International Service Engineer

We want to recruit an experienced International Field Service Engineer with experience of working on packaging and / or filling machinery which is used in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical markets.
This is a global role involving spending up to 50% of your time travelling and working abroad, usually one week trips in Europe and Worldwide. You will be factory based in Bedford when not overseas.
 
BASIC SALARY: up to £55,000
 
BENEFITS:
· Overtime to earn circa £10,000
· ALL travel expenses covered when abroad or in the UK
 
LOCATION: Factory based - Bedford
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Milton Keynes, Northampton, Cambridge, Peterborough, Luton, Huntingdon
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: International Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - manufacturer, machinery
 
This International Service Engineer role involves the repair, refurbishment, upgrades and modification of installed machinery, and the installation and commissioning of new machinery.
 
You will be working on standard and bespoke packaging and filling machinery used in the food, pharmaceutical & chemical markets.
 
Factory based when not working abroad and therefore commutable to Bedford.
 
Overtime is paid door to door over 39 hours per week with very occasional weekend work.
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: International Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - manufacturer, machinery
 
· You will have a proven track record as an international Field Service Engineer ideally with hands on experience of process or packaging machinery in the food, chemicals or pharmaceutical markets.
· The company will consider an experienced UK Service Engineer looking to move into an international role or even an experienced food or pharmaceutical factory Maintenance Engineer wanting to get into a field service role with international travel.
· You WILL be willing to be trained to fault find and modifySiemens and / or Allen Bradley PLC`s.
· You WILL be a qualified Electrical / Electronic Engineer.
· You WILL be able and willing to spend up to 50% of your time working abroad.
 
THE COMPANY:
 
A well established market leading British manufacturer of packaging and filling machinery used in the food, chemical & pharmaceutical markets. Extremely well run and profitable and a genuinely nice place to work.
 
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
 
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
 
REF: MPH18417, Wallace Hind Selection