Workshop Engineer (Dewsbury)

Briggs Equipment Ltd; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading materials handling solutions provider in Dewsbury is seeking a Workshop Engineer to manage the repair and maintenance of industrial, agricultural, and warehousing trucks. The ideal candidate will have experience working with a variety of vehicles including HGVs and Forklifts, along with strong skills in hydraulic systems. Offering a negotiable salary, career growth, and benefits like a contributory pension and profit share bonus based on performance.

Benefits

Negotiable base salary

Future development and career opportunities

Contributory pension scheme

Profitshare bonus based on business performance

Qualifications

• Experience with industrial, agricultural or warehousing trucks.
• Understanding of Health and Safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the repair & maintenance of trucks and equipment.
• Ensure accurate recording of damage and faults.
• Provide professional service support to customers.
• Complete all necessary paperwork accurately and timely.

Skills

Experience working on Cars, Vans, HGVs, Forklift or Plant

Ability to strip and reassemble a hydraulic valve bank, cylinder and gear pumps

Ability to interpret test information for clutch systems

Job description

Location: WF12 7RF, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, UK

Opportunity: Workshop Engineer

Contract: Permanent

Forkway are one of the UK's leading materials handling solutions providers with around 100 employees across three Handling Centres and a number of strategic service centres.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the repair & maintenance of industrial, agricultural and warehousing trucks and ancillary equipment, ensuring maximum profitability and return.
• Ensure all damage and faults are highlighted and recorded accurately on appropriate Forkway documentation.
• Provide a professional, efficient & responsive service support to customers by maintaining & repairing materials handling equipment to the highest standard whilst observing Health and Safety regulations at all times.
• Accurately complete all paperwork required within the role including servicing sheets, breakdown reports, accident reports, timesheets, quotes etc in a timely fashion.

What will help you to excel in this role

• Experience working on Cars, Vans, HGVs, Forklift or Plant.
• Ability to strip and reassemble a hydraulic valve bank, cylinder and gear pumps.
• Ability to interpret the test information for main, forward / reverse clutch, torque converter pressure and carry out a full stall test.

What you can expect from us

• Negotiable base salary.
• Future development and career opportunities.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Profitshare bonus based on business performance.

What's next

If you are interested in joining the Briggs Group then please click on the apply now button and a member of the team will be in touch. If you are not sure if this is the right role for you, please feel free to visit the careers page on our website and send us your CV speculatively for a member of the team to review. If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you in the interview process, please contact a member of the Recruitment team and inform them prior to attending so we can ensure these are met.