Agricultural Engineer in Keighley

Job Role: Agricultural Engineer

Location: Keighley, West Yorkshire
Salary: £30,000-£38,000

Hours: Monday-Friday 08.00-17.00, + Overtime @ 1.5x Mon-Sat, 2x Sundays and bank holidays
Job Type: Full time, Permanent

The client:
Interaction Technical is partnering with a well-established and highly respected supplier of agricultural, ground care, and garden machinery. Due to continued business growth, they are currently looking to onboard an agricultural engineer to join their team.

The package:

• 32 days holiday including bank holidays + 1 extra day off for your birthday
• Company van, fuel card and laptop provided.
• Plenty of overtime available per week throughout the whole year (average availability is 15-20 hours)
• Ongoing commitment to training and progression
• Call out rota 1 every 4 weeks, retainer of £25 per evening or £50 full day on top of your overtime.
• All Travel Time during call outs, Expenses paid from home to/from site.
• A fantastic Earning Potential with scope to progress.
• An abundance of training and progression through one of agriculture’s biggest leaders.
• Staff discount on tools.
• General discount in other stores through employee card.

The Duties:

• Accurately diagnosing faults, servicing and carrying out emergency repairs/breakdowns on agricultural machinery (tractors, combines, Bailers etc).
  • Travel to customer sites to ensure all machinery is maintained and repaired to the highest quality.
  • Carry out diagnostics to diagnose mechanical and electrical faults on agricultural and horticultural machinery.
  • The ability to work independently within the customer sites and collaborate with colleagues to ensure documentation and the perfect solution is offered. 
  • Working on engines, batteries and hydraulics, alongside mechanical and electrical fault finding and repairs.
  • Liaising with clients to diagnose faults and find solutions for them.

The Requirements:

• Previous experience working with hydraulics, alongside mechanical and electrical capabilities (essential)
• Previous experience working within the Agricultural industry experience (advantageous)
• Electrical and/or Mechanical fault finding, repair & service experience (advantageous)
• Experience working with engines and batteries (advantageous)
• Relevant qualifications NVQ or City and Guilds in mechanical/electrical engineering (advantageous)
• Full UK Drivers License

Interaction Recruitment have specialist consultants across the majority of industries within the UK, including but not limited to, Finance & IT, Technical & Engineering, Industrial, Commercial and Hospitality. We offer both temporary and permanent support. For more information regarding the position or to discuss any other opportunities, you can reach Julius on (phone number removed), (phone number removed) or via email at (url removed).

Thank you for taking the time, we hope to speak in the near future

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