellence with timely diagnosis/repairs and cost effective service activity.

All work will be completed to UKIS quality standards.

Key Duties:

• PPM maintenance tasks on factory production line inspection equipment (servicing rollers, bearings, transport belts, drive belts, motors etc.).
• On-site electrical/mechanical fault finding and repairs.
• Calibration and Validation testing and certification of in-line inspection equipment (including X-ray, metal detectors. check weighers and weighing scales).
• Completion of machine upgrades to existing equipment on customer sites.
• Handle on site customer queries in a fair and courteous manner.
• Complete all necessary paperwork accurately and on a timely basis in accordance with the Company procedures.
• Be prepared to adapt to all types of environments and comply with local H&S and hygiene rules.
• Expected to co-operate by working overtime as and when required.
• Be prepared to learn a diverse set of products from differing brands and continually improve your product knowledge.

Required Skills:

• Experience in a Field Service Role (preferably the Food Industry) However, consideration may be given to a person already in a static maintenance role, looking to move into field work.
• Electro-mechanical skills together with functional electronic knowledge
• Methodical approach to problem solving
• Ability to work independently
• Full current, clean UK driving licence
• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail is essential
• IT literate, Windows, Excel & Word
• Experience of success in a similar role
• Qualification in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Desirable Skills: 

• PLC programming and knowledge of PC hardware an advantage
• Experience of product inspection and/or conveyor systems
• Knowledge of the food manufacturing industry
• Experience of HMI control systems

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Job Reference: FSE140625

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