Trainee Field Service Specialist

Trainee Field Service Specialist

Application Deadline: 17 October 2025

Department: Service & Delivery

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Field Based (UK)

Reporting To: Neil Worley - Senior Operations & Technical Manager UK & EMEA

Compensation: £29,000 / year

Description

NOTE: this role is a remote, field-based role. For this position we are specifically looking for someone based within a 50 mile radius of York (including Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster, Hull, Middlesbrough etc). We will be unable to accept applications from candidates living outside this specific area.

Among Checkit's core products are smart sensors that monitor things like temperature, water flow or air quality, and send alerts to our central hub if readings fall outside expected boundaries. This helps our customers to ensure that critical systems are working as expected, and to know quickly if something is wrong so they can fix it before it becomes a problem. We help the NHS keep things like blood products and vaccines at the correct temperature by monitoring their storage fridges, and we help food retailers to reduce waste by monitoring refrigerated display cabinets in their stores. These sensors are calibrated and maintained by our team of Field Service Engineers and Specialists, who visit customer sites to install the equipment and make sure they are in full working order.

This role is basically a Field Service Specialist in training. You'll start from scratch, learning the ropes of how to calibrate sensors using our technical calibration equipment, under the close guidance and supervision of our Field Service team. As you progress you will be signed off to complete calibrations alone, visiting customer sites to check their sensors are in full working order and measuring correctly. After a year or so in role we expect you to progress to a fully-fledged Field Service Specialist, handling full installations and maintenance as well as calibrations.

We are looking for someone keen to begin a career in the calibration sector, who has a technical brain capable of understanding this kind of equipment, and a positive and enthusiastic attitude towards learning and development. We will provide full training, so this represents an amazing opportunity for someone to get a start in this industry. While some sort of technical qualification or experience would be helpful, the most important thing is drive, determination, reliability, a positive attitude and a real willingness to learn and be trained.

You will be provided with all the equipment you need to do the job including a company car, laptop, mobile phone, tools, work clothing and PPE.

What you'll be doing

• Training to become a Field Service Specialist, focused on the installation and calibration of specialist temperature sensors and associated equipment at customer sites in sectors such as food, hospitality and medical.
• Shadowing and supporting Field Service Engineers delivering this work in customer-facing environments.
• Learning to use calibration test equipment while following strictly defined and documented procedures.
• Completing all training and certification modules.
• Ensuring that all work undertaken on site meets the requirements of the customer, maintaining accurate records, reporting and audit trails.
• Developing the skills necessary to be signed off as a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) signatory, responsible once trained for signing off calibrations.

What we're looking for

• No specific experience is required as full training will be provided, however any experience in a technical or engineering role of some sort would be advantageous.
• Full, clean UK driving license, with the driving skills, experience and confidence to drive long distances, including motorway driving.
• IT literate with good skills in MS Office and Outlook.
• Strong communication skills, able to confidently and professionally represent the company in face-to-face environments on customer sites.
• Excellent attention to detail, well organised and able to think logically.
• Strong desire to learn quickly, and constantly improve knowledge and understanding.
• Ability to put learning into practice, with a practical nature.
• Strong work ethic, motivated and driven to succeed.
• Dedicated, reliable and punctual with excellent timekeeping.
• Desire to build a career in the engineering sector.
• Strong team player who works well with others and enjoys being part of a team.
• Understanding of customer needs and ability to ensure delivery meets customer expectations.
• Flexible and adaptable, willing to travel and spend nights away from home when required.

What's in it for you

Checkit offers a range of benefits designed to give you the opportunity to learn and develop your skills, provide for your future, look after your routine healthcare, and feel protected if life throws you a curve ball. Our benefits include:

• Everyone gets a generous amount of leave, above the statutory levels, to help you rest and recharge
• Your birthday off in addition to your annual leave allowance
• 2 mental wellbeing days off per year, to take the time to reset and look after yourself
• Up to 20 paid sick days in any rolling 12 month period
• Health cash plan & BUPA dental to help with the costs of optical, dental and support for your mental wellbeing
• Life insurance at 2x salary
• Access to health & wellbeing app
• Contributory pension scheme
• Share award scheme, allowing you to be rewarded for our future success
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and paid loss of pregnancy leave
• Unlimited access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning