Field Service Engineer

Field Service Engineer – Home base area - West London

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of electric industrial vehicles. John Bradshaw LTD is a progressive expanding company focused on providing modern solutions for our customers and we are seeking a likeminded individual to join and grow with us into the future.

Since 1976 Bradshaw EV have designed and manufactured electric tow tractors, load carriers and bespoke vehicle solutions from our production site just outside Peterborough. Across the last 4 decades we are proud to have supplied equipment to all sectors across the UK & Europe from manufacturing to hospitality, sports arenas and the NHS with an output of over 2000 vehicles annually across our sales and hire divisions.

We are the UK distributors for Club car, Goupil/ Polaris, Taylor-Dunn and are proud to still be a family owned and run company.

A typical day for a Bradshaw engineer

The typical day for our engineers will be varied, from carrying out planned preventative maintenance, to quoted repairs, diagnosing a breakdown or providing technical assistance and bespoke work. No two days at Bradshaw will be the same, the role will suit individuals who enjoy problem solving and going the extra mile to get the customer back on the road.

Our engineers operate from home and daily workload will be dependent on-site location and the specific job that day brings, our team of engineers are based around our main factory location of Peterborough and travel nationwide to assist our customers.

Typical day:

• Sending and receiving jobs via PDA / Laptop
• Gauging travel time to site and planning the following days work.
• Carrying out Planned maintenance, breakdown support, Quoted repair work
• Liaising with customer and discussing the task at hand
• Discussing work progress with the service desk and managing remedial works
• Working both independently & in teams when workload requires
• Communicating with other engineers to assist the team with technical advice and guidance.

The applicant

Bradshaw’s are seeking a motivated and proactive individual who is looking to build a career in the electric industrial vehicle sector, the ideal candidate will:

• Qualified & time served engineer from either an automotive or plant background the ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience the role would suit someone from a forklift/ agriculture / HGV or LGV background.
• Strong electrical knowledge Can BUS, diagnosing electrical faults, using diagnostic equipment (Training provided)
• Knowledge or working with traction batteries (Training provided)
• Ability to work under your own initiative to solve problems
• Happy to work independently and in a team
• Well organised individual with excellent time management
• Willing to learn and progress with the company.
• You are required to provide your own Hand Tools common to the trade, all specific tools and heavy equipment including electrical tools provided by BEV.

What we can offer

For the right candidate we can offer:

• Competitive salary with realistic OTE between 38k-50k
• Company profit share bonus scheme (minimum 1-year service to qualify
• 31 days Holiday (including bank holidays)
• Ongoing manufacture & inhouse technical training
• Opportunity and encouragement to progress with the company.

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