Field Service Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Preston
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Engineering
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Construction Plant Maintenance Diesel Engine Repair Hydraulics Electrical Systems Electronic Diagnostics Customer Service IT Skills JCB Loadalls

FULL DESCRIPTION

Field Service Engineer

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is looking for a skilled plant engineer to join our growing team of field engineers based in or around the Preston area. This is a field-based role where you will travel from your home directly to our customers sites.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Repairing and maintaining machines on customers sites as required to ensure conformance with manufacturer’s specification
  • Accurately completing all relevant paperwork daily on a phone or tablet
  • Submitting daily timesheets and job cards
  • Accurately ordering your parts and working closely with the parts department
  • Working closely with the service supervisor
  • Carrying out inspections and repairs of machines at our depot as required - in conformance with manufacturer’s specification and any regulations affecting their use
  • Ensuring that there is no deficiency or defect likely to affect the safe working of a machine – and notifying appropriate manager of any defective or unsafe equipment

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

  • Relevant experience and qualifications e.g. City and Guild, NVQ or SVQ qualifications in Construction Plant Maintenance
  • Experience in construction plant, diesel engines, electrics, hydraulics, transmissions, and fault finding using electronic diagnostic equipment
  • Experience working on JCB Loadalls would be advantageous
  • The ability to prioritise tasks and work well in a busy environment
  • Great customer service skills and the ability to build rapport with our customers
  • Good IT skills
  • A flexible and positive outlook with an outgoing approach to work

In Return You Will Receive

  • A competitive rate, reviewed yearly
  • Door-to-door pay
  • 39-hour basic working week and competitive overtime rates
  • The opportunity to earn £1 more p/hour through our appraisal program
  • Average holiday pay to reflect overtime worked
  • 30 days annual leave, increasing with length of service up to a total of 35 days
  • The option to buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
  • Company van which can be used for private use in line with HMRC guidance
  • Laptop, phone, uniform and overalls
  • Health and wellbeing plan – cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
  • Employee Assistance Programme – free counselling and legal advice
  • Access to high street discounts and savings through Perks
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance of three times your annual salary
  • Employee referral programme
  • [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and in-house training

Please note we do not accept agency CVs from those not on our PSL. Our PSL is currently closed.

About the Company

The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group is made up of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], and [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has been supplying and servicing JCB machinery throughout Scotland and the North of England for over 60 years. We sold our first machine in 1956 and have grown into a highly specialised machinery distribution company.

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