Instrumentation Field Service Engineer

The Role

We're looking for a dual-skilled field service engineer - someone who brings solid Instrumentation expertise and a second core skill such as Electrical or Mechanical.

This is a hands‑on role in our Penrith production team, where you'll be working in a fast‑paced, modern environment maintaining and improving critical water assets. You'll need to be confident across both disciplines, ready to tackle a wide range of maintenance tasks and contribute to continuous improvement across the site.

If you're already flexi‑skilled and thrive on variety, challenge, and technical problem‑solving - this is your opportunity to make a real impact.

You'll be responsible for delivering both proactive planned maintenance and responsive support across your area of expertise, helping us meet key compliance and environmental standards. You'll also have the chance to contribute to both capital and operational projects - ensuring our assets are not just maintained, but continuously improved.

If you're bringing one core skill to us you'll start on a salary of £38,462, but if you've got both (including Instrumentation OR Electrical) disciplines, you'll earn £44,320.

One core skill - don't go anywhere. We will support with the training. Our dedicated team of training professionals will provide you a tailored development plan to help you build your skillset and get you seen.

• Implement an efficient Instrumentation maintenance and installation service.
• Analyse faults, rectify and ensure correct Instrumentation and systems‑based equipment.
• Perform planned and proactive maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety regulations and internal company policies
• Maintain required financial control of a pre‑defined budgets.
• Provide reliable, accurate and complete asset performance and repair information for entry into corporate systems.
• Analyse and recommend solutions to recurring maintenance problems.

To be considered for this role you must have:

• To be successful in this role you must be a time served apprentice or equivalent, supported with academic qualifications ideally to HNC or minimum ONC or equivalent in an Instrumentation technical area.

• The ability to work in a team but also alone, be resilient, self‑motivated, with strong problem‑solving skills and possess the required technical competence
• Able and willing to diversify into specialised areas of maintenance, as required, such as but not limited to chlorine gas systems and high voltage installations
• Diagnostic, organisational, planning, communication and computer skills
• Industry Experience
• Experience of PLC, HMI and SCADA systems and associated networks to perform fault diagnostics, assist with disaster recovery and small system modifications
• A valid driving licence

• Ability to maintain the necessary skills, competence, and up‑to‑date knowledge in all relevant areas throughout your career.
• Where appropriate, possess a sound working knowledge of Simocode, Profibus and similar industrial technology systems.

This role may not be eligible for the visa sponsorship.

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• Up to 7.5% performance‑related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company‑funded scheme
• My Gym Discounts  - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
• Best Doctors
• Salary Finance
• Wealth at Work courses
• Deals and discounts
• EVolve Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Mental health first aiders
• Share Buy
• MORE Choices flexible benefits
• Enhanced parental leave schemes