£14 per hour
About the Role
The Field Service & Calibration Engineer is based in Milton Keynes and involves both workshop duties and customer site visits. This full-time role offers £14.00 per hour with a company vehicle provided. You will service, maintain, calibrate, and diagnose faults on specialist force measurement and testing equipment. Work is scheduled in advance by the Service Manager, ensuring a balanced mix of office and field activities. The position is offered as a temp-to-perm opportunity, requiring Monday to Friday attendance for 40 hours weekly. Key skills include calibration precision, fault-finding, and equipment repair, alongside a willingness to travel locally.
Field Service & Calibration Engineer📍 Milton Keynes
💰 £14.00 per hour (Flexible for the right candidate)
⏰ Monday to Friday | 40 Hours per Week
🚗 Company Vehicle Provided for Site Visits
✅ Temp-to-Perm Opportunity
The RoleWe are recruiting for a Field Service & Calibration Engineer to join a specialist engineering organisation based in Milton Keynes.
This is a varied role combining workshop-based calibration and repair work with regular travel to customer sites. The successful candidate will be responsible for servicing, maintaining, calibrating and fault-finding on specialist force measurement and testing equipment.
Work will be scheduled in advance by the Service Manager, with a mixture of office-based and field-based activities throughout the week.
Key Responsibilities
- Calibration, servicing and maintenance of force measurement and testing equipment
- Carrying out planned service visits at customer sites
- Diagnosing mechanical, hydraulic and electronic faults
- Repairing and replacing components including PCBs where required
- Using calibration equipment and recording test results
- Producing calibration certificates and service reports
- Reading and interpreting technical drawings and engineering documentation
- Ensuring compliance with relevant testing standards and quality requirements
- Delivering excellent customer service on-site and remotely
- Working independently and managing workload effectively
✅ Experience servicing, calibrating or maintaining engineering equipment
✅ Good understanding of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
✅ Strong mechanical fault-finding skills
✅ Computer literate with experience recording and processing data
✅ Ability to read and understand technical drawings
✅ Full UK Driving Licence
✅ Valid Passport and willingness to travel
✅ Able to work independently with minimal supervision
✅ Physically fit and comfortable handling calibration equipment
✅ Professional and confident communicator able to engage with customers at all levels
✅ Basic electronics knowledge including: PCB replacement, Use of a multimeter, Fault diagnosis
✅ Understanding of: Load Cells, LVDTs, Electronic transducers, Measurement and testing equipment
Desirable
⭐ Calibration experience
⭐ Experience working within testing, measurement, instrumentation or laboratory equipment industries
⭐ Understanding of industry standards and compliance requirements
⭐ Previous field service engineering experience
Suitable Backgrounds
✔️ Field Service Engineer
✔️ Calibration Engineer
✔️ Instrumentation Engineer
✔️ Test & Measurement Engineer
✔️ Mechanical Service Engineer
✔️ Maintenance Engineer
✔️ Electronics Technician
✔️ Calibration Technician
✔️ Hydraulic Engineer
✔️ Ex-Forces Engineer (REME, RAF, Royal Navy)
What's On Offer?
✅ £14.00 per hour (flexible for exceptional candidates)
✅ Company vehicle during customer visits
✅ Monday to Friday working
✅ Long-term opportunity
✅ Temp-to-perm position
Interested?
📧 Send your CV to nikki.carpenter@pertemps.co.uk
📞 Call Nikki Carpenter on 01908 208500
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