Senior Engineer

As one of the largest powered access companies in the UK, AFI-Rentals builds success by nurturing talent and rewarding hard work. If you are looking for a fast-paced and rewarding career, we'd love to hear from you.

AFI is currently recruiting a Senior Engineer at our Birmingham depot (West Bromwich).

You will be responsible for the smooth running of our West Bromwich depot together with maintaining our expanding hire rental fleet. This challenging position requires someone with the ability to manage people, work to targets, manage a workshop, and work closely with our busy hire office.

As one of the largest and fastest-growing powered access companies in the UK, AFI-Rentals builds success by nurturing talent and rewarding hard work. If you are looking for a fast-paced and rewarding career, we'd love to hear from you.

About the RoleAbout the Role
Overseeing and organising the day-to-day running of the workshop and workloads for your team of engineers.
Using forward planning to ensure the optimum availability of machinery ready for hire, ensuring machines are serviced, LOLER inspected, PDId, and repaired to schedule.
Hands-on repair, preventative maintenance and inspections of machines.
Offering help and guidance to your team of engineers to ensure that they complete tasks effectively and efficiently.

We would welcome applications for this Senior Engineer role from candidates with the following skills: Senior Engineer, engineering, planning, leadership, maintenance, inspection, PDI, LOLER, NVQ Level 2, heavy plant, electronic, hydraulic, diagnostics, communication, and CAP.

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Benefits
25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays.
Inclusion in a profit share scheme.
An auto-enrolment pension scheme with employer contributions (from aged 22, but voluntary enrolment can be made before this age. Opt-out available).
Death-in-Service benefit of 2 x salary.
Healthcare cash plan.
MyAFI, a comprehensive employee benefits, rewards, and discount programme. Benefits include Cycle2Work scheme, Aviva private medical insurance, and Holiday Trading, to name a few.
Christmas Bonus Payment (Discretionary).

Requirements

Essential skills:

• Minimum NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.

• Competent in electro/hydraulic systems.

• Experienced in fault-finding/diagnostics.

• You will be working closely with customers and colleagues, so you must be able to communicate professionally and motivate your team by leading from the front.

• Able to prioritise tasks in an ever-changing, demanding hire environment.

• Holds a CAP (Competent Assessed Person) licence for inspecting powered access equipment (preferable).

• You should have sound mechanical/electrical knowledge in a heavy plant LOLER background, i.e. powered access or forklifts
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed