LOCATION: YATE
PERMANENT
SALARY: £37,000 plus c£7,000 overtime (£28.45 per hour) plus expenses
DAILY TIMES: 37.5 hours per week – rotating hours weekly
Monday to Thursday 6.30am – 4.30pm (4.00pm Friday) - Yate
Monday to Friday 7.30am – 4.00pm (1.00pm Friday) away -on site
Yate Office: 01454 310031
E: yate@ess-emp.co.uk
VACANCY – Field Service Technician
ESS Employment are seeking an experienced person to work for an established local company. The successful candidate will be preferably from an aerospace or engineering background, with experience of maintaining lifting equipment, to support the servicing of RAF ground support equipment (GSE), plus the service, repair and overhaul of Water lifting equipment on site at the customer(s) premises throughout the UK. This could suit an ex-forces candidate with a technical / engineering background. The work will involve working away 1 week in every 2 weeks. All expenses will be paid.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• To clean, service, maintain, repair, overhaul, test and re-test Ground Support Equipment including tools, jigs, fixtures, lifting and manipulating equipment as per the customer schedule, both at the customers facility, and at customer sites around the UK.
• Field work will likely include every other week spent away on an UK RAF base and the ability to obtain UK Security Clearence is essential.
• To carry out a visual inspection of the customer equipment and record any damaged or missing parts in conjunction with the customer drawing or the OEM specification.
• To ensure company quality systems are adhered to always.
• To perform the services with a high degree of skill, care and diligence and in accordance with good industry and customer(s) practices.
• To work with managers and supervisors to implement the company’s policies and business objectives.
• To make a positive contribution to maintaining a workplace that is healthy, safe, neat and tidy.
Person Specification / Requirements:
• Preferably from an aerospace or water industry background but not essential.
• Experience of working with lifting and manipulating equipment is preferable.
• Be willing to work away from home or overseas when required.
• Effective administrator with good written & oral communication skills and organisational skills.
• Able to adopt a flexible approach to work and react effectively to a rapidly changing environment.
• Able to work under own initiative and with a high degree of autonomy, as well as part of a team.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering on customer needs and against agreed deadlines.
• Would need to pass a Full DBS and security check, as this position involves working on military bases.
Experience & Qualifications:
• Highly desirable to have previous experience of this type of work, including carrying out ‘Thorough Examination of Lifting Equipment’ and proof load testing.
• Ability to interpret assembly drawings in both metric and imperial formats and follow maintenance basic instructions.
• Experience of using an ERP/Business System an advantage.
• Knowledge of using Microsoft Office is essential.
• A full clean driving licence is essential.
• LOLER qualified is an advantage but training can be provided.
Inevitably you will be required to carry out other work during your employment. You will be expected to carry out this work providing that you are competent and able to carry it out.
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the company.
Benefits:
• Free Car Parking
• Life Assurance Scheme (2x salary)
• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme’
In order to be considered for the role please email your cv at your earliest convenience to: Sam Wilmot Tel – 01454 310031 Email - sam.wilmot@ess-emp.co.uk
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