Launch your career as an Apprentice Field Service Engineer and drive the future of sustainable innovation.
At Kalmar, we’re not just moving materials—we’re shaping a sustainable future for today and generations to come. As a global leader in sustainable material handling equipment and services, we make every move count.
Why Choose Kalmar?
As an Apprentice Service Engineer, you’ll join a team that thrives on innovation, excellence, and collaboration. You’ll grow your skills in an environment where your contributions truly make a difference. Together, we solve challenges, deliver on promises, and build a better tomorrow.
What We Offer You:
- Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a salary package that increases in line with your knowledge and skills along with fantastic benefits including a salary-sacrifice pension, life assurance, retail savings, discounts and more.
- Generous Overtime: Overtime rates starting at time and a half.
- Work-Life Balance: A 40-hour workweek (including travel time to and from home), 33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays), additional leave for long service, and the option to purchase extra days.
- State-of-the-Art Equipment: Work with the latest high-spec mobile workshop tools and technology, including a fully equipped mobile van and mobile phone.
- Exceptional Training: On the job and off site training and development opportunities progressing to a Level 3 Lift Truck and Powered Access Engineering qualification through our training provider and from a premier global manufacturer.
What You’ll Bring to the Role:
- Minimum Age of 18: Due to customer location requirements, you’ll need to be at least 18 years old, when you start work, to apply.
- Comfortable Working at Heights: You’ll need to be comfortable with working at heights, and be prepared to undergo a height test as part of the recruitment process.
- Full Driving Licence: A valid full driving licence is required to get you where you need to be!
- Location: You’ll need to live within one hour commute of Chirk and Manchester, so Runcorn/Widnes area will be ideal.
- Excellent IT and Analytical Skills: At Kalmar, working with computers and various software packages is part of our everyday operations.
- Maths and English qualifications: If you haven’t yet completed your English and Maths GCSEs, don’t worry! You’ll have the opportunity to complete your Level 2 Functional Skills qualification before the end of your apprenticeship.
- Self-Motivated & Enthusiastic: You’re passionate about engineering, driven, and bring a flexible, enthusiastic attitude to everything you do, so you’ll need to have strong IT literacy and excellent analytical skills to thrive in this role.
- Will to Learn & Succeed: Eager to grow, develop, and succeed in the role.
- Willingness to Travel: Flexibility to travel and stay away from home, in hotels, as part of the job.
- Craft/Tool Skills: Got a natural flair for hands-on work? We’d love to hear about it!
- Prior Practical Skills or Hobbies: Whether it’s fixing things or creating projects, any prior experience is a bonus.
- Ability to Work Under Pressure: Thrive in fast-paced environments and stay calm under pressure? We want you!
This is an exceptional opportunity for anyone who is keen to learn, excited about engineering, and ready to learn. We can’t wait to see what you bring to the table.
Want to know more?
Watch this video featuring Andy Ward, our UK Service Hero, as he shares his insights on the incredible impact our technicians make every day: https://youtu.be/0e9DyM3_V3Q
And start your journey with us! Together, we’ll make every move count.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to include a covering letter explaining why they are applying for the apprenticeship and why they are interested in a career in engineering.
Closing date: Friday 19th June 2026
Interviews: July 2026 at our UK Head Office in Shrewsbury (travel costs will be reimbursed).
Proposed Start Date: 1st September 2026
Contact hrservices@kalmarglobal for a full job description and apprenticeship summary.
