Field Forklift Engineer

UniCarriers are seeking a **Field Forklift Engineer** to join our Service team to service, maintain and repair our customer’s materials handling equipment in Spalding and Peterborough.

UniCarriers is a brand of Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe. As the world’s fourth-largest industrial truck manufacturer, we design, manufacture, sell and distribute a range of high-quality and innovative materials handling equipment.

The **Field Forklift Engineer** Role:
As our **Field Forklift Engineer** you will act as a key member of the team by keeping our client’s forklifts in smooth working order. You will have the following duties and responsibilities:

- Performing repairs, servicing and preventative maintenance of customer materials handling equipment
- Perform mechanical, hydraulic and electrical fault diagnosis carrying out subsequent repairs in a time and cost-effective manner
- Develop and maintain client relationships ensuring the highest levels of customer service is achieved
- Liaison with the parts department to ensure appropriate stock levels are held on the company vehicle.
- Completion of documentation to company standards

**Skills and Experience**
- Experience of working on mobile machinery (brakes, steering, wheels, lift chains etc.)
- Electrical drive and control systems
- Diesel and LPG engines and common drive-trains
- Hydraulics
- Some computer/electronic based diagnostic experience would be considered an advantage
- Experience working on Wire Guided VNA’s desirable but not essential.

**Benefits**

UniCarriers offer a huge benefits package including but not limited to:

- Overtime is payable at X 1.6 Monday - Saturday and x 2.1 on Sunday and Bank Holidays
- Performance based bonus scheme
- Company van (available for private use if desired)
- 25 days holiday (rising to 30 after 5 full years’ service) + bank holidays with flexibility to sell back/buy additional holiday days
- Contributory pension scheme
- Private health scheme
- Income protection
- Life cover of 6 x basic salary
- Subsidised gym membership
- In-depth product training with long term opportunities for personal growth and development

**UniCarriers is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sectors of the community.