Trainee Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

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Woking, United Kingdom

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29.06.2025

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Role Overview

·To install, repair, and maintain automated gates,barriers, bollards, and garage doors

·Reports to Engineering Manager

Hours

·40-hour week with 1:8 Saturdays

·Overtime expected

Key Responsibilities

·Install gates, barriers, bollards, and garage doorsto specified standards

·Read job specification sheets and prepare allnecessary equipment to complete jobs

·Prepare for jobs by reading site plans, drawings andproject minutes where relevant

·Solve practical problems: detect and repair systemfaults using a logical approach

·Perform routine maintenance services when required

·Adhere to all health and safety requirements

·Liaise with customers to find out relevantinformation and keep them informed of job progress

·On job completion, test system and train customerson its functions, supplying a manual where possible

·Participate in meetings with external site teamsand within own company environment

·Complete all paperwork (including timesheets andexpenses) to specified standards and submit by stated deadlines

·Keep the office team updated of job progress andprovide them with technical support when required

·Support colleagues through offering assistance andtraining when required

·Consistently update own technical knowledge

·Look after company vehicles according to specifiedstandards

·Perform any other duties that may be assigned on anas-needed basis

Requirements:

·Minimum 3 years’ experience working with automatedgates

·Valid UK Driving Licence holder

·Live within 1 hour of Woking, Surrey

Skills & Abilities

·Use hand and electrical tools with competence

·Good interpersonal skills to liaise with customers

·Be able to demonstrate a logical approach toresolving technical scenarios

Physical Demands

The physical demands described below arerepresentative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully performthe essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals to perform the essential functions.

·Use hands to perform intricate functions,occasionally lift weights up to 50 lbs

·Required to frequently stand, walk, sit, reach withhands and arms, climb, balance, kneel, stoop, crouch and crawl

·Work at heights using ladders and cherry pickervehicles and work within confined spaces

·May be required to drive for long distances

·Be part of an ‘on call’ rota which may necessitateevening, weekend or bank holiday work

·Be prepared to work with minimum supervision or aspart of a team

·Exposed to the risk of electrical shock

·Exposed to moving mechanical parts, high,precarious places

·Exposed to outside weather conditions (wet, extremecold and heat)

·Potential high surrounding noise levels

·On occasion, work within an office environment.

·May be required to work away from home in the UK oroverseas

·Join one of the UK’s leading automation companies

·Be part of a fun and collaborative team environment

This job description is not an employment agreementor contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job descriptionat any time without notice.