Service Engineer
3 days ago
Birmingham
Field Service Engineer Midlands Patch £65,000 basic + 10% bonus + 1.5x overtime door-to-door Realistic earnings: £80,000+ with overtime We are looking for an experienced Field Service Engineer to support maintenance, commissioning & service work across electrical distribution sites, substations & critical power environments. This is a strong opportunity for an engineer with a background in HV/LV switchgear, transformers, substations or electrical distribution who wants to move into a global OEM environment with long-term development, technical variety & strong earning potential. You will be working across customer sites supporting installation, maintenance, fault finding, commissioning & diagnostics on OEM electrical equipment, with work typically involving switchgear, transformers, protection systems, distribution networks & associated substation equipment. What you’ll be doing: • Carrying out maintenance, servicing & commissioning on electrical distribution equipment, • Working across HV/LV switchgear, transformers & substation environments, • Fault finding, diagnostics & technical support across customer sites, • Supporting planned maintenance, reactive works & outage activity, • Carrying out testing including CT/VT work, functional testing, protection checks & condition monitoring, • Producing service reports & ensuring work is completed safely to regulated standards, • Working closely with service managers, project teams & customers on site, • Supporting a regional service patch with occasional wider travel where required What we’re looking for: • Experience as a Field Service Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or Electrical Service Engineer, • Background working with electrical distribution equipment, switchgear, transformers, substations or power systems, • Experience across HV/LV environments would be highly beneficial, • Strong fault-finding & maintenance capability, • Comfortable working on customer sites with autonomy, • Understanding of electrical safety, RAMS, isolations & permit-controlled environments, • Full UK driving licence What’s in it for you: • £45,000 basic salary, • 10% annual bonus, • 1.5x overtime paid door-to-door, • Realistic earnings of £80,000+ with overtime, • OEM training & development, • Strong progression routes within a global energy technology business, • Exposure to critical infrastructure, substations & electrical distribution networks, • Company vehicle, tools & full package, • Long-term stability with one of the most recognised names in the sector