Mobile Forklift Engineer

Location: Warrington, Liverpool, Preston & surrounding areas
Salary: £32,000 – £36,000 depending on experience
Hours: 40 hours per week, approximately 8:00am – 4:30pm
Overtime: Available when required and paid in addition to salary

Field Service Engineer We are currently recruiting for an experienced Field Service Engineer to join a leading material handling business, working across customer sites throughout the Warrington, Liverpool and Preston areas
.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a mechanically biased engineer who enjoys working independently, solving technical problems and dealing directly with customers.

You will be responsible for servicing, maintaining and repairing a range of forklift trucks
, including gas, diesel and electric models. The majority of trucks will be between 1.5 and 3 tonnes
, although you may also work on larger trucks up to 10 tonnes.

The Role As a Field Service Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance on forklift trucks
• Attending breakdowns and completing repairs
• Diagnosing faults and carrying out effective fault finding
• Completing service and repair reports accurately
• Ordering parts as required
• Managing your own diary and workload
• Working professionally and positively at customer sites
• Maintaining high standards of customer service and engineering quality

About You To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification
• A mechanically biased engineering background
• Several years of hands-on engineering experience
• Strong IT literacy
• A full UK driving licence
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• A proactive, enthusiastic and reliable approach to work
• The ability to work independently and manage your own workload

Experience Considered Forklift truck experience is highly desirable
, particularly experience working on gas, diesel or electric trucks.

However, engineers from other mechanical engineering backgrounds will also be considered, including:

• Plant
• Agricultural machinery
• Automotive
• Material handling

Experience with
hydraulics and/or electrical systems would also be highly advantageous.