Wilsons Senior Service Engineer

Salary £negotiable (DOE) + company van + overtime + benefits

Do you want to work for a fast-paced growing company, with excellent career stability and progression prospects, where hard work is well rewarded ? Then a job with Wilson Access is for you.

Wilson Access (part of the AFI Group of companies) are currently recruiting for a Senior Service Engineer for the southern area, based out of our Bishops Stortford depot.

You will be responsible for the smooth running of the service division. This challenging position requires someone with the ability to manage your own workload, work to targets and work closely with the hire team.

The role in brief:

• Organising the day to day scheduling of workloads.
• Using forward planning to ensure the optimum availability of machines ready for  hire, ensuring machines are serviced, LOLER inspected, PDI’d and repaired to schedule
• Hands-on preventative maintenance and inspection of machines.
• Attending breakdowns on customer sites and other depot locations as and when required.

The ideal candidate:

• Experience of Truck and Track Mounted Booms would be of benefit
• You will ideally hold a CAP (Competent Assessed Person) licence for inspecting powered access equipment.
• You must hold an engineering qualification – minimum NVQ level 2 or equivalent.
• You should have a sound mechanical knowledge in a heavy plant LOLER background, i.e. powered access or forklifts.
• A knowledge of vehicle servicing and repairs.
• Be competent in electro/hydraulic systems.
• You will be experienced in fault finding / diagnostics.
• You will be working closely with customers and colleagues, so you must be able to communicate professionally.
• You must be able to prioritise tasks in an ever changing demanding hire environment.
• Have good organisational skills.
• Full training will be provided for the right candidate

Wilson Access is a leading provider of access solutions and is part of the AFI Group of Companies which specialises in the hire, training and sales of new and used powered access equipment, with a current network of 21 hire locations across the UK and over 5,000 machines. AFI has a strong emphasis on Health and Safety and is proud to hold various accreditations (ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO18001, 5* Achilles Building Confidence, Gold ROSPA award – to name a few).

We offer an excellent benefits package:

• We offer an excellent benefits package:

  • 23 days holidays per year rising to 25, plus statutory holidays.
  • Inclusion in a monthly profit share scheme.
  • An auto-enrolment pension scheme with employer contributions.
  • Death-in-Service benefit of 2 x salary.
  • Paid Overtime.
  • Company Van.
  • Healthcare Cash Plan.
  • In addition we have invested in an excellent induction programme, and staff training (we currently hold a Gold Investors in People award).

Please note that we operate a 2 stage interview process and online testing