Workshop Engineer; Plant Machinery

Our client Diy is a well‑established, successful company seeking an experienced Workshop Engineer to join their team. This role will be site‑based.

• Experience servicing heavy tracked plant machinery
• Solid mechanical aptitude
• Comfortable with heavy lifting
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Ability to work without supervision
• Support a range of machinery, primarily maintaining parr in peak operating condition through scheduled maintenance, repairs and inspections

Salary and other benefits:

• £15.00–£19.00 per hour + overtime (time and a half) + many benefits
• Positive feedback incentive: 5 pieces of positive feedback = £25.00 Amazon voucher
• Yearly nominations – £1,000 winner, £500 second, £250 third
• Hours of work: 40 hours a week

• Investigate, diagnose and resolve customer reports of technical problems with equipment
• General engineering duties, including working at height, beneath and within all JCB machines
• Repair and maintain machines using supplied lifting equipment
• maneras moving machines inside and outside the workshop
• Servicing a wide variety of machines in the workshop
• Work independently to troubleshoot and solve problems
• Complete work to a high standard, promptly and within a given timeframe
• Request parts efficiently and effectively
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers
• Supervise other workshop engineers when required to ensure high‑quality work and safe procedures
• Cover for the foreman when absent or on annual leave
• Assist in booking machines in and out
• Ensure machines are ready for transport collections
• Ensure compliance with relevant procedures when repairing and inspecting equipment
• Ensure work/personal equipment complies with all safety standards
• Maintain control of warranty part returns to the parts department
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies and procedures
• Carry out all work practices in line with the Company Health and Safety Policy
• All engineers must ensure that their own tools are safe and legal to use
• Engineers do not supply lifting equipment (including straps, trolley jacks, etc.); these items are provided by the company
• Remain flexible to all aspects of the role

This role would suit someone with previous experience in a similar role, such as a Hydraulics Engineer, Service Technician, HGV Technician, HGV Engineer, HGV Mechanic, Mechanical Fitter, Plant Fitter, Plant Mechanic, JCB Engineer, JCB Technician, JCB Mechanic or Plant Maintenance Engineer.