Forklift Workshop Engineer — Growth & Training Focus

Interaction Recruitment; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday

Bank holidays

Overtime

Training & development

Company pension

Workshop-based role

Career progression

Strong earning potential

Job summary

Interaction Technical is expanding its workshop team in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, seeking a Workshop Engineer (Forklifts) to service, maintain and repair forklift trucks and plant machinery in a workshop.

Based at the Wellingborough site, you'll diagnose faults, carry out servicing and repairs, perform PDIs, and keep accurate service records while working with hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical systems.

Qualifications

• NVQ/City & Guilds in mechanical/electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in servicing and repairing forklift trucks or plant equipment.
• Strong knowledge of hydraulics, electrical, and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose faults, service and repair forklift trucks and plant equipment.
• Conduct pre-delivery inspections (PDI) on new and used machinery.
• Perform mechanical and electrical fault finding on engines, batteries, hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Recondition equipment for hire or resale and complete servicing records.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and well-organised workshop.

Skills

Fault finding

Mechanical engineering

Electrical systems

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Diagnostic skills

Teamwork

Education

NVQ/City & Guilds in mechanical/electrical engineering

Job description

Interaction Technical is expanding its workshop team in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, seeking a Workshop Engineer (Forklifts) to service, maintain and repair forklift trucks and plant machinery in a workshop.

Based at the Wellingborough site, you'll diagnose faults, carry out servicing and repairs, perform PDIs, and keep accurate service records while working with hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical systems.