Our client is the market leader in the service and repair of tail lifts and door shutters for commercial vehicles and has many well-known blue chip companies among its clients.
They offer a 24 hour a day, 365 day per year service for both tail lifts and shutters with teams throughout the UK offering unrivalled national coverage for service, weight testing, repairs and preventative maintenance of all equipment either on site or at one of their seven regional workshops.

The company has a successful growth and expansion programme and has recently obtained new contracts with a number of blue chip companies. With over 8,000 vehicles on maintenance contract, our Client now wishes to recruit a Workshop Service Engineer to be based at their workshop in the Bristol area.

The Role:

The main responsibilities will be to work on the installation, repair and planned maintenance of tail lifts, shutter doors and curtains on commercial vehicles.

Applicants should have a good understanding of electro-hydraulic systems and basic engineering principles and be able to demonstrate fault finding skills and be willing to work as part of an existing team.
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Knowledge and Skills:

Ideally you will be an accomplished Service Engineer with experience of repairing and servicing tail lifts on commercial vehicles. Experience of being a Fork Lift Service Engineer or a background in Motor Engineering or Plant Maintenance would be a distinct advantage and some experience of auto electrics and hydraulics would be beneficial.

Your experience should ideally be supplemented by having obtained a Ratcliff Tail Lift Service and Weight Test Training Certificate 1 & 2, or equivalent to meet Service Regulations. Experience of having worked on Ratcliffe tail lifts would be an ideal background.

A current driving licence is essential.

Starting salary will be circa £21-22k pa according to candidate skill set and experience, plus there is the opportunity to earn overtime together with a good range of benefits