Forklift Service Engineer

Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Peterborough is seeking a Forklift Service Engineer (Service Technician) to service and maintain their products. You will respond to breakdowns, manage customer support, and achieve targets. Ideal candidates have mechanical engineering experience and excellent communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary along with numerous benefits, including a company pension and ongoing training opportunities.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Full tool kit

Attractive company pension

Company sick pay

Voluntary critical illness cover

Free eye tests

Free flu jabs

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts and offers platform

Qualifications

• Experience working as a forklift engineer, plant fitter, or similar role.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, overhaul, and resolve faults on company products.
• Respond to breakdowns and provide after sales support.

Skills

Experience in mechanical engineering

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work on initiative

Basic electrical knowledge

Job description

Forklift Service Engineer (Service Technician)

We are looking for a Forklift Service Engineer (Service Technician) to work within our After Sales department to maintain, repair, service and modify the company's range of products. This role comes with a competitive salary, an attractive company pension, a company vehicle, and the opportunity to work for a great company.

About The Role

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

Your Profile

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.

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

Our Offer

• Competitive salary
• Attractive company pension
• 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

We will provide you with industry leading technical training to ensure you have the knowledge and all the tools to do your job. Plus, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and develop your skills within Toyota.

More Information

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.

Contract type: Permanent

Job location: United Kingdom – Peterborough