Battery Technician

To carry out service and repairs to all battery equipment on customer sites in a safe, professional and cost effective manner, maintaining documentation of all works carried out in line with Health and Safety and Quality procedures. The role will involve working to a planned schedule of service and maintenance jobs at our client’s premises.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring van stock is monitored/counted, and sufficient for the day to day maintenance of the fleet.
• Carrying out the repair, inspection and quotation of customer battery equipment and associated accessories.
• Accurately completing job sheets, timesheets and purchase requisition and parts paperwork within the required timescales.
• Taking responsibility for all equipment and tooling (including van/laptop/tablet etc.) and ensuring that it is in a safe condition for the type of work being undertaken.
• Working to strict planned schedules and deadlines.
• Diagnosing faults to a component level.

To be considered for the role you will need to have knowledge of at least two of the following areas, and be able, willing and accepting of additional training to allow you to excel within Crown Lift Trucks Ltd:

• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Battery, Charger & Battery Change systems

You will have the ability to work independently and in a team, hold good communication skills, work to a high standard and be able to work to timescales as required. We need someone who essentially can be product trained and then take the Battery Service Engineer role on straight away. This role covers the South of England, and we would welcome applicants from anywhere located in the South.

Person Specification:

• Must hold full UK Driving Licence.
• Battery, Charger & Change systems knowledge.
• Proficient in fault finding and repair.
• Educated with an ability to achieve a grade C in English and maths at GCSE.
• Experience of Health & Safety requirements working in a workshop practice.
• Commitment to continuing personal and professional development.
• Excellent organisational skills, resourceful and solution driven.
• A high standard of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritising workloads to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently or in a team.
• Clear communication skills – oral and written.
• Consultation and negotiation skills.
• Flexibility to cope with diverse needs of the post.
• Highly motivated and possessing a resilience to work under pressure.
• Positive, personable and optimistic with a can do attitude.
• Recent and relevant experience of working in the forklift truck service environment, but not essential.

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday – 08:00am to 16:30pm with 30 minutes unpaid lunch.

Company Vehicle: A company van and fuel card are provided with the option for private use (subject to tax regulations).

Holidays: 25 days holiday.

Pension: Company pension plan.

In addition to financial remuneration and participation, we offer our employees various social benefits including but not limited to:

• Company van plus fuel card – private use of company vehicle (subject to tax regulations).
• Company pension plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Door to door payment.
• Support with tooling.
• Excellent discount scheme with access to the best perks from some of the UK’s biggest brands.