Field Service Engineer
| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Manchester |
| Area | Manchester, England |
| Sector | ManufacturingPackaging |
| Salary | £40k - 48k per year + OT/Company Van |
| Currency | gbp |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | ID:148813 |
| Job Views | 28 |
- Description
A well-established packaging machinery manufacturer is seeking a Field Service Engineer to join their growing UK service team. This is an exciting opportunity for a multi skilled engineer (Mechanical bias) to join a respected manufacturer supplying industrial bag closing and packaging machinery across multiple sectors including food, agriculture and chemicals.
Field Service Engineer
£40,000 – £48,000 + Overtime + Door-to-Door Pay + Company Vehicle
Location: Northwest
- Door-to-door pay (paid from the moment you leave home)
- Overtime available
- 23 days holiday plus bank.
- Company van provided
- 7:00am–4:00pm or 8:00am–5:00pm working hours
- Stable, long-term opportunity with a growing manufacturer
- Pension 3%
Additional Info
- UK/IRE travel required – customer site visits nationwide
- 5 overnight stays a month
- Balanced travel workload across the service team
- Ongoing product training provided
- Primarily mechanical role, electrical knowledge advantageous
Responsibilities
- Installing, servicing, maintaining and repairing industrial bagging and packaging machinery at customer sites across the UK.
- Carrying out mechanical work including chains, bearings, sprockets, gearboxes, belts, shafts and general moving components.
- Working with pneumatics and mechanical drive systems.
- Supporting basic electrical fault finding when required (motors, sensors, drives).
- Diagnosing and resolving faults with minimal supervision.
- Interpreting mechanical drawings and basic electrical schematics.
- Delivering high levels of customer service and representing the business professionally on site.
Key Requirements
- 2+ years’ experience in a mechanical engineering role (packaging experience advantageous but not essential).
- Strong mechanical fault-finding ability.
- Experience working on industrial machinery.
- Intermediate electrical knowledge (1-phase / 3-phase) beneficial.
- Engineering qualification Level 3 or above (mechanical preferred).
- Comfortable working independently in a field-based position.
- Full UK driving licence.
If you are interested in applying for this opportunity or wish to receive further information, please contact Sean Turton on 01615073363 or email a copy of your current CV to sean@serlimited.com – “SER-IN”
