Heavy Plant Engineer vacancy in Braintree (258jc)

My Client is a leading supplier of plant and construction equipment based world-wide. They deliver equipment, installation, support and consultancy services to the civils, transport and groundworks sectors. This dynamic business now requires an additional Heavy Plant Engineer to join their team.

Purpose/Brief Summary of Role
To provide onsite customer support to a range of machinery within the region, with a primary focus on keeping the machinery in peak operating condition through scheduled maintenance, repairs and inspections.

Key Responsibilities
• Investigate, diagnose and resolve customer reports of technical problems with equipment
• Service a wide variety of machines both on and off site
• Ability to work independently to troubleshoot and solve problems
• Complete job cards to a high standard promptly and within a given timeframe
• Complete paperwork and timesheets in a timely manner
• Request parts efficiently and effectively
• Good customer service skills
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers
• Supervise Apprentices, when required, to ensure that a high quality of work and safe working procedures are maintained
• Ensure compliance with relevant procedures when repairing and inspecting equipment
• Ensure work/personal equipment complies with all safety standards
• Present a professional image at all times
• Take responsibility for health and safety of self, colleagues and customers in line with the Company Health and Safety Policy
• All Engineers must ensure that their own tools are safe and legal to use.
• No lifting equipment (including straps, trolley jacks etc) must be supplied by the Engineer, these items are provided by the Company.

Essential Skills/abilities
• Solid mechanical aptitude
• Ability to service a wide range of heavy tracked plant machines
• Investigate & diagnose technical problems, which involve climbing on top & underneath heavy plant machinery.
• Heavy Lifting
• Lone working
• Excellent verbal, written and critical thinking skills
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Interpersonal relationships/ Customer awareness/ Commercial awareness
• Efficiency
• Ability to work without supervision