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Field Service Engineer Loading bays

Millers Vanguard
Preston · posted 31 July 2026
Salary
£40,000 a year
Location
Preston, Lancashire
Category
Engineering

Job Description

We are looking for a Highly skilled and proactive Field Service Engineer to carry out both breakdown repairs (reactive maintenance) and Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) on loading bay equipment. This includes dock levellers, scissor lifts, roller shutter doors, loading bay gates,associated mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems.



Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.

Key Responsibilities for aField Service Engineer - Loading Bays



  • Attend customer sites to diagnose and repair faults on scissor lifts, dock levellers, and other loading bay equipment.


Carrying out mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic fault-finding, part replacement, and urgent breakdown support.


Complete scheduled PPM to SLA standards, including inspections, testing, lubrication, adjustments, calibrations, and identifying early wear or safety issues.


Ensure all work complies with PUWER, LOLER and company safety procedures.


Provide professional customer service, advising on equipment condition and safe operation whilst having clear communication amongst our internal teams.


Follow company policies, maintain vehicle and stock to standard, travel regionally/nationally, and carry out reasonable ad-hoc duties.



Essential Requirements for a Field Service Engineer/Loading Bay Engineer:



  • High degree of flexibility in working hours and types of jobs undertaken.


Excellent communication skills both written and oral.


Advanced understanding of Loading Bay Equipment.


High degree of mobility travelling throughout the region, and at times throughout the country, as and where directed.



Key performance Indicators for a Field Service Engineer:



  • Quality of repairs and maintenance.


Quality of documentation and reporting.


Speed and efficiency of work.


Response to instructions from Operations Centre to meet customer expectations.


Flexibility and adaptability to ever-changing job function.


Development of engineer, customer and colleague relationships.



Company Information


Who are we?


Millers Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UKs Supermarket chains for over 40 years, in brief, we are the people in the background ensuring that supermarkets keep the Nation fed! Maintaining a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.


Our service are as follows:



  • Nationwide reactive maintenance


Hygienic Deep cleaning & Planned maintenance services


Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment



We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.


Our people


Despite being a large operation here at Millers Vanguard we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset we have YOUthe employee.


Our team of over 380 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:



  • New Technical response centre


Award Winning research, Innovation, and recycling facility


Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet



We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.


Why join us?



  • Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles


Company wide fun days and charity events


Company Pension


32 Holidays per year including bank holidays. xwzovoh


Regular staff treats for employees and their families.



Hours: 42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am5:00pm



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