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Looking for a job as a technical service engineer? At Trinamics, you’ll find technical service vacancies in the engineering sector. You’ll work at a single fixed location and ensure that machines, production lines and systems keep running smoothly.
You’ll work in a factory or production environment and be responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting. With a good salary, clear working hours and a job close to home.
A technical service engineer ensures that production processes keep running smoothly. You resolve faults and carry out maintenance on machinery and plant.
These are your main duties:
Resolving faults on machinery and production lines
Carrying out preventive maintenance
Replacing parts and carrying out repairs
Testing and calibrating systems
Contributing ideas for improvements and optimisations
Working with mechanical, electrical and pneumatic systems
You’ll be working in a live production environment. If you spot a problem, you’ll resolve it immediately to prevent downtime.
As a technical service engineer, you’ll work at a single fixed location. You won’t be travelling to customers’ premises, but will work within a company.
Common working environments:
Factories
Manufacturing companies
Distribution centres
Industrial environments
You’ll have a fixed workplace and will work alongside colleagues within the same company.
A technical service engineer and a mechanical engineer both work at a fixed location, but their roles differ.
The main difference:
A technical service engineer maintains and repairs machinery
A mechanical engineer builds and assembles machinery
In addition:
Technical service → resolving faults within production
Mechanical fitter → building machines from drawings
Technical service → focus on keeping processes running
Mechanical fitter → focus on building and testing
Do you want to work in a production environment dealing with faults and maintenance? Then technical service is a better fit. If you prefer to work on building machines, then mechanical fitter is a better fit.
A technical service engineer’s salary depends on experience, shift work and the type of company.
Average salaries:
Junior: €2,600 to €3,200
Mid-level: €3,200 to €4,300
Senior: €4,300 to €5,500 or more
Additional allowances may include:
Shift allowances
Overtime pay
On-call duties
Training and qualifications
If you work shifts or in complex production environments, the salary is often higher.
You’ll usually work at a single, fixed production site. This means you’ll have minimal travel time and a stable workplace.
We have plenty of technical support vacancies in:
Rotterdam and the surrounding area
Breda and the surrounding area
Eindhoven and the surrounding area
Nijmegen and the surrounding area
View all technical service vacancies and choose a workplace close to home.
A working day as a technical service engineer revolves around maintenance and troubleshooting within a production process.
Your day usually consists of:
Starting with a handover or shift change
Checking machines and installations
Analysing and resolving faults
Carrying out preventive maintenance
Coordinating with operators and colleagues
Recording work carried out
You often work to a schedule, but need to react quickly when faults occur.
A job as a technical service engineer is right for you if you enjoy working in a stable environment and want to be responsible for keeping machinery and processes running smoothly.
This role is a good fit for you if you:
enjoy working at a single, fixed location
are able to react quickly in the event of breakdowns
find it interesting to work in a production environment
enjoy working with colleagues as part of a team
don’t mind working shifts
Do you prefer travelling to different sites or building new installations? If so, a role as a service engineer or installation engineer might be a better fit.
As a technical services engineer, you’ll work on installations that are in continuous operation.
Examples:
Production lines
Packaging machines
Conveyor and sorting systems
Industrial installations
Automated systems
You will often work with a combination of mechanical and electrical engineering.
Whether you work shifts or day shifts as a technical service engineer depends on the company.
Common rota patterns:
Day shifts
2-shift rota
3-shift rota
5-shift rota
When working shifts, you often receive additional allowances on top of your salary.
As a technical service engineer, you want stability, a fixed workplace and clarity about your rota. Trinamics ensures that this is well organised.
That’s why technical service engineers choose Trinamics:
Fixed workplace with no field work
Stable work in the manufacturing and production industries
Good salary with shift allowances
Clear rota and working hours
Quick start with existing teams
Opportunity for permanent employment
Training courses such as VCA, NEN and fault analysis
Personal support and short lines of communication
You work at a fixed location and know exactly where you stand.
“Through Trinamics, I now work in a permanent team with clear rota schedules and a well-organised technical service department.” – Technical service engineer, Rotterdam region
For 20 years, we have been helping technical service engineers find work in engineering and industry.
As a technical service engineer, you’ll work at a single fixed location, such as a factory or manufacturing plant. You won’t be travelling to customers’ premises, as you would in a field service role.
Whether you work shifts as a technical service engineer depends on the company. Many manufacturing companies operate on a shift system, such as 2-, 3- or 5-shift patterns.
As a technical service engineer, you often work with both mechanical and electrical systems. The balance between the two depends on the installation and the company.
As a technical service engineer, you often have to resolve faults immediately to prevent downtime in the production process. It is therefore important to be able to react quickly.
As a technical service engineer, you usually work as part of a team. You’ll be in contact with colleagues, operators and other technical specialists.
The role of a technical service engineer is hands-on and can be physically demanding, depending on the machinery and the working environment.
Yes, as a technical service engineer, you can progress to become a senior engineer, a specialist or take on a managerial role. You can also further your development through training courses.
Would you like to find out which technical service vacancies are right for you? Please get in touch with us. We’ll help you find a role that matches your experience and preferences.
