Bridge Engineer

AR543 - Bridge Engineer
Location: Stockport 
Salary: £50,000 - £58,000
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Customer Support Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.
To support in field customer warranty, diagnosis, repairs and training tasks.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execution of training tasks, internally and externally with customer community.
• Customer product support both internally and externally.
• Diagnostics, maintenance and repair of bridging equipment and supporting vehicles in the field in compliance with technical service instructions and statutory regulations.
• Independent deployment at a customer’s site and able to travel worldwide without any restrictions.
• Compliance with and monitoring of statutory regulations, in particular those involving safety at work and environmental protection.
• Responsible for the preparation of work/training sites, materials and tools.
• Independent management of training in collaboration with a technical team
• Execution of fault-finding, maintenance/repair work on all maintenance stages.
• Project management including generation of work breakdown structures, cost estimates, and performance specifications.
• Training and instructing new employees.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Qualified maintenance technician, certified technician or equivalent or time served fitter/mechanic.
• Driving licence.
• Good command of English language, written and spoken.
• Good PC skills, particularly with the common MS Office applications.
• Application of problem solving and resolution techniques.
• Hands on approach.
• Adaptable.
• Willingness to travel (abroad).
• Customer focussed.
• Able to read and understand engineering drawings.

Desirable:

• HGV Driving licence.
• Previous experience of Military bridging such as MGB or similar.
• Relevant experience in vehicle maintenance, ideally in the field of heavy commercial vehicles, construction machinery, agricultural machinery or special vehicle manufacture.
• Skill and experience in the operation of diagnostic equipment, diagnostics and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of hydraulic and electrical systems.

Location: Stockport
Salary: £50,000 - £58,000