Yard Engineer

Job title: Yard Engineer

Reports to: Workshop Foreman

Hours: Full-Time

Location: Milton Keynes Depot

About us

Power Electrics is a proud family company, dedicated to innovation, excellence, and customer service. We have grown from a small yard in 1963 to operating out of several locations across the country, and now with a fleet of over 2,500 generators. We continue to offer a specialist, single-source solution for diesel generator Hire, Service, and Parts.

Our employees are our greatest asset, and their dedication and enthusiasm have helped us to become so successful. Power Electrics are committed to providing a workplace that encourages growth and personal development for all employees. We recognise the value of our employees and the contribution they make.

By investing in new research and technology, we’re providing our customers with reliable power that is increasingly sustainable and environmentally friendly. It’s certainly an interesting time to be working within the power generation industry.

What is the job?

As one of the largest generator specialists, our mission is to explore new opportunities where reliable power is critical and continue to grow sustainably in current markets.

You will support the Workshop Foreman and the Rental team in the preparation, testing and repair of generator sets, which provide standby and emergency power to meet the demands of a wide variety of applications and sectors.  Although this is mainly depot based, you may have to travel to customer sites occasionally.

What will you be doing in this role

• Prepare and service generators for rental hire fleet.
• Carry out repairs on generators which have broken down on customer sites, as required.
• Provide general assistance in the yard, including loading and offloading equipment.
• Drive fork lift in yard as required.
• Re-book into stock all generators delivered by third-party transport.
• Deliver and collect generators and ancillary equipment using appropriate company vehicles where required, including re-fuelling.
• Carry out duties on our company on call rota system, currently 1 week in 4.
• Synchronise generators on-site as required.
• Comply with the Company Health & Safety Policy, including carrying out general housekeeping to ensure work areas are tidy, including company vehicles.
• Comply with all aspects of the company ISO 9001:2015 procedures, proactively contributing to the company’s continuous improvement programme.

Skills and requirement

• A relevant qualification in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering / Diesel Fitting / Plant i.e. City & Guilds, BTEC or equivalent. 
  • OR have served/completed an approved apprenticeship in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
  • OR have proven experience servicing diesel generators.
• Good fault-finding abilities and strong communication skills.
• A forklift Licence is preferred.

What we offer:

We offer great benefits to all of our staff:

23 days holiday (plus bank holidays) – increasing with length of service

Competitive salary

Excellent development and progression opportunities

Company pension scheme

Private medical scheme

Life assurance scheme - with access to more healthcare support and counselling services to help protect employees’ financial, emotional, and physical wellbeing

Our philosophy:

At Power Electrics, we welcome a variety of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds. We ensure that all management decisions made regarding employment are done with fairness and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. We are solely committed to adhering to the principles of equal and inclusive employment.

Due to the nature of our work, DBS checks are required, and any offer is dependent on satisfactory references being obtained.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.K.

If you do not hear from us within two working weeks, then your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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