Field Service Engineer - North Region UK

Job Description

DescriptionField Service Technician – Home based, covering Northern RegionPermanent role, you are ideally based within 2-3 hours of Manchester and East Midlands airports.Are you a customer focussed field service technician or Armed Forces Engineer looking to work with complex, life-saving security equipmentAs a Field Service Technician here at Leidos, you provide effective and efficient technical and customer support for our complex baggage handling systems at airports, you will cover the Northern region, including Manchester and East Midlands airports.You’re ideally qualified in electrical or mechanical engineering or an equivalent, we are also keen to hear from engineers with an Armed Forces background looking for a new career.You’ll be the primary engineer working on some recently won contracts with a major airport group, installing, commissioning, troubleshooting, repairing and testing a variety of complex X-ray and CT based equipment such as body scanners and explosive tracedetection systems, many of which are integrated into larger systems.When the systems are up and running, you will carry out scheduled and unscheduled corrective and preventive maintenance and radiation surveys. Reporting any design, reliability and system bugs and quality issues that may arise, also identifying the RootCause of repetitive parts failures. You’ll also provide written reports on completed maintenance, machine faults, down times and availability.You’ll join a national team of 8 close-knit engineers, you will cover the Northern Region. You enjoy customer interaction; providing great service, customer/technical support and training.This is a field-based position, normal working hours are 8am – 4.30pm, however it is expected that you will need to complete overtime as required and be part of the on call, 7-day rota.Why should you join our Field Service TeamWe are problem solvers – we often have to think on our feet to solve engineering problems, minimising the downtime on the equipment and responding to call outs at short notice.We hold great responsibility – not only is our role varied, we accept responsibility for ensuring our life saving solutions are always working seamlessly to give passengers a great experience.Reward – we offer a competitive package with great benefits from a pension scheme (contribution matched up to 8%), private medical insurance and life assurance with loads of flexible benefits including dental insurance, gym flex and shopping discounts.This role also comes with a car/car allowance, overtime and out of hours allowance.About YouIdeally qualified in electrical or mechanical engineering or an equivalent, we are also keen to hear from engineers with an Armed Forces background looking for a new career.It would be ideal to hold an electrical qualification such as 2391/2392 or 17th/18th editionYou will have some experience of maintaining complex electromechanical systems such as PLC controlled machinery, X-Ray or CT tech.Good customer facing skills, providing great service and training on equipment.Willing to work on call and off shift where needed. Also comfortable with regular travel within the region and occasionally internationally.You will require a full, clean UK driving license. To fulfill the requirements of the role, you will need to live within 3 hours’ drive of Manchester and East Midlands Airports.Due to the nature of the role, you must be able to obtain and maintain an Airside Security Pass.Original Posting Date: 2024-02-01 While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge,skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.Original Posting Date: 11/09/2023 While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.