Field Engineer

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

At M Group Telecom, we’re enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech enabled future. We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators. Private networks - We find the best technology, manage assets and refresh systems. With 24/7 network operations, we keep things running smoothly, while operating comprehensive network repair and maintenance to keep everything in top shape.

You’ll apply fibre and networking expertise to deliver project completion across diverse customer sites including sub-stations, power plants, data centres, and control centres. You’ll ensure Health & Safety and company quality standards are upheld, conduct end-to-end circuit testing, and support installation and commissioning of telecoms equipment. Working with project engineers, you’ll help develop and follow safe deployment plans. You’ll escalate incidents to H&S and Ops Managers, assist with fault analysis, perform site surveys, and complete audits per schedule. You’ll oversee contractors on-site under RAMS, complete required training, and maintain tools, vehicles, and PPE. You’ll also identify cost-saving opportunities and suggest improvements where appropriate.

You’ll bring problem-solving skills and apply LAN & WAN internetworking (e.g., plugging Ethernet cables, pre-staged devices). Responsibilities include installation, glanding, termination, and testing of SWA power cables, Cat5/Cat6, Belden, fibre optic looms, and 50-pair copper. You’ll install and commission telecom equipment, PDH/SDH systems (Alcatel, Avara, Comtel, Nokia), configure routers, switches, muxes, FOX/ADVA/Eltek equipment, and perform industry-standard testing. Experience with fibre patching, substations, forced-air cooling, DC systems, and fault finding is essential. Strong customer communication is required.

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Overtime

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.