Mobile Crane Engineer

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

• Starting salary £43,000 - £45,000 per annum
• 40 Hour Week - Day shift hours - 8am – 4:30pm
• Time & ½ overtime and double time Sundays (regular overtime available)
• Working in the local area (working within 30-mile radius – no overnight stays)
• 33 days holiday (including stat)
• £100 call out fee and a minimum of 4 hours pay (low volume of out of hours call out)
• Company vehicle and fuel – including personal miles
• Company mobile phone
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company wellbeing support package
• Structured path for career growth
• Ongoing free technical training including IPAF, Safety Passport, Working at height, FLT, Harness training, Abrasive Wheels, etc
• Opportunity to join and expanding business
• Organisation has a strong reputation within our region

THE BUSINESS

Westray Recruitment Group is seeking to appoint multiple Mobile Crane Engineers to work inspecting, servicing and repairing overhead cranes. With time and experience, you will also attend breakdowns. This is a field service role covering a territory within the North East of approximately a 30-mile radius. With the role being North East based there is no working away from home and the role is day shift hours only. These are permanent roles from day one.

The organisation is a specialist in their field and they pride themselves on delivering the highest level of service to their customers. You will be inspecting, servicing, maintaining and repairing overhead cranes and lifting equipment across a wide range of industries.

Our client currently has a turnover of £10M which is set to rise to £19M over the next 5 years. Their industry is booming, their order book is extremely secure and the business has realistic expectations for growth. They truly invest in their staff and offer an initial 12-week induction programme, plus access to a wide range of accredited training to upskill their engineers.

Although candidates must be time served within an Electrical discipline, such as maintenance or installation, no prior experience working within the lifting industry is required. Full training is provided and all subsequent training/accreditations is expensed by and catered for by the business. To be successful in this role you must have good electrical/mechanical knowledge and be able to deliver high levels of customer service.

THE ROLE

• Working in a field service capacity (30-mile radius North East)
• Inspecting, servicing and repairing overhead cranes
• Attending breakdowns
• Working at height to fix overhead cranes
• Electrical fault-finding duties using electrical equipment such as fluke meters
• Delivering mechanical repairs
• Working with inverters, gear boxes, motors, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Ensuring strong levels of customer service – being the face of the business to valued clients
• Completing paper work and updating maintenance logs
• Working on projects and undertaking installation work
• Occasionally attending out of hours breakdowns

THE PERSON

• Lifting/crane industry experience required
• Time served electrically qualified
• Understanding and knowledge of electrical drawings an advantage
• Comfortable working at height
• Valid UK Driving Licence
• Customer Focused
• Attention to Detail with a trouble shooting approach
• Organised and Presentable
• LEEA Qualifications, an advantage but not essential

Additional Desirable Qualifications & Training

• National Safety Passport (company can provide)
• National Safety Supervisor Passport (company can provide)
• Abrasive Wheels (company can provide)
• EMSS Safety Passport (company can provide)
• Harness Training (company can provide)
• IPAF (company can provide)
• LEEA (company can provide)
• Working at Height (company can provide)

THE PACKAGE

The hours of work are Monday to Friday 8am-4:30pm. Monday’s comprise of a 7:30am start but you finish at 4pm on a Friday. The position centres on a 40-hour week. Starting salary is £43,000 - £45,000 per annum

TO APPLY

Please apply with your updated CV and our Engineering consultants will contact you immediately. Alternatively, please call us on 0191 492 6622 - option 2.