Field Based Engineer
Job description
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About the Role
We are seeking a skilled Field Engineer to support the servicing, overhaul, and repair of aircraft ground support equipment (GSE) and associated tooling.
This role is split between our workshop facility and customer sites across the UK. You will carry out both planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repair activities, ensuring equipment remains safe, compliant, and operational within demanding aviation environments.
While hydraulic knowledge is advantageous, this position is primarily mechanically focused, involving strip-downs, rebuilds, inspections, and general engineering maintenance.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver planned maintenance activities to various types of aircraft equipment and tooling, including but not limited to steps, platforms, trailers, trolleys, tow bars, and jacks
- Carry out repairs to equipment in order to ensure equipment returns to service in a timely manner
- Effectively fault find and problem solve a variety of issues on all types of equipment including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Collect and deliver customer equipment to and from various sites across our network
- Work as part of a wider engineering team
- Generate reports using our online system
- Support work activities at other airports or sites as required (UK and abroad), including but not limited to completing works on customer sites as well as our own facilities
- Work closely with the Operations Team to ensure jobs are accepted, understood, implemented and closed down efficiently and accurately
- Communicate with the Operations Team effectively, ensuring emails are responded to in a timely manner and calls are answered or returned as soon as practically and safely possible
- Ensure all work is delivered in accordance with customer contract service level agreements
Endeavour to achieve a first-time-fix on all equipment
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong background in mechanical maintenance and repair
- Experience carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM)
- Confident in mechanical fault finding and diagnostics
- Experience working on-site at customer premises
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
- Good understanding of safe working practices
- Full manual UK driving licence (essential for site visits)
- Ability to use a tablet to complete maintenance report write ups
- Must be able to gain an airport pass – therefore clean personal record and ability to show previous work/educational history up to 5 years prior with references.
Desirable
- Experience working with aircraft ground support equipment
- Hydraulic maintenance experience
- NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering / Maintenance
- Experience with lifting equipment inspections (LOLER knowledge beneficial)
- Basic electrical fault-finding skills
About You
You will be:
- Mechanically minded and hands-on
- Customer-focused with good communication skills
- Organised and able to manage site-based responsibilities
- Safety-conscious with strong attention to detail
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
What We Offer
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
- Overtime and site allowance opportunities
- Company vehicle (if applicable)
- Company pension scheme
- Ongoing technical training and development
- Health Cash Plan
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your mechanical maintenance experience prominently as this is the primary focus of the role
🔧 Emphasise any planned preventative maintenance (PPM) experience with specific equipment types and frequencies
✈️ If you have aviation or ground support equipment experience, feature this prominently as it's highly desirable
📋 Mention your ability to read engineering drawings and use tablets for reporting as these are daily requirements
🚗 Ensure your full UK driving licence is clearly stated as site visits across the UK are essential
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- •Completed planned preventative maintenance on 45+ pieces of ground support equipment monthly, achieving 98% first-time-fix rate
- •Diagnosed and repaired hydraulic system failures on aircraft jacks and tow bars, reducing average downtime from 6 to 3 hours
- •Conducted LOLER inspections on 120+ lifting equipment units annually, ensuring full aviation compliance and zero safety incidents
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Dear Hiring Manager,
AGSE Global Services' field engineering role combines my passion for mechanical maintenance with the aviation sector's precision requirements. My experience in planned preventative maintenance and hydraulic systems aligns perfectly with servicing aircraft ground support equipment across your UK network.
My background in mechanical fault-finding and equipment diagnostics has prepared me to tackle the varied challenges of maintaining jacks, tow bars, and lifting platforms. I'm comfortable working both in workshop environments and on customer sites, with strong attention to safety protocols essential in aviation settings.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Describe your experience with planned preventative maintenance schedules
- ›How would you approach fault-finding on a hydraulic system that's not operating correctly?
- ›What safety considerations are important when working with lifting equipment?
- ›How do you interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications?
- ›Explain your experience with aircraft ground support equipment or similar heavy machinery
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to troubleshoot a complex mechanical problem
- ›Describe a situation where you had to work under pressure to get equipment back into service
- ›How do you prioritise multiple maintenance tasks across different customer sites?
- ›Give an example of when you had to communicate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a safety concern and how you handled it
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to troubleshoot a complex mechanical problem
Describe a situation where you had to work under pressure to get equipment back into service