£35000 - £40000 per hour
About the Role
The Field Service & Calibration Engineer based in Milton Keynes combines workshop duties with scheduled travel to client sites. This full-time role, paying £35,000 to £40,000 per hour, involves servicing, maintaining, calibrating, and fault-finding on specialist force measurement equipment. The Service Manager allocates a mixture of office and field tasks across Monday to Friday, 40 hours weekly. A company vehicle is supplied for visits. Key skills include technical repair expertise and calibration precision. This temp-to-perm position suits someone seeking varied work between a laboratory environment and customer premises.
Field Service & Calibration Engineer
📍Milton Keynes
💰 £35 - £40K (Flexible for the right candidate)
⏰ Monday to Friday | 40 Hours per Week
🚗 Company Vehicle Provided for Site Visits
✅ Temp-to-Perm Opportunity
The Role
We 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
Essential Skills & Experience
✅ 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)
Interested?
📧 Send your CV to nikki.carpenter@pertemps.co.uk
📞 Call Nikki Carpenter on 01908 208500
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