Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £27,000 per annum
On call allowance: 1 x £100 retainer fee for the week of on call plus £60 per each call out attended. (You will be on call approximately once a month)
The successful candidate must reside within Gloucestershire
This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field!
Join us as our new Service Engineer at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.
As the new Service Engineer for the Newport Depot, you will be responsible for covering the Gloucestershire area, reporting to the Newport Depot once every 2 weeks.
About the role
As the Service Engineer for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will be responsible for servicing, maintaining, and repairing equipment in service users’ homes and in house.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
* Delivering and collecting disability equipment to service users’ homes, hospitals, and health centres.
* Completing multiple service jobs daily, some of which can be heavy and may include beds and other large, heavy items of equipment.
* Providing polite, empathetic, and client-focused service.
* Undertaking risk assessments.
* Using a weight rig to service and maintain hoists, which may involve some heavy lifting.
* Understanding and demonstrating the correct functionality and safe installation of items, identifying repair and replacement of damaged or faulty stock.
* Adhering to timeslots and liaising with service users if this is not possible.
* Being on call on a rotational basis receiving enhanced allowance during this period.
About you
Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:
* We keep our promises.
* We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
* We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity, and kindness.
* We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers, and customers.
* We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
* We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
* We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
* We deliver cost-effective, efficient, and safe healthcare solutions.
Qualifications and experience required
* Ideally 1 year or more experience in a similar role within public, healthcare or a service-based industry.
* Must have a service or maintenance background.
* Must hold a full, in-date driving license.
What we offer
* 29 days holiday moving to a max of 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays).
* Continued professional development, training and learning support, and opportunities for career progression.
* Pension scheme.
* Van provided for travel to and from work.
* Healthcare scheme.
* Life assurance.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
* Access to Perkbox discount platform.
* Free uniform.
* Free DBS check.
We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.
This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £27,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 260188INDX
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