Location: National field-based role ideally Lincolnshire, East Midlands or Midlands
Salary: Depending on experience + paid door to door 1.5x hourly rate after standard hours are worked
Benefits: Company van, overtime at time and a half, pension, paid travel and overnight accommodation (when needed)
Are you an experienced Mechanical Field Service Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Mechanical Fitter looking to build a long-term career within renewable energy and industrial process engineering?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing international engineering business specialising in anaerobic digestion, biogas, renewable energy and process plant technology.
You will travel to sites across the UK, carrying out planned maintenance, breakdown repairs, fault finding, equipment replacement and plant improvement work.
This is a national field-based position involving regular travel and overnight stays. Engineers will normally work in teams of two or three, with the UK service operation coordinated from Lincoln.
Whats in It for You?
- Paid door to door at overtime rates
- Overtime times your standard hourly rate
- Fully equipped company van
- Fuel and business travel costs covered
- Overnight accommodation covered
- Applicable overnight allowances
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Specialist technical and product training
- Genuine long-term career progression
- Opportunity to join a global business during significant UK growth
- Work within the expanding renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sector
The Mechanical Field Service Engineer Role
You will visit company-operated, customer-owned and partner sites throughout the UK, completing mechanical maintenance and repair work across renewable energy and industrial process facilities.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Completing planned preventative maintenance
- Responding to breakdowns and equipment failures
- Diagnosing mechanical and process plant faults
- Repairing and replacing mechanical components
- Supporting equipment installation and commissioning
- Assisting with plant upgrades and improvement projects
- Working alongside electrical, controls and automation engineers
- Helping improve plant reliability, efficiency and performance
- Supervising contractors during construction or upgrade work when required
- Completing service reports and maintenance documentation
- Following site safety procedures, permits and isolation requirements
Equipment You May Work On
You may carry out maintenance and fault finding on:
- Pumps, submersible mixers and motors
- Valves, pipework and flow systems
- Conveyors and solid-feed systems
- De-packaging and material-handling equipment
- Heat exchangers and heating systems
- Gas storage and associated process equipment
- Sensors, safety systems and general mechanical plant machinery
What Were Looking For
You will need:
- Level 3 qualification in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- At least three years mechanical maintenance, fitting or field service experience
- Strong mechanical fault-finding and repair skills
- Experience working within industrial, manufacturing or process plant environments
- Practical experience with pumps, motors, conveyors, valves or pipework
- Full UK driving licence
- Willingness to travel throughout the UK
- Willingness to stay away from home regularly
- A practical, flexible and safety-conscious approach
- Ability to work effectively as part of a small engineering team
Experience within any of the following would be particularly valuable:
- Anaerobic digestion or biogas
- Renewable energy
- Wastewater or utilities
- Food manufacturing or food processing
- Recycling or resource recovery
- Agriculture
- Energy generation
- Heavy manufacturing
- Chemical or industrial process plants
Previous job titles could include:
- Mechanical Field Service Engineer
- Mechanical Service Engineer
- Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
- Mechanical Fitter
- Plant Maintenance Engineer
- Process Plant Engineer
- Maintenance Technician
- Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Location and Travel
This is a national field-based position involving regular UK travel and overnight stays.
Candidates based in Lincolnshire, the East Midlands, along the M1 corridor or within another well-connected Midlands location will be particularly well placed.
Reasonable access to Lincoln would be beneficial, although easy access to the wider UK motorway network is the main consideration.
Fuel, business travel costs, overnight accommodation and applicable allowances will be covered.
About the Organisation
You will be joining an established international engineering business delivering advanced renewable energy, anaerobic digestion, biogas and sustainable process technology.
Operating across 18 countries, with more than 235 company-operated sites and over 1,750 installations worldwide, the organisation offers strong technical resources, specialist training and genuine long-term career opportunities.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing UK service team, work with advanced process plant equipment and develop your career within renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure.
Apply today for immediate consideration.
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