Location: Ashford, Surrey
Salary: £30,000 basic plus overtime
Typical earnings: £45,000–£50,000 per annum
Hours: 45-hour basic working week, with regular overtime
Travel: Working away from home Monday to Friday every week
Weekend requirement: Two weekends per month
We are recruiting an Installation Technician for a specialist organisation providing technical installation and logistics services throughout the UK and occasionally Europe.
This is a highly mobile position. You will be working away from home from Monday to Friday each week and could be assigned to projects anywhere in the country. Applicants must therefore be genuinely comfortable with extensive travel, overnight stays, longer working days and working two weekends each month.
The role involves supporting the delivery, positioning, installation and cabling of specialist medical and technical equipment, including systems such as MR and CT scanners.
Key responsibilities
Positioning, installing and cabling specialist customer systems
Delivering, offloading and positioning high-value equipment
Loading and unloading vehicles
Completing manual-handling duties
Undertaking shared driving and general delivery duties
Completing timesheets, delivery paperwork and job documentation
Communicating professionally with customers while working on site
Supporting other members of the installation team as required
Requirements
A full UK driving licence with no more than three penalty points
Applicants must be aged 21 or over due to driving and insurance requirements
Excellent communication and customer-service skills
Good computer literacy
A practical aptitude and willingness to learn
A highly flexible and dependable approach
Comfortable working long and variable days
Able to stay away from home every week
Available to work two weekends per month
Mechanical, electrical, installation, transport or technical experience would be advantageous but is not essential
Pay and working-away arrangements
£30,000 basic salary
Weekday overtime paid at 1.25 times the standard rate
Saturday overtime paid at 1.5 times the standard rate
Sunday overtime paid at 1.75 times the standard rate
Typical annual earnings of approximately £45,000–£50,000 with overtime
Hotel accommodation provided when working away, normally in a Premier Inn or Holiday Inn
£39.90 daily working-away allowance, with no receipts required
This position would suit someone who enjoys practical work, travelling, working as part of a close-knit team and earning significantly above their basic salary through regular overtime
Salary description
£30000.00 - £50000.00 per year