Mobile Forklift Engineer – Blackburn

Job Title: Field service engineer
Basic Salary: £33,000 – £37,000
OTE: £39,188 – £50,875
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am-4:30pm, 40hrs

Due to an increasing workload, we are recruiting for a forklift engineer – you will be working for a well-established, employee-focused forklift and material handling company.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Performing servicing, maintenance and repair work on a broad range of forklift trucks and material handling equipment
• Identifying and resolving mechanical, electrical and hydraulic issues
• Carrying out LOLER inspections to ensure all equipment remains fully compliant
• Completing safety checks and pre-delivery inspections
• Responding to breakdowns and conducting reactive maintenance to reduce customer downtime
• Effectively organising and managing your workload and service schedule
• Accurately filling out service reports and job sheets
• Communicating with parts departments to ensure the correct components are sourced and installed

What you’ll need:

• Experience as a Forklift engineer / Material handling mechanic / Plant Fitter or similar
• Proven experience of diesel engines
• Strong experience with electrics, hydraulics and diagnostic skills
• Full UK driving licence

Your Package:

• Basic Salary: £33,000 – £37,000
• OTE: £39,188 – £43,938 (based on 5 hours’ overtime per week)
• OTE: £45,375 – £50,875 (based on 10 hours’ overtime per week)
• Overtime paid at 1.5x
• Company pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank (increasing with service) 
• Company van fuel card provided