Mobile Forklift Engineer – nationwide

Job title: Mobile Forklift Engineer
Location: Nationwide coverage (excusing Scotland)
OTE: £45,000 – £50,625 + door to door pay ontop
Benefits: Company van, fuel card, door-to-door pay, overtime, Christmas shutdown

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mobile Forklift Engineer to join a growing engineering team within an established materials handling business.
You will be responsible for travelling to customer sites to carry out servicing, maintenance, LOLER inspections and breakdown repairs on a range of materials handling equipment.
The fleet is predominantly electric, with approximately 95% of equipment consisting of electric forklift trucks and powered pallet trucks.
The business is continuing to expand its engineering team, with the intention of introducing dedicated geographical patches as further engineers join. Initially, engineers will benefit from wider geographical coverage.
LOLER training can be provided for the right candidate.

Daily responsibilities:

• Attending customer sites to diagnose and repair forklift breakdowns.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and routine servicing.
• Completing LOLER inspections and examinations.
• Diagnosing and repairing electrical and mechanical faults.
• Working on a range of electric forklift trucks and powered pallet trucks.
• Providing excellent customer service while representing the business on site.

Experience you will need:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Forklift Engineer or Materials Handling Engineer.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Experience working on electric forklift trucks and pallet trucks.
• A full UK driving licence.
• A flexible approach to nationwide travel initially.

Package:

• £40,000–£45,000 basic salary.
• OTE of £45,000–£50,625, based on 5 hours’ overtime per week paid at flat rate.
• Additional weekend overtime paid at 1.5x.
• Company van and fuel card provided.
• Door-to-door pay.
• Personal use of company vehicle permitted.
• Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week.
• Flexible start times between 7am and 8am.
• 20 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Additional Christmas shutdown from 23rd December through to the New Year, which is not deducted from annual holiday entitlement.
• LOLER training available for suitable candidates.
• No on-call requirement.
• Opportunity to join a growing engineering team, with dedicated geographical patches planned as the team expands.

If this sounds of interest, please contact Celi on 0330 440 2323 or apply today.
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