Service Engineer – Full Time – Dewsbury

Catering; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Bonus scheme

Overtime paid at time and a half

Job summary

Catering is seeking a Service Engineer for the Dewsbury area to perform routine and emergency maintenance on forklift fleets across Yorkshire and Humber. The role is based on-site with a 40-hour week, and offers a base salary with potential progression after probation.

Applicants with mechanical and electrical experience are welcomed. The position includes a company van, a bonus scheme, and overtime paid at time and a half.

Qualifications

• Experience with forklifts is desirable.
• Confident electrical knowledge is required.
• City & Guilds in mechanics or equivalent is ideal but not essential.
• Be well-organised, methodical and process-driven.

Responsibilities

• Servicing and repair as directed by the Service Manager.
• Diagnosing the exact nature of each query and repair with a can-do attitude.
• Complete a service report for each job on a PDA system.
• Report to the Service Manager.

Skills

Forktrucks experience

Electrical knowledge

City & Guilds

Organised

Team player

Education

City & Guilds mechanics

Time served possible

Tools

PDA reporting

Job description

Service Engineer

Dewsbury Area (Base)

Permanent

My client is a leading and fast-growing provider of maintenance support, services and hire of electrical forklifts to commercial industry and business. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Engineer to provide routine and emergency maintenance, service and support in the Yorkshire and Humber region, onsite at customer premises.

Duties Include:

• Servicing and repair as directed by the Service Manager.
• Diagnosing the exact nature of each query and repair with a friendly, efficient, can-do attitude.
• Completing a service report for each job on a PDA system.
• Reporting to the Service Manager.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and qualities:

• Experience with Forktrucks (Desirable but not essential).
• Confident Electrical knowledge.
• City & Guilds in mechanics or equivalent qualification is ideal but not essential, this could be time served
• Be well-organised, methodical and process-driven.
• Ability to think outside the box, adept at finding solutions.
• Good at managing own workload and able to cope with pressure.
• Present a professional image – be trustworthy, punctual and polite.
• Good team player.

Whilst it would be ideal for applicants to have experience of servicing and maintaining forktrucks, we welcome applicants with experience of mechanical and electrical engineering with some fault disgnostics experience.

This is a permanent position where you will work a standard 40 hour week (8am-4:30)

In return you can expect a base salary of £34320 (£16.50p/h), rising to £36400 (£17.50 p/h) after successful completion of a 6 month probation. On top of this, any overtime is paid at time and a half, there is a bonus scheme and company van.

Benefits

• any overtime is paid at time and a half
• there is a bonus scheme
• company van

Salary: £34300 - £36200/annum

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Dewsbury, Kirklees