Mobile Forklift Engineer - Middlesborough

Kemp Recruitment Ltd

Job Title: Field service engineer
Basic Salary: £33,000–£38,000
OTE: £39,188–£45,125 (based on 5 hours' overtime per week)
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 is essential, due to location (you will be fully independent) 
  • Proven experience of diesel engines
  • Strong experience with electrics, hydraulics and diagnostic skills
  • Full UK driving licence

Your Package:
  • Basic Salary: £33,000–£38,000
  • OTE: £39,188–£45,125 (based on 5 hours' overtime per week)
  • OTE: £45,376–£52,250 (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
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