Job Title: Field Service Engineer

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Location: UK (Field-Based)
Salary: Competitive Salary + Overtime + Company Vehicle + Benefits

We are recruiting for an experienced Field Service Engineer to join a well-established CNC machine tool supplier. This is a field-based role supporting customers across a defined regional patch, providing installation, breakdown response, servicing and commissioning of CNC machinery.

This position suits an electrically biased engineer with strong mechanical competence and a solid background in CNC machine tools.

• Installation and commissioning of CNC machine tools at customer sites

• Fault finding and diagnostics across electrical, mechanical and control systems

• Servicing, preventative maintenance and planned inspections

• Breakdown response and technical troubleshooting under time-critical conditions

• Support on CNC controls (Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain or similar)

• Aligning, levelling and geometric accuracy checks

• Liaising with customers to provide technical support and advice

• Completing detailed service reports and documentation

• Working closely with internal technical and spares teams

• Proven experience servicing or maintaining CNC milling and/or turning machines

• Strong electrical fault-finding capability (drives, motors, PLC I/O, inverters)

• Good mechanical knowledge (ball screws, spindle units, hydraulics, pneumatics)

• Experience working with CNC control systems (Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain preferred)

• Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings

• Previous field-based service experience desirable

• NVQ Level 3 / HNC / HND in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent experience)

• 18th Edition (advantageous)

• Full UK Driving Licence

• Self-motivated and able to work independently

• Strong problem-solving mindset

• Professional and customer-focused

• Flexible to travel within regional patch

• Comfortable working both autonomously and as part of a wider engineering team

• Competitive base salary

• Overtime and call-out enhancements

• Company vehicle (fully expensed)

• Pension scheme

• Ongoing OEM training and development

• Stable long-term opportunity within a respected CNC machine tool business

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