Automatic Door Engineer

Automatic and Industrial Door Engineer

Location:

Reading

Salary: up to £24 per hour, based on experience, plus a lucrative commission scheme.

• Servicing, maintaining, and repairing a wide range of automatic doors (70%) and industrial doors (30%).
• Fault finding on electrical, mechanical, and electronic equipment.
• Basic electrical wiring.
• Adhering to industry standards such as BS EN 16005 and DHF.
• Providing customers with advice and identifying the best solutions to their individual requirements.
• Installing new doors where required.

• Experience working for an EN 16005 recognised automatic door company.
• Experience servicing, maintaining, and repairing a wide range of automatic door systems.
• Valid EN 16005 certificate, or previously held one.
• CSCS Card.

• 70% Automatic Doors
• 25% Industrial Doors
• 5% Gates/Barriers
• Primarily service, maintenance, and repair with occasional installs (1–2 per month).

• Hourly rate up to £24 per hour depending on experience and location.
• Top earners can bring in over £70,000 per annum.
• Home‑based, door‑to‑door pay.
• Premium overtime rates: 1.5× after 9.5 hours per day; travel time considered overtime.
• Saturday paid at 1.5×, Sunday paid at 2.0×.
• Average annual commission of £3,000.
• All power tools, hand tools, tablet, and a brand new professionally racked company van provided (personal use optional).
• Call‑out rates: £15 per day when on call plus £15 per call plus a minimum of 3 hours double time; if over 3 hours, additional hours paid at double time; £150 per out‑of‑hours call if taken outside the on‑call time.

Engineers will receive training in DHF Gate Diploma, DHF Door Diploma, and IPAF.