On Target Recruitment Ltd Looking for Hydraulic Field Service Engineer at Bedford Full Time

The Company: 

• This company is one of the leading manufacturers in the world with a strong range of Industrial and Factory Automation products as well as Industrial & Mobile Hydraulics. 

• Operating within the Industrial, Mobile and Oil & Gas Industries in the UK and internationally. 

• Relationships in place with key customers already. 

• Part of a wider engineering business. 

• Experts in hydraulics and electronics for both Industrial, Mobile and Factory Automation. 

The Role: 

• As the Hydraulic Field Service Engineer, you will be going to customer sites and doing service, repair, maintenance, overhaul, and commissioning of Industrial Hydraulic Systems including Hydraulic Drives, Cylinders, Pumps & Pumping Systems, Manifolds, Valves, HPU’s, Motors etc…. 

• You will be working across a range of industries including things like Marine, O&G, Offshore, Petrochem, Construction, Civils, Automotive, Aerospace, Renewables etc… 

• You will also be involved in Offshore work for around 5-10% of your time and will need to be happy to go offshore for some periods throughout the year. 

• Also supporting the sales teams by spotting any additional opportunities whilst in with clients to upsell SLA’s or to look at other kit that might be looking worn so the sales team can try to bring in more work. 

• If not out on customer sites doing service work, you will be expected in their St Neots facility to either work in the workshop doing repair work or possibly on the assembly line.  

• £37k basic salary, overtime available, generous additional allowances for offshore work, van, 3% guaranteed holiday bonus, up to 8% company profit related bonus, life assurance 7 x salary, Income Protection, 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays, Pension matched up to 8%, Laptop, Mobile.  

The Person: 

• As the Hydraulic Field Service Engineer you MUST have an offshore ticket or be happy to get one and you MUST be happy to do offshore work and happy with nights away. 

• Ideally someone from Field Service within Industrial Hydraulics though they may consider a really strong Hydraulics Field Service person. 

• HNC + in Mechanical Engineering or a related field – Great if you have an apprenticeship too.  

• MUST be able to read Hydraulic drawings and read and understand Hydraulic circuits as well as being able to fault find. 

• Hard working, self-motivated, driven, able to get things done, happy to ask for help when needed, able to hit the ground running, good listener. 

Consultant: Bjorn Johnson 

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Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK. 

About On Target 

At On Target, we specialise in sales, technical and commercial jobs in the Engineering, Construction, Building Services, Medical & Scientific, and Commercial & Industrial Solutions sectors, enabling our consultants to become experts in their market sector. We place all levels of personnel, up to Director across the UK and internationally.