Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer

The most valuable field engineers are the ones who can handle the whole job, mechanical and electrical, on their own.

This is a Field Service Engineer role for exactly that kind of engineer.

As a multi-skilled Field Service Engineer, you will keep high-precision CNC machine tools running for customers across the UK, handling both the mechanical and electrical side of the job yourself. Working for a leading supplier and service provider of advanced CNC machinery, you will travel between sites servicing, installing, diagnosing and repairing lathes and machining centres, whatever the fault turns out to be. No two days look the same, and because you cover both disciplines, you get the full variety of the work and the satisfaction of seeing each job through end to end. If you are an all-rounder who knows CNC machinery and enjoys the independence of life on the road, this role will use everything you have got.

Job Responsibilities

• Travelling to customer sites across the UK, and occasionally Europe, to service, repair and install CNC machine tools


• Carrying out both mechanical and electrical fault finding and diagnosis on CNC lathes and machining centres


• Replacing ballscrews, linear guides and spindles, and carrying out gib adjustment and scraping


• Replacing drives, power supplies and electrical components, and using test equipment such as an oscilloscope for diagnosis


• Completing planned servicing and preventative maintenance across the full machine


• Installing and commissioning new machines, including geometric checks, alignments and electrical set-up


• Working with Fanuc and Okuma controls across both mechanical and electrical work


• Producing clear service reports and keeping customers updated on findings and work done

Skills and Experience

• A qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering, or a maintenance discipline, with genuine ability across both


• A good level of experience working on CNC machine tools, including lathes and machining centres


• Mechanical experience across areas such as ballscrew and linear guide replacement, spindle exchange, gib adjustment and scraping


• Electrical experience across areas such as fault finding, circuit testing, use of test equipment and drive or power supply replacement


• Strong fault finding and diagnosis skills across both disciplines


• Knowledge of wire and sinker EDM machines, which is an advantage


• Experience with Fanuc and Okuma controls, which is an advantage


• A full UK driving licence and a willingness to travel across the UK, and occasionally to Europe

Pay and Benefits

• A basic salary of £40,000 to £42,000, negotiable depending on experience


• Paid overtime on a door-to-door basis, from the moment you leave home


• A company car (plug-in hybrid)


• Laptop, phone, tools and workwear provided


• Company pension


• Private healthcare


• Expenses covered

Ready to apply?
A Field Service Engineer who can confidently cover both the mechanical and electrical side are the ones every service operation wants, and they do not come along often. This role rewards that breadth with a company car, full kit, paid door-to-door overtime and the independence to run your own days. If you are a multi-skilled Field Service Engineer who likes seeing a job through from fault to fix, apply now.

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