Forklift Service Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading material handling company in Bristol is seeking a Forklift Service Engineer to maintain and repair their range of products. This role involves servicing equipment, responding to breakdowns, and providing customer support. The ideal candidate has experience in mechanical engineering and holds a full UK driving licence. Benefits include a competitive salary, pension, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Attractive company pension

Company vehicle

Full tool kit

Company sick pay

Free eye tests

Free flu jabs

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts and offers platform

Qualifications

• Experience as a forklift engineer or in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, and repair forklift trucks.
• Respond to breakdowns and provide customer support.
• Control vehicle stock and deliveries.
• Achieve agreed targets.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Basic electrical knowledge

Planning and organisational skills

Initiative

Customer rapport

Full UK driving licence

Job description

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We are looking for a Forklift Service Engineer (Service Technician) to work within our After Sales department to maintain, repair, service and modify the companies range of products. This role comes with a competitive salary, an attractive company pension, a company vehicle, and the opportunity to work for great company.
About the role
The role involves servicing, maintaining, and repairing forklift trucks and other material handling equipment. On a day-to-day basis this is what you would be doing:

• Service, maintain, overhaul, fault find and resolve faults on company products.
• Respond to breakdowns
• Provide local after sales support to customers.
• To deal promptly with customer enquiries, problems, or complaints.
• To keep control of vehicle stock/deliveries.
• Achieve agreed targets.

We are looking for somebody who has experience working as a forklift engineer, plant fitter, plant technician, industrial equipment, or a similar type of role.
Here is a quick tick list for the other skills we are looking for:

• Experience in mechanical engineering.
• Basic electrical knowledge would be beneficial.
• Effective planning and organisational skills.
• Able to work on your own initiative.
• Build good rapport with customers.
• Full UK driving licence.

What we offer
Competitive salary
Attractive company pension
Company vehicle (if applicable)
Fuel card (if applicable)
Full tool kit
Company sick pay
Voluntary critical illness cover
Free eye tests
Free flu jabs
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Benefits platform with instant discounts and offers
Plus, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and develop your skills within Toyota.

Why choose Toyota

Toyota Material Handling is the world's number one manufacturer of materials handling equipment providing quality sales and service support across the UK.

We foster a culture where our team members are encouraged to continually improve their processes and strive to provide the highest quality in service for our customers. We aim to create a safe environment where our team members feel valued, fulfilled, engaged and happy. We want to attract the best talent and develop our team so that they achieve their full potential.

Our commitment is to read each application carefully, however due to the high volume of applications we receive regrettably only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Toyota Material Handling UK is an equal opportunities employer.