Heavy Plant Maintenance Technicians

Field Service Engineer – Heavy Plant Location: North East England Salary: £19.50 per hour + Overtime Elite Consultancy Network are currently recruiting on behalf of an established construction equipment and heavy plant business who are looking to add an experienced Field Service Engineer to their North East service team. This is a mobile position supporting customers throughout the region, carrying out servicing, maintenance, breakdown repairs and diagnostics on a range of heavy plant and construction machinery. We are looking for an Engineer who is confident working independently in the field and has strong mechanical, hydraulic and electrical fault-finding skills.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

Servicing and maintaining heavy plant and construction equipment Attending customer breakdowns throughout the North East Diagnosing mechanical, hydraulic and electrical faults Carrying out repairs and helping minimise machine downtime Completing planned preventative maintenance and inspections Using diagnostic equipment to identify faults Repairing and replacing mechanical, hydraulic and electrical components Liaising with the Service Controller regarding job progress and additional work Identifying required parts and follow-up repairs Completing service reports and job documentation Carrying out machine inspections, preparation and handovers where required Providing a professional service to customers on siteThe Candidate We are interested in speaking with experienced: Field Service Engineers | Plant Engineers | Plant Fitters | Mobile Plant Fitters | Heavy Plant Engineers | Construction Plant Engineers Ideally, you will have experience working with equipment such as: Excavators | Telehandlers | Rollers | Material Handlers | Dumpers | Crushers | Screeners | Other Construction Plant Candidates from closely related sectors such as agricultural machinery, powered access, material handling/forklifts or HGV/commercial vehicles may also be considered where the technical experience is transferable. Experience with manufacturers such as JCB, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo, Hitachi, Liebherr, Develon, Doosan, Hyundai, Takeuchi, Kubota, Manitou, Bobcat or SANY would be advantageous but is not essential. You should have strong experience across:

Mechanical repairs and fault finding Hydraulic systems Electrical diagnostics Diesel engines Mobile/field-based servicing Customer-facing breakdown workA full UK driving licence will be required. Package

£19.50 per hour Overtime available Permanent mobile Field Service Engineer position North East territory Main operation based around the Darlington area Established construction equipment/heavy plant businessFor further information or a confidential discussion, please contact: Nathan Turley Senior Recruitment Consultant Elite Consultancy Network Email: (url removed) Tel: (phone number removed) Elite Consultancy Network specialise in recruitment across the Heavy Construction Equipment, Heavy Plant and Power Generation sectors, supporting OEMs, dealerships, distributors and rental/hire businesses with roles across Engineering, Service & After Sales, Parts, Sales, Operations and Management