Service Engineer – West Yorkshire – Mechanically Biased - Team Leader - £40-44k + x1.5 overtime + 25 days holiday + pool van – UK coverage

Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced Service Engineer to join a special purpose machine manufacturer based in West Yorkshire as a Lead Service Engineer / Service Team Leader in a commercially focused role.

The company has been established for over 40 years and is a well-known brand in their market, known for manufacturing high quality, long lasting machines.

Key aspects of the Lead Service Engineer role include –

• Knowledge of working in food factory environments strongly preferred
• Opportunity to grow the service team and improve service turnover whilst taking next steps into a lead position
• Growing company – over 25% increase in year on year turnover
• Hours worked over 37.3/week are paid at x1.5
• Service Engineers applying are likely to be mechanically biased, with some electrical appreciation/knowledge
• Lead a small team of Service Engineers and be involved technically with regular site work
• Plan and manage the schedule for the service team to ensure the teams capacity is well utilised
• Identify opportunities for upselling and upgrades and involve Sales team with identified opportunities, including refurbishments and new equipment.
• Ensure team members are fully inducted, trained and fully utilised
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent H&S Qualification – ideal
• Previous experience of working in a supervisory role
• Prepare RAMS
• Experienced in schedule planning, selling, training and providing costings.
• Full UK driving licence – essential
• Inspect site work, carry out surveys and maintain service stock
• Complete team appraisals

The company is easily commutable from large parts of West Yorkshire including places such as Leeds, Bradford, Keighley, Ilkley, Skipton, Shipley, Halifax and Otley.

Please apply today for an immediate response. All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.