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Permanent

Service Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD
Liverpool
money-bag £40000 - £50000/annum Overtime to earn up to £70k + Hybrid
Posted: 17 August 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 16 September 2026
Ref: 225500467

If you are a food factory Maintenance Engineer looking for a new challenge as a Field Service Engineer but also wanting a good work life balance or if you are an experienced Field Service Engineer with packaging machinery &/or food industry experience wanting less travelling and staying away then this is the job for you!
 
BASIC SALARY: up to £50,000
 
BENEFITS:
· Overtime to earn up to £70,000
· Choice of hybrid company car
· 5% Pension
 
LOCATION: Home based and 90% covering client sites in the Northwest you will ideally be living in or around Greater Manchester or elsewhere in Lancashire
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Manchester,Liverpool, Bolton, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Warrington, Chester, Blackpool, Lancaster
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - packaging machinery, food manufacturing
 
A classic Field Service Engineer role working on installation, commissioning, repair & refurbishment of packaging machines used in the food manufacturing industry.
 
You will be staying away 1 night per week on average with almost no weekend work required as 90% of your work will be on client sites in the Northwest.
 
Overtime is paid door to door at 1.5 x outside core hours and double at night and over weekends.
 
Full product training in the UK and Europe, with on site mentoring from a senior Engineer for the first 6 months.
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - packaging machinery, food manufacturing
 
· You will be an experienced food factory Maintenance Engineer ideally having hands on experience of working with packaging machinery.
· Or you could be an experienced Field Service Engineer with hands on experience of packaging machinery used in the food manufacturing markets.
· You MUST be a qualified Multi skilled Engineer with ideally a full apprenticeship up to HNC level in Electrical & Electronic engineering
· 18th Edition & PLC knowledge would be advantageous.
 
THE COMPANY:
 
A well established, market leading and great company to work for with a fantastic culture and a very stable and loyal workforce.
 
They manufacture and sell a range of packaging machinery to the food manufacturing market.
  
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
 
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
 
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: MPH18622, Wallace Hind Selection

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