GBR Recruitment Ltd, are working exclusively with a one of the UK’s well established & highly respected flexible packaging machinery businesses, recruiting for an experienced multi-skilled Field Service Engineer with both Mechanical & Electrical (Electrical bias) skills to install, maintain & repair a variety of semi-automatic & automatic equipment, made by leading, high-quality business partnering brands from Europe. Many of the employees have represented this business for a minimum of 20 years, displaying fantastic longevity amongst the current workforce, as this company is people centric & really invests in its people.

As the company’s Field Service Engineer, you will work with both SME & Major National clients, working on their Vertical (VFFS) and Horizontal (HFFS) form fill & seal machinery, flow wrapping machinery, semi and automatic banding system machines, automatic bag forming & bag filling machinery, automatic sleeve wrapping and shrink wrapping lines, & other associated machinery, most with PLC controls (Mitsubishi & Siemens PLC’s).

You will get to test your engineering skills across an array of differing machinery, from entry level models & mid-range options, through to larger, high-volume, high-speed machinery, giving you variety in your working day.

This role is both field based (UK wide) & Workshop based, so flexibility is required.

Duties:

• Install, service, modify, fault find & repair flexible packaging machinery on UK customers sites or in the head office workshop
• Working with PLC-controlled systems, including diagnostics & modification (hardware, environmental & protective repairs, no programming)
• Troubleshooting electrical & mechanical faults, replacing parts & components
• Proactively managing scheduled maintenance of machines
• Liaising with customers on-site to ensure smooth handover & ongoing technical support
• Training customers to use the machinery & to get the optimal usage out of the machines
• Maintaining accurate service records & updating maintenance logs
• Setting up machinery for demonstrations to customers & potential customers

Attributes:

• A time served multi-skilled Engineer from the packaging / print machinery industry
• Level 3 NVQ in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Experienced in working with 3 phase electrical power supplies is imperative
• 18th Edition wiring regulations – must be able to read wiring diagrams
• Strong Mechanical Engineering skills
• Previous experience of working on automated flow wrappers, banders, bag formers, bag fillers, shrink wrapping machinery & similar would be preferable
• PLC knowledge (not a programmer)
• Ideally you should have thermal inkjet printers, pneumatics, conveyor & sealing systems experience
• Machine setting & operating skills
• Happy to work field based covering the UK & also in the workshop
• Used to giving technical advice to clients, as well as operator training
• Able to communicate effectively & professionally at all levels
• Occasional overseas travel to Europe for machine training and line approvals
• Driving license required as a company vehicle is given for this role

This role would suit someone living in Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Dunstable, Stevenage, St Albans, Aylesbury, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Leighton Buzzard, Watford, Enfield, Biggleswade, St Neots, Welwyn Garden City, Northampton & areas close to these.

Interviews to take place immediately, with an ASAP start