Workshop Engineer

CareerPoster; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing opportunities

Employee discounts

Flexible hours

Skills development

Job summary

Sheffield Mobility in Hillsborough, Sheffield, is seeking a Workshop Engineer for our Hillsborough showroom. This role focuses on repairs, servicing and refurbishment of mobility equipment in a hands-on workshop.

You will diagnose faults, work with the management team and our mobile engineer, and ensure equipment is safe and ready for customer delivery.

Qualifications

• Must have practical mechanical or electrical diagnostics experience (no formal qualifications required).
• Ability to diagnose faults, understand failure causes and determine repair approaches.
• Comfortable using tools and workshop equipment in a hands-on environment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out repairs and servicing on mobility scooters, wheelchairs and related equipment.
• Complete walk-in repairs for customers at Hillsborough workshop.
• Diagnose electrical and mechanical faults and identify fault causes.
• Test batteries, motors, controllers and wiring for proper function.
• Perform routine servicing, maintenance and safety inspections.
• Recondition and refurbish used mobility equipment for resale.

Skills

Mechanical fault-finding

Electrical fault-finding

Diagnostics

Workshop tools

Problem solving

Tools

Multimeter

Torque wrench

Battery tester

Job description

Join Our Growing Team at Sheffield Mobility – Workshop Engineer

Job Type: Full-time or Part-time considered | Competitive salary based on experience

About Us

Founded in 2018 and proudly based in Hillsborough, Sheffield Mobility is a family-run business at the heart of the local community.

With over500 five-star reviews, our mission is simple: to support our customers’ independence by providing the right mobility equipment, tailored to their individual needs.

As we continue to grow in 2027 and beyond, we’re looking for askilled, reliable and practical Workshop Engineerto join our team.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary, based on experience
• Profit-sharing opportunities
• Employee and store discounts
• Full-time or part-time working considered
• Flexibility around working hours and schedule
• Opportunity to develop your skills and grow with the business
• A friendly, family-run working environment
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference to people’s independence and quality of life

About the Role

This is a predominantlyworkshop-based engineering roleat our Hillsborough showroom.

You’ll work closely with the management team and our mobile engineer to maintain, service, repair and prepare a wide range of mobility equipment.

The role will involve a mixture ofwalk-in customer repairs, fault diagnosis, servicing, refurbishment and preparing used equipment for resale, with additional field support provided to our mobile engineer when required.

Your main focus will be ensuring that equipment issafe, reliable, correctly repaired and ready for use.

Typical Responsibilities

• Carrying out repairs and servicing on mobility scooters, wheelchairs and other mobility equipment.
• Completing walk-in repairs for customers at our Hillsborough workshop.
• Fault-finding and diagnosing electrical and mechanical faults and identifying the cause of problems.
• Testing batteries, motors, controllers, wiring and other electrical components.
• Carrying out routine servicing, maintenance and safety inspections.
• Reconditioning and refurbishing used mobility equipment to a high standard.
• Preparing equipment for sale and customer delivery.
• Carrying out thorough checks to ensure repaired equipment is safe and functioning correctly.
• Supporting our mobile engineer with field-based repairs and servicing when required.
• Maintaining accurate records of repairs, servicing and parts used.
• Keeping the workshop clean, organised and safe.
• Ensuring work is completed to a consistently high standard.

About You

We’re looking for someone who ispractical, technically minded and enjoys solving problems.

The ideal candidate will have experience in mechanical or electrical diagnostics, maintenance or repairing similar equipment.

We’re particularly interested in someone who candiagnose a fault, understand why something has failed and work out the best way to repair it.

You should be:

• Experienced in mechanical and/or electrical fault finding and diagnostics-no qualifications necessary
• Practical and confident using tools and workshop equipment.
• Comfortable working with low voltage electrical and mechanical systems.
• Methodical and logical when diagnosing faults.
• Reliable, organised and able to work independently.
• A clear communicator with good attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a flexible, hands-on team environment.
• Willing to learn and develop specialist mobility engineering knowledge.
• Passionate about producing quality workmanship.
• Genuinely motivated by helping people and making a positive difference to their independence.

Mobility Experience

Previous experience working with mobility equipment would be amajor advantage, but it isn’t essential.

We would also welcome applications from people with experience in areas such as:

• Vending machine repairs
• Push bike technician
• Automotive or vehicle repair
• Mechanical engineering
• Electronics
• Appliance repair
• General engineering or maintenance
• Other technical or diagnostic roles

Training will be provided to the right candidate, particularly around mobility-specific equipment, products and procedures.

Electrical & Diagnostic Skills

Experience diagnosing electrical faults would be particularly valuable.

Knowledge ofbatteries, motors, controllers, wiring, electrical circuits and electronic componentswould be an advantage.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys fault-finding and has the ability to work through a problem logically to identify the underlying cause.

Schedule & Flexibility

We open 6 days per week, Monday to Saturday, 9-5

We are happy to discuss working patterns with the right person.

Ready to Apply?

If you’re a practical and technically minded engineer who enjoysfixing things, diagnosing faults and producing high-quality work, we’d love to hear from you.

Sheffield Mobility is an equal opportunities employer and we recruit based on merit, skills, experience and suitability for the role.

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