Site Engineer - Dagenham

Guidant Global

Site Engineer - Materials Handling

📍 Dagenham (Site-Based Role)
💰 Competitive Salary + Overtime + Benefits

🚀 The Opportunity

We're looking for a skilled Site Engineer to join our on-site service team in Dagenham, responsible for maintaining and repairing materials handling and ancillary equipment.

This is a varied, customer-facing role where you'll play a key part in ensuring equipment uptime, delivering excellent service, and acting as a trusted technical expert on-site.

You'll also work closely with the Area Service Manager, supporting day-to-day operations and helping maintain strong customer relationships.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

  • Perform planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on materials handling equipment
  • Diagnose faults and carry out mechanical and electrical repairs
  • Complete accurate service reports, job sheets, and timesheets
  • Manage and control on-site parts stock effectively
  • Build strong customer relationships, ensuring service delivery meets contractual expectations
  • Liaise with the After Sales team to provide updates, ETAs, and repair progress
  • Identify and complete chargeable repair work
  • Ensure full compliance with health & safety regulations
  • Identify and pass on sales leads for equipment and aftersales services
  • Act as a professional company ambassador at all times

👉 Occasional call-out and overtime work may be required.

✅ About You

We're open to engineers from a variety of service and maintenance backgrounds, including:

  • Automotive / Vehicle Technicians
  • HGV / Heavy Vehicle Engineers
  • Plant / Construction Equipment Engineers
  • Forklift / Materials Handling Engineers
  • Ex-Forces / Military Engineers

You'll also have:

  • Strong mechanical and/or electrical fault-finding skills
  • Experience in a customer-facing or on-site role
  • The ability to work independently and manage your workload
  • A proactive and professional approach
  • A full UK driving licence

🌟 What's in It for You

  • Competitive salary + regular overtime opportunities
  • Stable, long-term role with a market-leading engineering company
  • Ongoing training and development
  • Clear career progression opportunities
  • Supportive, team-oriented environment

🔑 Key Skills

  • Fault finding & diagnostics
  • Preventative maintenance
  • Customer service & communication
  • Time management & organisation
  • Problem-solving & initiative

📢 Apply Now

If you're a hands-on engineer looking for a stable, site-based role with variety and career progression, apply today and join a leading name in the materials handling sector.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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