Field Service Engineer (Forklift Trucks)

Alexander James Recruiting Ltd.; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established material handling company is seeking a Field Service Engineer to service clients across the South East of England. The role involves maintaining forklift trucks and ensuring excellent customer service. Candidates from forklift, heavy plant, or commercial vehicles backgrounds are welcome. The position offers a competitive salary, overtime opportunities, and various benefits including a company vehicle and holiday pay.

Benefits

Competitive salary (up to £38,000)

Overtime opportunity

Company vehicle

20 days holiday + extra day for birthday

Standard pension scheme

Qualifications

• Preference for individuals from a forklift truck background.
• Open to candidates from heavy plant or commercial vehicles background.
• Good attitude and work ethic required.

Responsibilities

• Service clients across South East England.
• Service forklift trucks and material handling equipment.
• Ensure excellent customer service.

Skills

Customer-facing skills

Self-initiative

Experience in forklift truck servicing

Job description

Alexander James Recruiting is currently working with a well-established, expanding material handling company looking to recruit a new Field Service Engineer to service their client base across the South East. With a competitive salary & overtime opportunity plus numerous other benefits, this is a great opportunity for an experienced engineer interested in a new role.

Responsibilities

• Servicing a client based across the South East of England
• Servicing forklift trucks & other material handling equipment
• Fixing other equipment to include plant hire, cleaning equipment and specialist forklifts
• Ensuring excellent customer service and representing the company in the right way when servicing forklifts & other equipment
• Attending the workshop from time to time to collect parts

Requirements

The company have a preference for an individual from a forklift truck background, but this is not essential. The company are open to considering candidates from a heavy plant or commercial vehicles background. You will be able to work well on your own initiative and have good customer-facing skills. Ultimately, the company are after an individual with the right attitude and work ethic. In terms of location, you can be based anywhere within the South East including Folkestone, Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, Eastbourne, Crawley, Horsham and Worthing.

Benefits

• Competitive salary (Up to £38,000 depending on experience)
• Overtime opportunity paid time and a half
• No callouts
• Door-to-door payments
• Company vehicle
• 20 days holiday + extra day for birthday
• Standard pension scheme

The Company

Selling one of the industry’s most well-known brands, our client is an award-winning dealer of forklift trucks and other material handling equipment. Having been established for over 30 years, they have a strong local presence across the M25 area, offering an extensive range of trucks as well as pallet racking and other equipment. Due to recent expansion, they’re now looking to add another engineer to their team.