Automatic Door Engineer

BLACK CAT RECRUITMENT LTD · Portsmouth, South East

Automatic Door Engineer at BLACK CAT RECRUITMENT LTD, based in Portsmouth, South East, paying £20.75 - £25.00 per hour. This is a permanent role.

Salary
£20.75 - £25.00 per hour
Location
Portsmouth, South East
Contract
Permanent
Posted
3 weeks ago
Closes
30 Aug 2026
Sector
Door Supervisor

9% below the typical rate for door supervisor

Reference https://www.blackcattalent.co.uk/?post_type=job_listing&p=1625

About the role

Now Hiring – Mobile Automatic or Industrial Door Engineer (Service Engineers) positions available across various locations within the South East and South Coast (Portsmouth – Hastings). Please enquire by applying here and we can discuss the positions available!

We’re currently recruiting both Automatic and Industrial Door Engineers (Service Engineers) across the South East region for our client, a globally successful Entrance Systems company across the commercial sector, predominantly servicing Airports, hospitals, retail, hotels, restaurants, offices and historic buildings.

Salary: Up to £20.75 per hour (inside the M25 corridor) and up to £18.05 per hour (for Engineers outside of the M25 Corridor)

Travel time: Paid door to door

Working hours: 42.5 hours per week –

Standard pay between – 06:00 – 17:00

Time and 1/2 between – 5:00 – 06:00 & 17:00 – 21:00.

Double Time between – 21:00 – 5:00 & Saturday PM & Sunday all day.

Whilst on call you’ll receive £20 standby allowance per day (£170 per week) for on call and if you’re called out past 00:00 you’ll receive an £80 rest payment.

AUTOMATIC DOOR ENGINEERS:

Call out rota is around 1 in every 10 weeks. This includes standby pay and call out pay per job.

Responsibilities include:

  • Service, maintenance, repairs and fault-finding on Automatic Doors; Sliding, Swing, Revolving & Disabled Access.
  • Following EN16005 guidelines.
  • Offering fantastic face to face customer service.
  • Good communication with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Liaising with clients and management to ensure customer requirements are met.
  • Willingness to partake in the on-call rota.
  • Completing paperwork accurately and on time.
  • Ensuring Van stock is kept up to requirements at all times.

Successful Automatic Door Engineers must have the following key skills and experience:

  • Previous experience in the Automatic Door industry.
  • EN16005 qualification.
  • A full UK driving license.
  • The ability to work individually and as part of a team.
  • Good communication with internal and external stakeholders.

INDUSTRIAL DOOR ENGINEERS:

Call out rota around 1 in every 6 weeks.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Servicing, installing and repairing industrial and specialist doors, including roller shutters, sectional overhead doors, rapid rise roll up doors is essential.
  • Gates, bollards and barrier knowledge is desirable.
  • The role will entail site attendance, fault finding, estimating repair requirement, fault diagnosis and service calls along with advising customers of potential equipment faults.
  • Attending surveys for repairs.
  • Responsible for the maintaining personal van stock levels
  • Responsible for accurate time sheet reporting, detailing jobs and travelling.
  • Completing reports, job sheets, and basic administration
  • Participate in an out of hours on call rota.

A successful Industrial Door Engineer must have:

  • Hold relevant qualifications for industrial door works with previous experience (including DHF qualification)
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
  • Flexible on working hours – willing to work weekends and out of business hours.
  • Good customer service skills
  • Physically fit and able to work at heights.
  • IPAF & CSCS, PASMA qualifications are desirable.
  • Team player
  • Communication and interpersonal skills (both internal and external)
  • Drivers licence essential
  • Previous field work experience within the industry is essential.
  • Electrical and Mechanical Skills

Company benefits:

  • Premium Overtime rates – overtime is always available
  • Company Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance scheme and Health Cash Plan
  • Birthday leave after 1 years’ service
  • Employee Assistance Program to support health & wellbeing
  • Company van, laptop, power tools and phone are provided

If you’re an experienced Door Engineer and you’re looking for an exciting, stable opportunity with a growing team then please apply with a copy of your CV! We’d love to hear from you.

Reference: https://www.blackcattalent.co.uk/?post_type=job_listing&p=1625 · Posted 3 weeks ago · Closes 30 Aug 2026 · Listed via BLACK CAT RECRUITMENT LTD

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