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Vehicle Technician

Hodfin
Posted 5 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 2PU, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Workshop Engineer position for Forklift Trucks is located in Thame and offers a salary of up to £34,000 basic, depending on experience, with a realistic OTE of £50,000+ in the first year.
  • Candidates should have experience repairing wheeled vehicles and ideally possess an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant engineering area.
  • The role involves servicing, maintaining, and diagnosing faults in forklift trucks within a workshop environment, working alongside other engineers.
  • Additional benefits include 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, a £200 gym subsidy, an annual bonus of approximately £1,000, and private health care.
  • The position requires a strong work ethic, a customer-focused approach, and is suitable for individuals from various engineering backgrounds such as automotive, HGV, and military experience.

Workshop Engineer (Forklift Trucks)

Location: Thame

Salary: Up to £34k Basic (DOE), realistic £50k+ OTE + great benefits listed below:

What they offer:

  • Basic up to £34k depending on experience
  • £50k Realistic OTE in the first year
  • 25 Days Holiday + BH + Additional day per year + the ability to buy & sell days
  • £200 Gym subsidy
  • Annual Bonus approx. £1k per year
  • Full Manufactures Specialist Training
  • Pension Contribution 7% on TOTAL earnings
  • Specialist Tools Provided
  • Private Health Care
  • Income Protection Insurance 75% of Salary
  • Sick pay after probation
  • Days - Monday - Friday

Our Client is a market leading manufacture within the Material Handling sector. They are looking for candidates who could be from the following industries with solid transferable skills:

  • Forklift Engineering
  • Automotive - Vehicle Technicians or Roadside Recovery
  • Armed Forces - e.g. REME
  • Agricultural or Construction Plant
  • HGV, LGV or PSV

You’ll receive first class initial and on-going training to enable you to do your job well. Based in a workshop working with other engineers. Things you’ll be doing include:

  • Servicing, maintaining & attending breakdowns of forklift trucks.
  • Diagnosing electrical, mechanical & hydraulic faults.

There are a couple of things you’ll need to have for this role:

  • Experience repairing wheeled vehicles.
  • NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent in relevant engineering area would be an advantage.
  • A Can-Do attitude with strong work ethic.
  • A good customer focused approach to your work.

Forklift Engineer, Workshop Service Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer - £50k OTE plus benefits

Hodfin specialise in engineering recruitment. We'll enable you to develop your career. At the heart of our approach is listening. Getting to know you, your skills and experiences and most importantly what you want from your career. We offer engineering jobs across a range of sectors - industrial, building services, mechanical, electrical, process and medical. Hodfin is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.