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Breakdown Engineer

  • Location: Wellingborough
  • Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum, Benefits: 25 days holiday. Private healthcare + many more benefits
  • Job Type:Permanent
  • Sector: Engineering
  • Contact: Ashley Dowsett
  • Contact Email: a.dowsett@select.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 03301 743818
  • Job Ref: SF49542
Do you love repairing things, finding solutions to problems, and have a track record in practical ability? This role will challenge you, as you will be working on a wide variety of machines and sites. The ability to diagnose faults and read electrical drawings is crucial for the person that wants get the customer up and running again.

Our client requires an experienced Electrically Biased Engineer to visit customer sites and carry out Breakdown repairs, services and maintenance.

The company have a varied customer base and you could be working on presses, compactors, balers, shredders, cut and crease machines, automated feeding systems, extruders etc.

Desired skills and experience:

  • Experience in working in an industrial background.
  • The ability to diagnose faults using electrical drawings.
  • Excellent fault finding skills.
  • Working knowledge of PLCs
  • Ability to work unsupervised.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics and mechanical engineering
  • Trade C & G (or equivalent) qualification in one of the following- electrical, mechanical, maintenance

Benefits include:
  • 25 Days holiday plus Bank holidays (Holidays for engineers paid at an average of the previous 12 weeks)
  • Private medical/dental insurance
  • Permanent and Total Disability Benefit
  • Death in Service Benefit
  • Personal Accident Cover
  • Travel time from home to site and back to home paid in real time.
  • On-site parking

This role is ideally suited for someone located within a 45 minute commute of Wellingborough.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35-44K + overtime. Starting salary according to level of expertise, with higher level based at a minimum of 5 years' experience

Sound good? Get in touch with Ashley at Select Specialist Recruitment for a chat or apply now!