Crane Service Engineer/Loler Inspector

Job Description

We are recruiting a Crane Service Engineer/Loler Inspector to join our team based in northeast Scotland (Aberdeen/Dundee). 

The role of a Crane Service Engineer/Loler Inspector will involve the maintenance, repair and upgrade of our customers' lifting equipment and separate to this, carry out LOLER inspections of overhead gantry cranes. This is a multi-skilled and diverse position.

The work we offer is varied and two days are rarely the same.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Crane Service Engineer

• You will perform preventative maintenance and repairs on electric overhead travelling cranes.
• Trouble- shooting equipment breakdowns.
• Consult with customers on repair and safety related issues.
• Complete appropriate documentation through your mobile device.

Loler Inspections

• Complete the schedule of monthly inspections, surveys and studies of overhead gantry cranes, ensuring planned works are completed
• Perform inspection of equipment and document findings and make corrective recommendations to the customer.
• Consult with the customer regarding all production and safety related issues and discuss recommendations that will assist the customer with improving their material handling applications.
• Apply the contents of LOLER & PUWER or regulations pertaining to our industry.
• Complete inspection and consultation service reports, discussing production or safety issues and customer feedback received during the visit review.

This role reports to the Operations Manager.

Qualifications

What we are looking for in you:

• We ask that you are apprentice-trained (or equivalent) and conversant with electrical engineering disciplines.
• Mechanical knowledge
• Previous experience working with overhead cranes and hoists is preferred, but maintaining, repairing, and servicing equipment in an industrial environment is essential.
• Experience of inspecting lifting equipment including visual inspections.
• Hold LEEA qualifications, or equivalent.
• Experienced in carrying out LOLER & PUWER inspections and completing written reports and statutory certifications.
• Great communication skills
• Be personable as there is regular customer contact.
• Health & Safety awareness
• You can work at height.
• Hold a current driving licence.

Additional Information

We offer:

• A competitive basic salary, with a fantastic OTE (£55K-65K, this includes your basic salary, paid travel time and paid overtime).
• Paid travel time – from your home in the morning and on the return home from your last job of the day.
• Generous overtime and double time at weekends.
• 33 days annual leave (includes bank holidays).
• Contributory pension + life assurance + income protection insurance.
• A Company van with satnav, corporate clothing and smart phone are provided.
• Employee Share Save Scheme
• Retail, grocery, DIY and leisure discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Buy and sell holidays

What makes us special:

• We have an excellent Health & Safety record and we've been awarded the RoSPA Gold Medal (for 6 consecutive years Golds) Award for our UK company safety performance!
• When you join our company, you immediately notice a sense of commitment, camaraderie, and lots of opportunities to grow professionally within our organisation.
• We provide specialised training on high-quality products, provision of all equipment and PPE along with excellent company working practices and industry-leading training programme.

Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.