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Field Service Engineer - South East

Ernest Gordon RecruitmentSouth Croydon, South East London🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 23 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Grow your career as a Field Service Engineer with a reputable company offering excellent training and competitive compensation, including door-to-door pay and uncapped overtime. This hybrid role is ideal for a practical, self-motivated engineer with industrial machinery experience who thrives on problem-solving and customer interaction. You'll be empowered to develop your skills while enjoying flexibility and the opportunity to make a real impact.

Quick Overview

Salary
£35k - £42k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Field Service Engineer

£35,000 - £42,000 + Door-to-Door Pay + Overtime (Enhanced Rate, Uncapped) + Company Van + Training

South East

Are you a Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, or similar with mechanical engineering skills and experience working on industrial machinery, looking to join a long-established company offering door-to-door pay, uncapped overtime, a company van, and ongoing technical training?

On offer is the opportunity to a long-established, family-owned engineering business supplying and supporting industrial machinery used to process solid wood, wood-based panels, plastics, composites, and metals. You will work from home and travel directly to customer sites across the South East, receiving support from the company's service office and technical team.

In this varied role, you will install, commission, service, maintain, and repair industrial machinery at customer sites. You will diagnose mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic faults, carry out planned preventative maintenance, respond to breakdowns, complete machinery inspections, and produce accurate service reports. You will also provide technical advice to customers and operators while maintaining high standards of safety, workmanship, and customer service.

This role would suit a practical and self-motivated Field Service Engineer with experience servicing, maintaining, or installing industrial machinery who is looking for a customer-facing role with door-to-door pay, uncapped overtime, a company van, and manufacturer training.

The Role:
* Installation, commissioning, servicing, and repair of industrial machinery
* Mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic fault finding, PPM, breakdowns, and machinery inspections
* Field-based across the South East with door-to-door pay, company van, and uncapped enhanced overtime

The Person:
* Field Service Engineer, Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, or similar
* Mechanical engineering background with electrical fault-finding knowledge
* Full UK Driving Licence and happy covering the South East occasionally other areas in the UK

Reference:BBBH26390A

Keywords: Field Service Engineer, Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Fault Finding, Industrial Machinery, Machinery Installation, Machinery Servicing, PPM, Planned Preventative Maintenance, Breakdown Repairs, Fault Finding, Pneumatics, CNC Routers, Woodworking Machinery, Panel Processing Machinery, Automation, Industrial Control Systems, Customer Service, South East, London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Guildford, Crawley, Maidstone.

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered renumeration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set.

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Skills

CNC

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