Crane Engineer

Astute’s Nuclear Team is partnering with is partnering with a leading lifting and engineering specialist to recruit a Crane Service Engineer for its Gateshead branch.

This permanent role is based on customer sites and offers a salary of between £40,000-£45,000 plus overtime and company van.

If you’re a Engineer with experience in servicing and repairing overhead cranes or heavy industrial equipment and want an opportunity to join an experienced engineering team with ongoing technical training and structured career development, submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities of the Crane Service Engineer role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will:

• Inspect, service, maintain and repair overhead cranes and lifting equipment including overhead cranes, jib cranes, runway systems, hoists, light cranes and mobile gantries.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults, often without detailed electrical drawings.
• Carry out fault-finding and repairs on motors, inverters, drives, gearboxes, hydraulics, pneumatics and control panels.
• Conduct planned maintenance and respond to equipment breakdowns at customer sites.
• Inspect lifting equipment and identify safety or compliance issues.
• Carry out repairs, adjustments and component replacements to minimise customer downtime.
• Work safely at height and in confined or challenging environments.
• Liaise directly with customers to explain completed work and provide advice on safety and operational improvements.
• Complete accurate service reports, maintenance records and compliance documentation.
• Carry out basic welding and fabrication tasks where required.

Required qualifications and experience

To be considered, you must have:

• Ideally a minimum 3 years’ experience in cranes, lifting equipment or heavy industry related electro-mechanical engineering.
• An electro-mechanical engineering background.
• Strong fault-finding experience, including the ability to diagnose faults with and without drawings.
• Experience working with three phase systems, motors, inverters, drives and gearboxes.
• Understanding of hydraulics, pneumatics and mechanical lifting systems.
• Comfortable and competent working at height.
• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable experience

It would be an advantage, but is not essential, to have:

• Experience with welding or fabrication would be desirable.
• Experience with overhead cranes, hoists or other lifting equipment is preferred.

Salary and benefits

• Salary: £40,000-£45,000 depending on
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Location: Gateshead/Newcastle
• Benefits: 33 days’ annual leave including statutory bank holidays & company van

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