Field Service Technician

Yate
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Field Service Engineer

Salary package £37,000, + overtime and overnight allowance, 37.5 hour week Monday to Friday early finish Friday and 4 day week Monday to Thursday when working locally, based from BS37 Yate, pension, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, parking, life assurance, permanent role.

An opportunity to join a friendly and established Aerospace and general engineering company for their Yate based operation. The role will be working within a small team who work at customer sites and in the companies workshop. A full driving licence is required.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES field Service technician, field service engineer

To service, maintain, repair, overhaul, test and re-test Ground Support Equipment including tools, jigs, fixtures, lifting and manipulating equipment to the customer schedule.
Workshop based some of the time at the companies facility, and at customer sites around the UK.
Field work will likely include every other week spent away on an UK RAF base and the ability to obtain UK Security Clearance is essential.
To carry out a visual inspection of the customer equipment and record any damaged or missing parts in conjunction with the customer drawing or the OEM specification.
To ensure company quality systems are adhered to always.
To perform the services with a high degree of skill, care and diligence and in accordance with good industry & customer(s) practices.
To work with managers and supervisors to implement the company's policies and business objectives.
To make a positive contribution to maintaining a workplace that is healthy, safe, neat and tidy.

Person Specification field Service technician, field service engineer

Preferably from an aerospace or water industry background but not essential.
Experience of working with lifting and manipulating equipment is preferable.
Be willing to work away from home when required for 4 or 5 days twice a month.
Effective administrator with good written & oral communication skills and organisational skills.
Able to adopt a flexible approach to work and react effectively to a rapidly changing environment.
Able to work under own initiative and with a high degree of autonomy, as well as part of a team.
Demonstrable experience of delivering on customer needs and against agreed deadlines.
Would need to pass a Full DBS and security check, as this position involves working on military bases.

Experience & Qualifications

Previous experience of this type of work, including carrying out ' Examination of Lifting Equipment' and proof load testing would be ideal but not essential.
Ability to interpret assembly drawings in both metric and imperial formats and follow maintenance basic instructions.
Experience of using a computerised System to record information is an advantage.
Previous experienceof working on military facilities is useful but not essential
Knowledge of using Microsoft Office is essential.
A full clean driving licence is essential.
LOLER qualified is of interest but training can be provided.

Job title: field Service technician, field service engineer
Salary package: £37,000 + overtime and overnight allowance

Location: Yate, BS37 but will also involve travel to customer sites in the north of England once a month and Scotland once a month other work is local to Yate area
Benefits: 33 days leave, Xmas shut down, pension, life assurance, parking
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 Monday to Friday and a 4 day week Monday to Thursday when working locally or in workshop

Please apply for this role through the job board or apply direct to (url removed) or for further information, please call Adam on (phone number removed).

Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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