Mobile Forklift Engineer

Alecto Recruitment; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Private use of vehicle

Pension on completion of probation

Private medical cover

Job summary

Alecto Recruitment is hiring on behalf of a market-leading forklift maintenance and hire company for an experienced Mobile Forktruck Engineer to cover the Yorkshire and Humber region.

What's in it for you: £16.50–£17.50 per hour, door-to-door pay, a company vehicle with private use and full training on lithium powered machines. Monday to Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm with no weekend work.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience with forklifts.
• Confident electrical knowledge; many forklifts have electrical components.
• Well-organised, methodical and process-driven.
• A problem-solver who can think outside the box.
• Professional, trustworthy, punctual and polite.

Responsibilities

• Servicing and repairing forklifts on customer sites as directed by your Service Manager.
• Diagnosing faults quickly and accurately, with a friendly, can-do attitude.
• Completing service reports on a PDA system after every job.
• Working independently across a loyal, established customer base.

Skills

Forklift experience

Electrical knowledge

Organised

Problem-solving

Team player

Punctual

Education

City & Guilds in mechanics

Job description

Mobile Forklift Engineer

West Yorkshire

£16.50 - £17.50 ph

Company Vehicle | Lithium Specialist Training

Fed up of your skills being wasted on the same tired diesel machines?

If you're a forklift engineer who wants to work on the future of the industry - lithium powered machines - and get paid door to door in a company vehicle you can also use privately, keep reading.

Alecto Recruitment is hiring on behalf of a market-leading forklift maintenance and hire company for an experienced Mobile Forktruck Engineer to cover the Yorkshire and Humber region.

What's in it for you?

• £16.50 per hour, rising to £17.50 per hour after your 6-month probation
• Overtime available - dependent on experience
• Door to door pay - your working day starts and ends at home, not the depot
• Company vehicle provided, with private use allowed within reason (subject to tax and private mileage charges)
• Company pension on completion of probation
• Private Medical Cover
• Monday to Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm with a 30-minute lunch - no weekend work
• Full training on lithium powered machines - be at the cutting edge of the industry

What you'll be doing

• Servicing and repairing forklifts on customer sites as directed by your Service Manager
• Diagnosing faults quickly and accurately, with a friendly, can-do attitude
• Completing service reports on a PDA system after every job
• Working independently across a loyal, established customer base

Is this you?

• Solid hands-on experience with forklifts
• Confident electrical knowledge - this customer base has a lot of electrical equipment, so you'll need to prove it
• City & Guilds in mechanics, or an equivalent qualification
• Well-organised, methodical and process-driven
• A problem-solver who can think outside the box
• Comfortable managing your own workload under pressure
• Professional, trustworthy, punctual and polite
• A genuine team player

Please note Alecto Recruitment are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

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