Agricultural Engineer

Job Role: Field Service Engineer (Agricultural/Horticultural Machinery)
Location : Frome, Somerset (accepting applications from surrounding counties)
Salary : GBP30,000-GBP40,000 (OTE GBP45,000-GBP50,000+) paid door to door
Hours : Monday-Friday 08.00-17:00 + Door to Door Paid +
Job Type: Full time, Permanent

The client:
Interaction Technical have partnered with a growing, world leading manufacturer of Agricultural Engineering Equipment to support the growth of their engineering team. Due to the growth of the business, our client is now looking to add skilled Plant and Agricultural field service engineers to their rapidly expanding team to maintain, repair and service an array of Agricultural machinery.

The package:

• 32 days holiday including bank holidays increasing with service
• All overtime after 37.5 hours paid at 1.5X midweek, x2 on Sundays and Bank Holidays
• Plenty of overtime available per week (average availability is 15-20 hours) Min (5 hours): Additional GBP5,850pa / Average (15 hours) : Additional GBP17,550pa
• Holiday overtime pay paid in May (GBP1,500 paid last year)
• Ongoing commitment to training and progression
• Pension scheme 3% employee minimum, 8% employer
• Company van, Fuel Card, mobile phone etc
• All Travel Time, Expenses paid from home to/from site.
• A fantastic Earning Potential with scope to progress

The Duties:

• Accurately diagnosing faults, servicing and carrying out emergency repairs/breakdowns on agricultural machinery (tractors, combiners etc)
  • Travel to customer sites to ensure all machinery is maintained and repaired to the highest quality.
  • Carry out diagnostics to diagnose mechanical and electrical faults on agricultural and horticultural machinery
  • The ability to work independently within the customer sites and collaborate with colleagues to ensure documentation and the perfect solution is offered.
  • Working on engines, batteries and hydraulics, alongside mechanical and electrical fault finding and repairs.
  • Liaising with clients to diagnose faults and find solutions for them.

The Requirements:

• Previous experience working with hydraulics, alongside mechanical and electrical capabilities (essential)
• Previous experience working within the Agricultural industry experience (essential)
• Electrical and/or Mechanical fault finding, repair & service experience (advantageous)
• Experience working with engines and batteries (advantageous)
• Relevant qualifications NVQ or City and Guilds in mechanical/electrical engineering (advantageous)
• Full UK Drivers License

Interaction Recruitment have specialist consultants across the majority of industries within the UK, including but not limited to, Finance & IT, Technical & Engineering, Industrial, Commercial and Hospitality. We offer both temporary and permanent support. For more information regarding the position or to discuss any other opportunities, you can reach Michael on (phone number removed), (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Thank you for taking the time, we hope to speak in the near future

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