About Us
Coastfields Leisure Ltd is one of the largest holiday park operators on the East Coast of Lincolnshire with a range of venues from Mablethorpe to Skegness. We all work together to ensure that all of our owners, customers and employees are well looked after and have a great season!
About the Role
Coastfields Leisure Ltd is seeking to hire a full-time, permanent Maintenance Engineer/Mechanic. This position is primarily based in Skegness, Lincolnshire; however, you may occasionally need to travel to our other sites in the surrounding areas to assist with breakdowns and on-call situations.
This workshop-based role is ideal for an experienced engineer/fitter with expertise in maintaining fleet vehicles, cars, horticultural, agricultural equipment, and small plant machinery.
Main Purpose of the Job
To perform a range of tasks to a high standard and to ensure the following is carried out:
· Compliance with health and safety standards.
· Diagnosing vehicle and equipment faults manually or with the aid of software.
· Preparing cost and time estimates for work done.
· Repairing and replacing faulty vehicle parts.
· Performing test drives to check repairs and delivering vehicles to sites.
· Carrying out scheduled servicing and maintenance.
· Proactively carrying out preventative maintenance for vehicles, plant, and equipment.
· Able to work on a wide variety of vans, cars, plant and equipment.
· Updating vehicle service records and databases.
· Installing and fitting new vehicle accessories.
· Liaising with vehicle and equipment users and site managers and prioritising work accordingly.
· Ensuring company procedures are complied with.
· Work on mechanical components of vans, cars, agricultural machines, plant and road vehicles, perform diagnostic checks on machinery and perform welding, fabrication, repair and solutions as needed.
· Working in the workshop during the winter months, ensuring lawnmowers and strimmers are ready to work on the parks in the spring and summer months.
· To work as a reactive breakdown fitter for all vans, cars and other machinery on all sites.
About You
· An experienced engineer, fitter from a mechanical, agricultural, horticultural, construction, vehicle, maintenance and plant background is essential.
· Strong mechanical knowledge to easily understand and resolve mechanical issues in road vehicles and plant
· Electrical knowledge to allow effective diagnostic solutions for the various machines being used.
· Must be highly professional, enthusiastic and passionate about their work.
· Full UK driving licence.
· A flexible approach, you may be required to work extra hours during peak season, and possibly some Saturday work (as necessary).
Please note: the above is not an exhaustive list of duties, and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the overall business needs.
Qualifications
(City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent, etc.) Subject knowledge is essential; we are looking for solid experience and good technical ability.
If you are looking for a challenge with previous experience or that next step in your career, then this could be the role for you!
Perks
- Excellent rates of pay and opportunities for growth and progression.
- Attractive enhanced annual leave allowance.
- Discounted food and beverage.
- Discount in our various SPAR shops.
- Free on-site parking across our venues.
- Discount on holidays for family and friends.
- Discounted leisure facilities.
- Company pension and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
- Free swimming pool access at our holiday park in Ingoldmells.
Salary
An excellent salary, which can be discussed further at the interview.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
