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Vehicle Technician

Hodfin
Posted a month ago, valid for 18 days
Location

Newton Aycliffe, Durham DL5 5JU, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

Life Insurance

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  • The position is for a Vehicle Technician / Forklift Engineer based in Newton Aycliffe, offering a salary of up to £38,000 per year depending on experience.
  • Candidates should have experience in relevant industries such as forklift engineering, automotive, armed forces, or plant machinery, with a preference for those holding NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualifications.
  • The role involves servicing and maintaining forklift trucks, diagnosing faults, and managing a personal work bay in a workshop environment.
  • Applicants must possess a full UK driving license with no more than six points and demonstrate a strong work ethic and customer-focused approach.
  • The company provides excellent benefits including 25 days holiday, specialist training, a 10% pension contribution, and various discounts.

Vehicle Technician / Forklift Engineer, Workshop

Location: Newton Aycliffe

Salary: Up to £38k Basic (DOE) + great benefits listed below:

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 you will look after your own Bay. 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:

  • Full UK driving licence (less than 6 points)
  • 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.

What they offer:

  • Basic up to £38k depending on experience.
  • 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
  • Free Uniform Laundering
  • Shopping Discounts available
  • Full Manufactures Specialist Training
  • Pension Contribution 10%
  • Specialist Tools Provided
  • Enhanced Paternity & Maternity Scheme
  • Specsavers Discount Vouchers
  • Sick Pay & Occupational Scheme
  • Life Assurance x 4
  • Days - Monday - Friday

Forklift Engineer, Workshop Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer

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.