Field Service Technician

Location:

Reading, Oxford, Bracknell & Surrounding Areas

Salary: £40,000-£45,000 DOE + Enhanced Overtime

Job Type: Permanent

Hours:

Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm

Benefits:
Door-to-Door Pay | Enhanced Overtime | Company Vehicle

ES Recruit is recruiting for an experienced Field Service Engineer to join a specialist engineering company within the clean air and laboratory equipment industry.

Due to continued growth and an upcoming major contract, our client requires an engineer with experience in fume cupboards, biological safety cabinets or specialist clean air equipment.

• Testing, servicing and maintaining fume cupboards and biological safety cabinets.
• Mechanical, electrical and control-system fault finding.
• Carrying out airflow, ventilation and equipment performance testing.
• Planned maintenance, breakdowns and repairs.
• Working with PLC-controlled equipment where required.
• Completing service reports and testing documentation.
• Attending customer sites across the South of England, with occasional overnight stays.

• Previous experience testing or servicing fume cupboards, biological safety cabinets or clean air equipment.
• P601 qualification highly desirable.
• Cleanroom testing or LEV experience advantageous.
• HTM 03-01 knowledge beneficial.
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills.
• PLC knowledge advantageous but not essential.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to work independently in a customer-facing role.
• Industry experience is more important than general mechanical or electrical qualifications.

£40,000-£45,000 basic salary DOE (subject to final confirmation).

Door-to-door pay.

Guaranteed minimum weekly hours.

First 16 weekday overtime hours paid at basic rate; additional hours at 1.5x.

Saturday overtime: 1.5x.

Sunday overtime: 2x.

Minimum eight hours' pay guaranteed for each weekend day worked.

Permanent position with opportunities for development.

Ideally based around Reading, Oxford or Bracknell, although experienced engineers located elsewhere south of Birmingham will be considered.

Most work is scheduled within approximately two hours of home, with occasional overnight stays.