Service Technician – Northfleet, Kent
We are a manufacturer of specialist hospital beds and manage over 25% of the UK’s acute bed and mattress fleet, working with more than 150 hospitals across the UK and Ireland.
Working as part of a dedicated team, you will provide caregivers with the products and knowledge they need to deliver a high-quality service to patients.
Based from our Ebbsfleet service centre, we are now looking for a Service Technician to help provide high-quality medical products to customers across London and the South.
Your Role:
As a Service Technician, you’ll be required to deliver an effective and timely maintenance service to customers. After training, this will include the delivery and installation of products within agreed delivery times, repair and proactive maintenance of products and support at delivery stage to customers in various environments.
Main responsibilities of the role
– Deliver clean, ready-to-use, products to and around customer sites
– Collect products after use and return to the service location for decontamination
– Disinfect, function check, repair and electrical safety test products
– Complete records of testing, delivery and collection
– Maintain available product stock and spare parts inventory
– Complete product modifications when required
– Provide product demonstrations and basic training to staff
– Maintain a clean and tidy work environment
Hours of work: 37.5 per week, days and hours to be confirmed at initial interview
You will also be required to participate in an out of hours on-call rota (once trained) to support the team and the customer. This is subject to an on-call payment and additional payment for hours worked.
Experience Needed:
To join us as a Service Technician, ideally you will need to have or be willing to develop the following:
Qualifications and experience requirements:
– Mechanical or electrical background desirable but not essential as full training will be provided
– Full UK driving licence required (we use long wheelbase vans, but training and support to build confidence in manoeuvring of these vehicles will be provided)
– Knowledge of Medstrom products would be desirable, but not essential
Personal Requirements:
– A proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude
– Excellent customer service skills
– Able to communicate effectively
– Ability to work under own initiative, and follow procedures laid out by the business to achieve deadlines
– Basic knowledge of hygiene and safety rules
– Basic PC skills to include email and MS Office
– DBS Checked (or the willingness to complete one)
In addition to the salary and related benefits, you will join a company that has grown extensively within the last 5 years and through our unique ownership model is continuing to grow, whilst offering great career opportunities for those that are keen to progress.
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