Mobile Mechanical Engineer

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ROLE: Mobile Mechanical Engineer

HOURS: 40 hours Full-time (flexible, including weekends and on-call rota)

LOCATION: West Portway Industrial Estate Andover

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Field Service Engineer who will join a well-established, dynamic organisation and support the installation, servicing, and maintenance of mobile processing equipment across the UK and beyond.

SludgeTEK is a well-established, dynamic organisation founded in 2001. The company is privately owned, financially secure, and maintains ISO accreditation in Quality, Environmental Management, and Health & Safety.

We are presently seeking a qualified Service Engineer to join our professional team. In response to anticipated growth and expansion, there may be a requirement for assignments throughout Europe. This challenging and varied role encompasses travel and periods working away from home; a company vehicle and appropriate accommodation will be provided.

Knowledge of process plant operations would be beneficial, as would demonstrable experience working with rotating machinery, pumps, decanter centrifuges, belt presses, and filter presses, although comprehensive training will be provided. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, well-organised, computer literate, confident, and reliable, with a commitment to continuous professional development.

Role Responsibilities:

• Installation, operation, and maintenance of mobile processing equipment
• Execution of service contracts and support for customers' installed plant
• Addressing mechanical breakdowns and conducting workshop repairs
• Preparing risk assessments and method statements prior to service assignments
• Supporting sales activities, supervising subcontractors, and participating in call-out rota and weekend work

Required Qualifications:

• Completed a recognised apprenticeship or equivalent formal training programme
• Experience with industrial installations, control systems, and basic fault diagnosis (electrical experience advantageous)
• Familiarity with PLC/microprocessor systems and motor drive technologies
• Full, clean UK driving licence
• Willingness to travel extensively across the UK and occasionally internationally

What's in it for you?

• Highly competitive salary with paid overtime, company vehicle, fuel card, and tools provided
• Pension scheme, 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, and corporate workwear/PPE
• Ongoing training, mentoring, professional development, and access to employee discounts and wellbeing programmes

There's a place for you at Mitie, join us today!

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Smriti Jasoria at smriti.jasoria@mitie.com.

Since 1987, Mitie's 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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