Maintenance Engineer

HORTEC GROW WITH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a small, dedicated team at a growing horticultural engineering company. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge machinery, providing maintenance and training to a diverse range of clients from small nurseries to large corporations. You'll be involved in hands-on technical work, ensuring customer satisfaction through quality service and support. The position includes competitive pay, generous holiday, and the chance to develop your skills in a supportive environment. If you're motivated and eager to learn, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic field.

Benefits

Competitive salary depending on experience

Overtime or ‘Time off in Lieu’

30 days paid holiday annually

Regular Bonus Payments

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Technical experience in electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems required.
• Driving license and forklift experience are essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and service horticultural machinery at the workshop and customer sites.
• Deliver and train customers on the use of machinery.

Skills

Electrical knowledge (3 phase, single phase, low voltage)

Mechanical engineering

Pneumatics

Fabrication skills

Driving License

Trailer and forklift operation

Education

GCSE in Maths

GCSE in English

Job description

Hortec is a small team of horticultural / agricultural engineers based in South Warwickshire but primarily working throughout England, Wales, and Scotland. The job involves some overnight stays, usually one or sometimes two nights a week. Hortec is a growing business, importing machines from Holland/Germany. Customers range from small family-owned nurseries to large corporations.

You will work with a small and hardworking team who are committed to quality and customer service.

This permanent post will include but not be limited to:

Duties

1. Maintaining, servicing, rebuilding, and re-programming horticultural machinery at Hortec’s workshop in Lower Tysoe, Warwickshire, but also on customer sites across the UK.
2. Ensuring that the workshop space is clean and tidy, and that the stores are kept in good order and well-stocked.
3. Delivering and training customers in the use of hire machinery and collecting the same.
4. Delivering, commissioning, and training customers in the use of new, used, and hire machinery.
5. Answering incoming telephone calls, providing telephone support, and advising on, and dispatching spare parts to customers.

Person Specification

The successful applicant will need to be a well-motivated individual keen to develop their existing skills. He or she will also have:

1. Appropriate technical experience, i.e. electrical (knowledge of electrics essential including 3 phase, single phase, and low voltage), mechanical engineering, and pneumatics. Some fabrication skill would be useful.
2. Literate and numerate, ideally having GCSE (grade A to C or equivalent) in Maths and English.
3. Driving Licence essential, ideally with B&E trailer category qualification.
4. Trailer and forklift experience useful, but training will be given.
5. A passport would be useful as there may be some international factory visits.

Benefits

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Overtime or ‘Time off in Lieu’ given.
• 30 days (including statutory days) paid holiday annually
• Regular Bonus Payments
• Working with a great team, who appreciate hard work and effort put in.