Heavy equipment service technician

Function

As a Heavy Equipment Service Technician, you will be responsible for maintenance and technical interventions on cranes, lifting equipment and other mobile machinery at customers’ sites in the industrial and port sectors. You will mainly work in your own region and will be given a great deal of autonomy, as well as access to professional equipment.

You ensure that heavy machinery remains safe, reliable and in working order.

• Carrying out preventive and corrective maintenance;
• analysing faults and carrying out technical diagnostics;
• repairing hydraulic cranes, lifting equipment and other heavy machinery;
• informing customers about the work carried out and the next steps;
• co-ordinate with planning and dispatching regarding interventions, working hours and progress;
• completing work orders correctly;
• managing and maintaining the stock and equipment in your service van;
• contributing ideas on safe and efficient working methods.

You’ll work independently on site, but you won’t be on your own. Thanks to the variety of clients, machines and jobs, no two working days are the same.

Profile

You have strong technical skills, enjoy working on machinery and are able to analyse and solve problems independently. Experience with rolling stock is desirable, but a strong practical background may be equally valuable.

• A technical background in mechanics, automotive engineering, electromechanics, maintenance or equivalent experience;
• Experience with cranes, rolling stock, lorries, agricultural machinery or similar equipment is a major asset;
• hands-on, independent and solution-oriented;
• logical technical understanding and a sense of responsibility;
• customer-focused and a strong communicator;
• flexible and willing to work outside normal hours from time to time;
• a Category C driving licence, or a willingness to obtain one through your employer;
• willing to spend around two months in Oudenaarde during the course.

Organisation

Our client specialises in the transport, assembly, maintenance and hire of heavy machinery. Every day, powerful cranes, forklift trucks and other specialist equipment are deployed on site for complex logistical and industrial projects. No two days are the same: large machines are moved, maintained and deployed on a wide variety of assignments, with safety, quality and efficiency always being the top priorities.

Offer

You’ll be offered an independent field service role close to home, where you’ll be paid whilst working from home and will work in your own region as much as possible. You’ll have access to a fully equipped service van with professional tools and high-quality equipment.

You can count on:

• €20 to €25 per hour, depending on experience;
• €12 per diem;
• fully equipped service van;
• hospitalisation insurance;
• ecocheques;
• 37.5 hours per week + 3 days’ time off in lieu;
• limited on-call duty, on average about once a year;
• seniority accrues from the age of 8;
• additional days under the collective labour agreement from the age of 50;
• training and support;