Mobile Forklift Engineer

Job Title: Mobile Forklift Engineer

Basic Salary: £31,000 – £38,000

OTE: £36,811 – £45,124 (based on 5 hours overtime/week)

Overtime: 1.5x

Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm (40 hours)

Location: Scotland (Depot near Glasgow)

We’re currently recruiting for a Mobile Forklift Engineer working with a well-established and employee-focused material handling company. Due to their increased workload, they are expanding their team!

As a Forklift Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

Performing servicing, maintenance and repair work on a broad range of forklift trucks and material handling equipment

Identifying and resolving mechanical, electrical and hydraulic issues

Carrying out LOLER inspections to ensure all equipment remains fully compliant

Completing detailed safety checks and pre-delivery inspections (PDI)

Responding to breakdowns and conducting reactive maintenance to reduce customer downtime

Effectively organising and managing your own workload and service schedule (for mobile positions)

Accurately filling out service reports, job sheets and all relevant compliance documentation

Coordinating with parts departments to ensure the correct components are sourced and installed

Keeping the working environment clean, safe and well organised

Delivering excellent customer service while representing the company in a professional manner at all times

What We’re Looking For

Experience as a Forklift Engineer, Plant Engineer or similar

Knowledge of diesel engines

Experience with electrics and hydraulics

Strong diagnostic skills

Ability to work independently and manage workload

A professional, reliable and customer-focused attitude

Experience or knowledge of LOLER inspections (desirable)

Technical qualification (City & Guilds / SVQ) (desirable)

Full UK driving licence

What you’ll get in return:

Excellent package including a competitive salary upto £45,124

Door to Door pay

Company van with personal use allowed and fuel card

PDA & Mobile Phone

uniform provision

overtime and call-out available

contributory pension

employee retail discount scheme

24 days holidays + Bank Holidays, extra days holiday awarded on service,

full training and development programme for career progression to diversify employee’s skillset in an evolving trade

Next steps:

If this sounds of interest or you are looking for advise on your next career move, please contact Celi Digby on (phone number removed) or apply today