Field Service Engineer - Leicester, Nottingham and Derby

£38,896 starting salary (including allowances), rising after 6 months + paid door‑to‑door travel + overtime + company van (personal use allowed)
Full-time • Field-based • Home-based role

About the Opportunity

Join Logisnext UK Ltd, part of the global Mitsubishi Logisnext Group — a leader in materials handling with over 60 years of engineering innovation. Following our expansion into full warehouse solutions (including racking and cutting-edge AGVs), we’re growing our service team across the East Midlands.

If you’re an engineer who enjoys independence, variety, and high-quality technical work, this is a role where you’ll thrive.

⭐ Why You’ll Want This Job

• Overtime at enhanced rates (1.6x Mon–Sat, 2.1x Sundays/Bank Holidays) — earn £40,000+
• Paid door-to-door travel
• Company van + fuel card (personal use available)
• Clear progression route with full manufacturer training at our in-house facility
• All specialist tools and equipment provided
• Strong benefits package (see below)

Requirements

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Field Service Engineer, you’ll be home-based, covering the Leicester, Derby and Nottingham areas. Your role will involve servicing, repairing, and installing material handling equipment for a wide range of clients, including high-profile organisations. You’ll work on single and three-phase machinery, ensuring our equipment runs smoothly and efficiently to help customers achieve their productivity goals.

This is a varied role where no two days are the same. You’ll be trusted to manage your own schedule, deliver excellent customer service, and tackle technical challenges head-on.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a mechanical engineer with some electrical experience. If you’ve worked in industries such as automotive, HGV, LGV, PSV, plant, agricultural, construction equipment, REME, or roadside recovery, we’d love to hear from you.

You’ll need a valid UK driving licence and practical knowledge of mobile machinery, electrical drive and control systems, diesel and LPG engines, hydraulics, and computer-based diagnostics. Previous field service experience is an advantage, but full product training will be provided.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll work from home covering a local radius within the Leicester, Derby and Nottingham region. Your day-to-day will include:

• Servicing, repairing and maintaining a wide range of materials handling equipment
• Diagnosing faults on electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and engine systems
• Delivering an excellent customer experience across a varied client base
• Managing your own workload and keeping accurate service records
• Installing or commissioning new machinery where needed
• Supporting customers to keep their operations safe, reliable and productive

Every day is different — this is a role for engineers who like autonomy and variety.

Who We’re Looking For

You’ll succeed in this role if you have:

Essential

• Mechanical engineering background with some electrical knowledge
• Experience working on mobile machinery or similar equipment
• Valid UK driving licence
• Practical knowledge of:
• electrical drive & control systems
• diesel/LPG engines
• hydraulics
• computer-based diagnostics

Ideal Backgrounds

(We welcome applicants from any of the following sectors:)

• Automotive technician
• HGV / LGV / PSV
• Plant / construction equipment
• Agricultural machinery
• REME
• Roadside recovery
• Forklift or materials handling
• Field service (any industry)

Full product training is provided — we hire for engineering ability and attitude.

🧭 Your Recruitment Journey

Step 1 — CV Review
We review your skills and experience carefully.

Step 2 — Teams Interview (30–45 minutes)
A friendly conversation about your background, technical skills and what you’re looking for.

Step 3 — Face-to-Face Interview
Meet the team, see the operation, and talk in more depth about the role.

Step 4 — Offer & Onboarding
Clear induction plan, training schedule and support from day one.

Benefits

Benefits That Matter

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (rising to 30 days with service)
• Option to buy or sell holidays
• Extra day off when you move house
• Private health cover
• Income protection & life assurance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Subsidised gym membership
• Strong overtime and bonus structure
• Supportive culture with a stable, well-established employer

Ready to Build Your Engineering Career?

If you’re passionate about engineering, enjoy solving technical problems, and want a role with excellent pay, stability and long-term progression, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and join a company that invests in your skills, development and future.