Workshop Engineer (Plant Machinery)

JR United Kingdom; Uttoxeter; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced Workshop Engineer to maintain and repair machinery. Ideal candidates should have a solid mechanical aptitude, experience with heavy plant equipment, and the ability to work independently in a multi-functional workshop environment. This role offers competitive hourly pay and various benefits.

Benefits

Overtime paid at time and a half

Positive Feedback incentive with Amazon vouchers

Yearly nominations with cash prizes for top performers

Qualifications

• Experience servicing heavy tracked plant machines.
• Comfortable with heavy lifting.
• Ability to work without supervision.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve technical problems with equipment.
• Repair and maintain machines using lifting equipment.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

Skills

Solid mechanical aptitude

Proficiency with MS Office

Job description

Client:

Questech Recruitment Ltd

Location:

uttoxeter, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

1

Posted:

10.07.2025

Expiry Date:

24.08.2025

Job Description:

Our client is a well established and successful company. They are looking for an experienced Workshop Engineer to join their team. This will be site based.

• You have experience of servicingheavy tracked plant machines
• Solid mechanical aptitude
• You are comfortable with heavy lifting
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Ability to work without supervision
• To provide support to a range of machinery with a primary focus on keeping the machinery in peak operating condition through scheduled maintenance, repairs and inspections.

Salary and other benefits:

Salary: £17.00 per hour + Overtime, paid at time and a half + Many benefits.

Positive Feedback incentive, 5 pieces of positive feedback will give you a £25.00 Amazon voucher.

Employees employee Yearly nominations with £1000 for the winner, £500 for second, £250 for third.

Hours of work: 40 hours a week

Key Responsibilities:

• Investigate, diagnose and resolve customer reports of technical problems with equipment
• General Engineering duties which include working at height, beneath and within all JCB machines.
• Repairing and maintaining machines using lifting equipment supplied.
• Driving and moving of machines inside and outside of the workshop.
• Servicing of a wide variety of machines within the workshop.
• Ability to work independently to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Complete work to a high standard, promptly and within a given timeframe.
• Request parts efficiently and effectively.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers.
• Supervise other workshop engineers, when required, to ensure that a high quality of work and safe working procedures are maintained.
• Cover for the foreman when absent or on annual leave
• Assist in booking machines in and out
• Ensure the machines are ready for transport collections
• Ensure compliance with relevant procedures when repairing and inspecting equipment.
• Ensure work/personal equipment complies with all safety standards.
• Maintain control of warranty parts returns to the parts department.
• Ensuring compliance with corporate policies and procedures.
• Carrying out all work practices in line with the Company Health and Safety Policy.
• All Engineers must ensure that their own tools are safe and legal to use.
• No lifting equipment (including straps, trolley jacks etc) must be supplied by the Engineer, these items are provided by the Company.
• Remain flexible to all aspects of the role.

This role would suit someone with previous experience in a similar role, such as a Hydraulics Engineer / Service Technician / HGV Technician / HGV Engineer / HGV Mechanic / Mechanical Fitter / Plant Fitter / Plant Mechanic / JCB Engineer / JCB Technician / JCB Mechanic / Plant Fitter / Mechanical Fitter / Plant Maintenance Engineer / etc.

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Created on 10/07/2025 by JR United Kingdom