Applications Engineer - Machine Tools

VAC-45552

Applications Engineer – Machine Tools.

£40,000 - £50,000 based on 37.5 hr week + O/T D2D at 1.5 x taking the OTE to circa £70,000 + Christmas bonus + summer cover bonus (estimated £500) company car + life insurance Private healthcare + dental + phone + laptop + tools + Generous hotel and food allowances + 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Pay rises paid every January.

Company car – Mundeo Estate or Skoda Superb. 21p/ per mile personal use you would have to pay the benefit in kind tax.

Expenses – Engineers are paid a float of £2,000 per month and are responsible for booking their own hotels at around £100 -£120 per night max.

If you are within 75 miles of home you will receive £10 unreceipted untaxed subsidence. £25 for any further travel and £40 if you have to stay over in the hotel.

The door-to-door travel time is paid from the hotel to the customer at 150% of your hourly salary. You will work 7.5 hours per day with an estimate of 2.5 extra hours of overtime each day.

About the client:

My client is a very well-established Machine Tool OEM that has grown from a small family run organisation to now employing thousands of engineers worldwide. Last year they turned over just under 2 billion euros, and the money is continuously reinvested in the company and producing innovative and exceptional quality machine tools.

Despite their impressive growth they still maintain the ethos that every single member of staff counts! They are looking for an experienced applications engineer to join their growing team and cover their client base in the Midlands.

The successful candidate will receive industry leading training for 3 months in an international location with their parent company and once successfully trained the progression opportunities are endless.

The Role:

• You will provide a high standard of technical support regarding machine demonstrations machine setting, programming, and completing time studies.
• Provide customers with formal hands-on training and telephone customer support
• Occasionally assisting with the service team with the initial set ups and operation during the installation of new machines
• Attend manufacturers training courses as required and study new model features to ensure a high level of technical support is provided.

Requirements:

• Experience with Siemens 840D and Fanuc controls
• Experience using G code and M code programming.
• Experience with CAD/CAM software is desirable.
• Experienced with manual guide programming and comfortable with an iso background.
• Flexibly available for travel and overnight stays as the role covers a national territory.
• Milling , turning and machining centre experience is desirable
• Full clean driving license.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated applications engineer to recieve expert training and explore opportunities on a global scale with a world leading company. To hear more contact cara@serlimited.com