Mobile Forklift Engineer

CP20460

MOBILE FORKLIFT ENGINEER - NORTH EAST (Newcastle / Sunderland / Middlesborough / Durham)

£35,000-£40,000 DOE + OVERTIME

Are you a Mobile Forklift Engineer / Field Service Engineer looking for a competitive salary, excellent benefits and a role where you're trusted to get on with the job?

We're recruiting for an experienced Mobile Forklift Engineer to join an established business covering the North East. If you're mechanically qualified, enjoy field service work and want to maximise your earnings without sacrificing your weekends, this could be the perfect next move.

THE PACKAGE

£35,000-£40,000 basic salary, depending on experience

Overtime paid at 1.5x and 2x

Fully expensed company van

Private medical insurance

Company pension

Workwear provided

Company mobile phone

Specialist tools supplied when required

Monday to Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

THE ROLE

You'll be working as a Mobile Forklift Engineer, covering customer sites throughout the North East, carrying out maintenance, servicing, diagnostics and repairs on forklift trucks and materials handling equipment.

You'll benefit from a largely field-based role, with depot visits for parts typically required just once or twice a week. This means less time travelling back and forth to the depot and more time working independently out in the field.

Your responsibilities will include:

Servicing, maintaining and repairing forklift trucks at customer sites.

Diagnosing and resolving mechanical faults.

Carrying out preventative maintenance and breakdown repairs.

Identifying faults and ensuring equipment is safe and operational.

Completing service reports and maintaining accurate records.

Delivering excellent customer service while representing the business professionally.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Previous experience as a Forklift Engineer, Field Service Engineer or Materials Handling Engineer.

Relevant mechanical engineering qualifications.

Good mechanical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.

Electrical knowledge would be a significant advantage.

A full, clean UK driving licence.

A reliable, punctual and flexible approach, with a commitment to high standards.

WHY MISS OUT?

If you're currently working for a forklift dealer or materials handling business and feel you're underpaid, undervalued or ready for a fresh challenge, this is your chance to make a move.

With a competitive basic salary, enhanced overtime rates, private medical insurance and a fully expensed van, this role offers the opportunity to boost your earnings while enjoying a structured Monday-to-Friday working week.

INDCP If you would like to know more about this position, then please forward your CV to (url removed) immediately. If you would like to discuss this position, please call (phone number removed) and ask to speak to Chloe.

Please note Alecto Recruitment are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

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