Forklift Service Engineer - Burton Trent

Forklift Service Engineer - Burton on Trent

Join Toyota Material Handling UK as a Forklift Service Engineer and help maintain, repair, service, and modify our range of material‑handling products. This role offers a competitive salary, an attractive company pension, a company vehicle, and the chance to work with a world‑leading manufacturer.

The role involves servicing, maintaining, and repairing forklift trucks and other material handling equipment. Day‑to‑day duties include:

• Service, maintain, overhaul, fault‑find and resolve faults on company products.
• Respond to breakdowns.
• Provide local after‑sales support to customers.
• Deal promptly with customer enquiries, problems, or complaints.
• Keep control of vehicle stock and deliveries.
• Achieve agreed targets.

• Experience working as a forklift engineer, plant fitter, plant technician, industrial equipment technician, or a similar role.
• Experience in mechanical engineering.
• Basic electrical knowledge (beneficial).
• Effective planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build good rapport with customers.
• Full UK driving licence.

• Competitive salary
• Attractive company pension
• Full tool kit
• Company sick pay
• Voluntary critical illness cover
• Free eye tests
• Free flu jabs
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Benefits platform with instant discounts and offers

Toyota Material Handling is the world’s number one manufacturer of materials‑handling equipment, providing quality sales and service support across the UK. We foster a culture where team members are encouraged to continually improve processes and provide the highest quality service. We aim to create a safe environment where staff feel valued, fulfilled, engaged, and happy, and we offer industry‑leading technical training, career progression, and skill development.

Toyota Material Handling UK is an equal opportunities employer.