Mobile Forklift Engineer - Northampton in Northamptonshire
Posted by Kemp Recruitment Ltd
£35,000 – £60,000 a year
Northampton · Permanent
Basic Salary: Up to £36,000
OTE: £42,750–£56,250
Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:30 (40 hours)
Overtime: Paid at 1.5x – plenty available!
We're recruiting a Field Service Engineer to join an established, family-run materials handling business, covering Northampton and the surrounding areas.
This is a great opportunity for a hands-on engineer with strong diesel engine experience who enjoys working independently, visiting customer sites and carrying out a varied range of maintenance and repair work.
The Role
- You'll be working across multiple leading equipment brands, including Clarke, Linde, Jungheinrich and Chase
- Servicing, maintaining and repairing a wide range of forklift trucks and materials handling equipment.
- Diagnosing and resolving mechanical, electrical and hydraulic faults.
- Carrying out LOLER inspections to ensure equipment remains compliant.
- Completing safety checks and pre-delivery inspections (PDI).
- Attending customer breakdowns and carrying out reactive maintenance to minimise downtime.
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM).
- Completing service reports and job sheets accurately.
- Organising and managing your own workload and service schedule.
- Liaising with parts departments to ensure the correct components are sourced and fitted.
- Working across multiple equipment brands, including Clarke, Linde, Jungheinrich and Chase.
- Travelling to customer sites throughout Northampton and the surrounding areas.
- Forklift Engineer
- Field Service Engineer
- Plant Engineer / Fitter
- Agricultural Engineer
- LCV Technician
- Proven experience servicing, maintaining and repairing diesel engines.
- Experience working on forklifts, plant machinery or LCVs would be advantageous.
- Strong mechanical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- The ability to work independently and manage your own workload.
- A full UK driving licence.
- Basic salary: Up to £36,000.
- OTE with 5 hours' overtime per week: £42,750.
- OTE with 10 hours' overtime per week: £49,500.
- OTE with 15 hours' overtime per week: £56,250.
- Overtime paid at 1.5x, with plenty available.
- Company van and fuel card.
- Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:30 (40 hours).
- 22 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Christmas shutdown.
If this sounds of interest, please contact Celi on (phone number removed) or apply today.
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