Service Engineer

Catfoss Recruitment Ltd are currently in partnership with a well-established construction/utilities heavy plant machinery company.
Due to continued business growth, they are looking to recruit a Service Engineer on a permanent basis to their expanding team.
SERVICE ENGINEER
Job Title: Service Engineer
Salary Details: £41K - £46k DOE per annum plus Overtime + benefits (A company vehicle, tooling, pension, private healthcare and life cover).
Position duration:
Permanent, Monday - Friday 7am - 5.30pm with an unpaid 30min break. Engineers are paid door to door.
Service Engineer - Job Summary:
Working within the customer services division, the service engineer will be responsible for performing servicing, fault diagnostic and rectification tasks on specialised commercial utility vehicles.
Duties/Responsibilities:
* Planned maintenance
* Fault diagnostics (via remote monitoring and liaising with operators)
* Strong electrical diagnostic skills
* Experienced working on PLC controlled systems
* Identify/Repair Hydraulic/Pneumatic issues
* Ability to be able to work on own initiative
* Fault rectification and record keeping
* Remedial works
* Service and repair of remote-control systems
* Research and development tasks
* Working at our customer's sites and in-house
* Maintain vehicle, tools and equipment in a safe, clean and functional condition
* Ensure all areas of work are maintained in a safe and tidy condition by practicing good housekeeping.
* Complete written and computer-based reports.
* Comply with all aspects of the company policies and follow published procedures where applicable.
* Maintain a culture of best practice within the division by attending training courses, both internal and external when and where required.
* Working as part of a team nationwide, self-motivation and team working are essential. This role involves a high proportion of working alone as well as supporting and being supported by the company's existing team of engineers and managers.
* Support and contribute towards continuous improvement
* Communicate and collaborate closely with all internal teams in terms of contractual requirements so that customer expectations are met
* Contribute and support to ensure compliance to ISO9001/14001/45001 and FORS
Flexibility within this role is paramount, with the ability to adopt working hours to accommodate priorities and/or business requirements.
This will involve working throughout the UK with nights away from time to time and attending occasional training courses in Germany.
Service Engineer Qualifications Skills and Attributes
Required:
* At least 3 years' demonstrable experience working within the service industry in mechanical and electrical disciplines ideally with hydraulic and pneumatic experience.
* Experience in fault-finding and repair of electrical control circuits/PLC's is a must.
* A recognised formal apprenticeship in addition to City and Guilds or similar qualification.
* To always work safely and in accordance with the company's health and safety procedures. Precautions should be taken as necessary when visiting sites, adopting the required personal protective equipment (PPE).
* Overtime will also be payable when available.
* Candidates with experience on wheeled heavy construction plant equipment are encouraged to apply.
* HGV license would be an advantage but not essential as would candidates with experience of PTO and auxiliary heavy equipment.
Service Engineer suitable previous job titles: Field Service Engineer, Service Technician, Field Service Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Plant Engineer, Plant Technician, Multi-Skilled Engineer

Please apply ASAP