Industrial Door Engineer

Manchester
1 month ago
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At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

Job Description

We are recruiting an Industrial Door Engineer/Technician to join our field-based team in the northwest area of the UK. This role would suit candidates living in either Manchester, Liverpool, Preston or Chester with travel further afield as and when required.

The purpose of this role is to maintain, service and install industrial doors and docking equipment.

This role reports into the Operations Manager.

What we offer:

  • A competitive basic salary

  • Generous overtime (double time at weekends and bank holidays)

  • Paid travel time x1.5

  • Call out payment

  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

  • Contributory pension + life assurance + income protection insurance

  • A Company van with satellite navigation, fuel card, corporate clothing and smart phone are provided

  • Employee Share Save Scheme

  • Retail, grocery, DIY and leisure discounts

  • Employee Assistance Programme

    Qualifications

    We are looking for candidates who have the following skills and attributes:

  • Apprentice-trained/time-served/fitters mate route or equivalent (i.e., electrically NVQ level 3) in a maintenance or installation-related field

  • Basic electrical knowledge – essential

  • Knowledge and/or experience of hydraulics – preferred but not essential

  • Experienced within the industrial door or related industry, such as traffic gates/barriers.

  • Ability to work at height

  • IT literate

  • UK driver’s licence – essential

    Additional information

    Why Join Us?

  • Safety is our #1 priority and our mantra is “Life Saving Behaviours”; recognising our commitment to this we have been awarded the RoSPA Gold Medal Award (for 6 consecutive years Golds) for our UK company safety performance making us a market leader in employee safety.

  • When you join Konecranes you immediately notice a strong sense of commitment, camaraderie and lots of opportunities to grow professionally within our organisation, as we believe that sustainable growth is a result of a strong responsible performance.

  • We provide specialised training on high-quality products, provision of all equipment and PPE along with excellent company working practices and industry-leading training programme

    Interested?
    If you are inspired by this role and are looking for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you

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