Forklift Engineer

AMF Recruitment Ltd; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Bonus

Van with personal use

Job summary

AMF Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Forklift Service Engineer for a permanent role covering the Yorkshire and Humber region and nearby areas. You will travel to customer sites across the north of England, perform routine and emergency maintenance on lithium-powered forklifts, and ensure high service standards while returning home each night.

The role requires solid forklift experience and electrical knowledge, with full training provided for the right attitude.

Qualifications

• Solid experience servicing forklifts and diagnosing faults.
• Proven electrical knowledge relevant to forklift systems.
• Ability to work independently and stay organised under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Servicing and repair of forklifts as directed by the Service Manager.
• Diagnosing faults and providing solutions with a can‑do attitude.
• Completing service reports on a PDA system and logging details.
• Liaising with the Service Manager and customers to schedule work.

Skills

Forklift experience

Electrical knowledge

Organisational skills

Education

City & Guilds in mechanics

Tools

PDA system

Job description

Do you want to learn new technology of the future?

Travel to each job around the north of England?

But be home every night?

Have a permanent role in a growing company?

Is Tingley convenient?

Does a salary of £36k appeal?

• Plus healthcare, generous pension, bonus, your own van with personal use....

Our Client

Is a leading and fast-growing provider of maintenance support, services and hire of state of the art lithium powered forklifts to commercial industry and business. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Forklift Service Engineer to provide routine and emergency maintenance, service and support in the Yorkshire and Humber region, onsite at customer premises.

They currently have a large customer base which includes a high amount of electrical equipment, so you must have the ability to prove you have sound electrical knowledge and experience, but also a can do attitude and a willingness to learn this new technology of the future.

As the successful service engineer your will be include....

• Servicing and repair of forklifts as directed by the Service Manager.
• Diagnosing the exact nature of each query and repair with a friendly, efficient, 'can-do' attitude.
• Completing a service report for each job on a PDA system.
• Reporting to the Service Manager.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and qualities.....

• Solid experience with forklifts.
• Confident Electrical knowledge.
• City & Guilds in mechanics or equivalent qualification is ideal but not essential, this could be time served
• Be well-organised, methodical and process-driven.
• Ability to think outside the box, adept at finding solutions.
• Good at managing own workload and able to cope with pressure.
• Present a professional image - be trustworthy, punctual and polite.
• Good team player.

While the above is the ideal candidate for a forklift engineer, if you have been a well served and confident service engineer, full training will be given for the right attitude.

As you've seen already, this is a permanent role from day with a fantastic benefits package and a management team that want to help and encourage, if you're willing to learn and be engaged.