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Field Service Engineer

Posted a day ago

  • Aldeburgh, Suffolk
  • Permanent
  • Permanent Role, Competitive Salary, Company V
  • £38,000 /Yr
  • Sponsored
  • Expires In a month

Recruit4staff is proud to be representing their client, a leading Manufacturing / Engineering company in their search for a Field Service Engineer to work across the Stowmarket/Ipswich areas.

For the successful Field Service Engineer, our client is offering:


  • Salary up to £38,000 Per Annum - Depending on experience
  • Regular Overtime payable at time and a half
  • 40 hours per week, 8:30am - 5pm
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Company Van
  • Company Laptop and phone
  • Company power tools
  • Excellent training / development opportunities
  • Death in service
  • Company Pension
  • Heath Care scheme

The Role – Field Service Engineer:

We are looking for a Field Service Engineer in the Stowmarket/Ipswich area to be responsible for maintaining, servicing, and repairing third-party material handling equipment. In this role, you will be providing a good level of customer service through product knowledge and customer interaction.


  • Complete all service, repair, warranty, and inspection jobs allocated daily, to a high-quality standard
  • Working on a variety of Material Handling equipment - Working on quite large equipment at times
  • Build strong rapport and relationships with customers, through professional behaviour and a customer-focused mindset
  • Troubleshoot, investigate, and resolve standard technical problems that arise, ensure ongoing customer satisfaction
  • Develop skills and knowledge of the organisation’s products and service
  • Comply with all Legal and company standards, such as the code of conduct and H&S practices.
  • This role will involve also travelling to other areas depending on what the Coordinators have scheduled in workwise

What our client is looking for in a Field Service Engineer:


  • Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or similar qualifications to Level 3 are ESSENTIAL
  • Experienced multi-skilled engineering experience with heavy plant equipment and working with Hydraulic Systems (ESSENTIAL)
  • Able to read and follow electrical wiring diagrams
  • Ideally be coming from a Heavy Material Handling, Plant or HGV background
  • Fault find and diagnostics of CANBUS Systems, as well as electrical fault finding
  • Good IT literacy, numeracy, and analytical skills.
  • Must be flexible and very adaptable
  • This isn't a normal 8:30am-5pm job, you will need to be flexible to work over / travel, depending on the job being worked on
  • Overnight stays could happen but infrequently
  • Flexibility to travel as the location will depend on what the Coordinators have scheduled

Key skills or similar Job titles as the Field Service engineer:

Field Service Engineer, Service Engineer, Mechanical Fitter, Vehicle fitter, HGV fitter, plant fitter, Hydraulics engineer, Site engineer, Agricultural mechanic, Site engineer

The Field Service Engineer position is Commutable From:
Ipswich, Suffolk, Stowmarket, Felixstowe, Needham Market, Henley, Westerfield

For further information about this Field Service Engineers position and/or any other positions please apply now. 

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Recruit4staff (Wrexham) Ltd which is operating as a recruitment agency, agent, agency, employment agency or employment business.