Service Engineer

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Generator Service Engineer to join a growing engineering business supporting critical power systems across the UK. This hands-on role combines field-based service work with workshop activities, covering maintenance, fault finding, repairs, installations, and commissioning of generator systems from 20kVA to 3000kVA.

Client Details

Our client is a specialist provider of power generation and critical power solutions, supporting customers across a wide range of industrial and commercial sectors. With a strong reputation for technical expertise and customer service, they continue to invest in their people, equipment, and long-term growth plans.

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on customer-owned and company-owned generator equipment.
• Service diesel generators, including oil and filter changes, fluid inspections, and fuel, coolant, and oil sampling.
• Conduct load bank testing and performance assessments.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults across generator systems ranging from 20kVA to 3000kVA.
• Respond to breakdowns and emergency call-outs as part of an on-call rota.
• Repair and replace generator components including fuel pumps, cooling systems, starter motors, AVRs, batteries, heaters, and associated controls.
• Interrogate, configure, and fault-find on generator control systems including DSE, ComAp, and DEIF.
• Support synchronisation systems, automatic transfer systems, and control panel upgrades.
• Assist with generator installation, commissioning, decommissioning, and large-scale power projects.
• Carry out workshop-based servicing, testing, and generator preparation activities.
• Complete detailed service reports and maintenance documentation.
• Support stock control, workshop organisation, and equipment readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to maintaining high engineering standards.

Profile

The Successful Candidate

The ideal candidate will have a strong background within the generator, critical power, or industrial power generation sector and be confident working independently on both planned maintenance and reactive breakdowns.

Essential Requirements:

• Proven generator service and maintenance experience.
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills.
• Experience servicing and repairing diesel generators up to 3000kVA.
• Knowledge of generator control systems and associated electrical equipment.
• Electrical qualifications (City & Guilds or equivalent).
• Valid CSCS or ECS card.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Excellent customer-facing communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
• Ability to participate in on-call and out-of-hours support arrangements.

Desirable:

• Manufacturer-specific generator training.
• Experience with DSE, ComAp, and DEIF control systems.
• BS7909 certification.
• 17th or 18th Edition qualification.
• Mechanical engineering qualifications.
• Experience working on large-scale power projects.
• C+E (Class 1) licence and trailer towing experience.

Job Offer

What's on Offer

• £35,000 - £45,000 basic salary (dependent on experience).
• Overtime opportunities to significantly increase earnings.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Company pension scheme.
• Job-specific tools, equipment, and resources provided.
• Free or subsidised meals.
• On-site gym facilities.
• Structured training and ongoing technical development.
• Varied and challenging work across the UK.
• Opportunity to join a close-knit and expanding engineering team.
• Long-term career progression within a growing business.