Workshop Engineer (Plant Vehicles)

Our client is a well established and successful company. They are looking for an experienced Workshop Engineer to join their team.  This will be site based.

Salary: £16.00 - £18.00 per hour depending on experience (£18+ if you have OEM/Dealer/JCB experience)

Hours of work: 40 per week  (8.00am - 4.30pm, with 30 minute unpaid lunch break)

A driving licence is essential but the role does not include a van.

Responsibilities:

• Repairing and maintaining a wide variety of machines within the workshop, using lifting equipment supplied.
• PDI (Pre Delivery Inspection) new machines and fit additional parts and attachments as required.
• Investigate, diagnose and resolve customer reports of technical problems with equipment.
• General Engineering duties which include working at height, beneath and within all plant machines.
• Driving and moving of machines inside and outside of the workshop.
• Request parts efficiently and effectively.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers.
• Supervise other workshop engineers, when required, to ensure that a high quality of work and safe working procedures are maintained.
• Cover for the foreman when absent or on annual leave.
• Assist in booking machines in and out.
• Ensure the machines are ready for transport collections.

Benefits include:

• 22 Days Holiday, plus an additional day after 1 year for your birthday, an additional day added after 5 years’ service, up to 15 years, max holiday is 26 days, after 15 years’ service. 8 Bank Holidays.
• Scottish Widows Pension. Company pay 4%, Employee 5%.
• Death in Service -  3 x annual salary.
• Westfield Cash Back Health Plan – can claim up to £800 back per year on dental, optical, therapies and consultations. Includes counselling service with 6 free sessions and a 24-hour doctor (dependents are covered under this scheme).
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Sick Pay – 3 months covered after 2 years’ service, 6 months covered after 5 years’ service.
• Free legal advice to set up a Will and renew or purchase a Mortgage.

• They celebrate significant birthdays and milestones.
• There is a Positive Feedback incentive, 5 pieces of positive feedback will give you £25.00 Amazon voucher and you can claim a max of 10 per year.
• Employees employee – nominations are in the November, with a £1000 for the winner, £500 for second, £250.00 for third.

This role would suit someone with previous experience in a similar role, such as a Hydraulics Engineer / Service Technician / HGV Technician / HGV Engineer / HGV Mechanic / Mechanical Fitter / Plant Fitter / Plant Mechanic / JCB Engineer / JCB Technician / JCB Mechanic / Plant Fitter / Mechanical Fitter / Plant Maintenance Engineer / etc.