Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

Do you want to run your own engineering team?

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

Then a job with AFI is for you.

Senior Engineer - Winchester

Salary - Negotiable (DOE) overtime, bonus, healthcare & pension.

AFI is recruiting a Senior Engineer based at our Winchester depot.

You will be responsible for the smooth running of the workshop, 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.

The Role in Brief

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 machines ready for hire, ensuring machines are serviced, LOLER inspected, PDId and repaired to schedule.
Hands-on preventative maintenance and inspection of machines.
Offering help and guidance to your team of engineers to ensure that they complete tasks effectively and efficiently.We would welcome applications from people with a background in the powered access or similar industry (forklifts, cranes, heavy plant etc.) with the following skills and experience: engineering, LOLER inspections, NVQ Level 2, diagnostics, planning, leadership, mentoring, mechanical, and electrical. Apply for the Senior Engineer role today!

Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package:

25 days holiday per year, plus statutory holidays
Inclusion in a 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
AFI RewardsIn addition, we have invested in an excellent induction programme and staff training (we currently hold an Investors in People award).

The Ideal Candidate

You must hold an engineering qualification - minimum NVQ level 2 or equivalent
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
Motivate your team by leading from the front

Desirable Skills

You will ideally hold a CAP (Competent Assessed Person) licence for inspecting powered access equipment
You should have sound mechanical knowledge in a heavy plant LOLER background, i.e. powered access or forklifts

About Company

AFI Group is a leading provider of access solutions, from the hire and purchase of access equipment to accredited training and service/maintenance of machines. With a current network of 21 hire locations across the UK, AFI has a strong emphasis on Health and Safety and is proud to hold various accreditations (ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, 5* Achilles BuildingConfidence, Gold RoSPA award - to name a few).

Please note that we operate a 2-stage interview process and online testing to screen candidates