Field Service Engineer – Heavy Industrial / Electro‑Mechanical

Field Service Engineer – Heavy Industrial / Electro‑Mechanical Location: South London (M3 / M23 Corridors) Salary: £38,000 – £43,000 + overtime + benefits (£50,000 - £55,000 OTE) Job type: Permanent, full-time | Field-based We’re recruiting a hands-on Field Service Engineer to cover South London and the Surrey Hills (Woking / Guildford / Epsom / Crawley etc), working on large, heavy-duty electro‑mechanical gate and materials handling systems. This is not light commercial or domestic work – it’s heavy industrial kit. What’s on offer * £38,000 – £43,000 basic salary (experience dependent) * Wealth of Overtime and call-out to increase overall earnings * Door to door pay * Company vehicle, tools, PPE and workwear Field Service Engineer role You’ll be responsible for installation, service, maintenance and repair of: * Heavy conveyors and material handling systems * Large electro‑mechanical gates and associated equipment * Pumps, shafts, bearings, gearboxes, chains, rams and pulleys Day-to-day you will: * Strip down and rebuild mechanical assemblies * Diagnose and replace failed bearings, shafts, chains, etc. * Fault-find on electrical control panels with PLCs (no programming), safety relays, E‑stops, sensors/photocells and motor controllers What we’re looking for Background (must be heavy/industrial). Examples that work well: * Heavy manufacturing / processing (e.g. building products, aggregates, heavy plant) * Industrial conveyor / materials handling environments * Agricultural / large off‑highway machinery * Ex‑Forces engineers used to large electro‑mechanical systems Skill Requirements Ideally: * 50/50 electro‑mechanical, or electrically biased with strong mechanical skills * Strong mechanical engineers with good exposure to electrics who are keen to upskill You should be able to: * Strip and rebuild pumps, shafts and bearings * Work safely with heavy components and lifting equipment * Understand how control panels and PLC-based systems function (inputs/outputs, safety circuits) * Fault-find electrically in a logical, step-by-step way – breaking a big panel into smaller circuits rather than “pulling wires” at random * Be confident around electrics and willing to learn more (full training given on our systems) The person * Practical, “hands-dirty” engineer who doesn’t mind graft * Happy working outdoors, sometimes in poor weather * Positive attitude, wants to learn, especially on the electrical side Some of our best engineers started from a strong mechanical background and developed the electrical side with us. Requirements * Based within reasonable travel of Wembley / Kingston Upon Thames / Guildford / Bromley etc * Full UK driving licence (we will check licence status/bans/points) * British passport holder in the UK * Happy to do 1 week in 4 on call (inc weekends) Interested? Hit APPLY and we will be in touch with more details. INDZ