Vacancy Apprentice Workshop Engineer - Screwfix Warrington
Vacancy overview
Wage: £16,744 a year
Level: Advanced
Duration: 3 Years
Closing Date: Tuesday 30th June 2026
Code: 2000032317
As a workshop engineer you will service and repair forklifts. You will be trained in all aspects of service engineering within the industry, including getting hands-on with hydraulics, LPG and electric systems, putting your skills to the test daily to find the problem and fix it. Learn how to install, repair and carry out planned maintenance.
- Learn how to install, repair and carry out planned maintenance of customer forklift trucks to Crown specifications. Undertake an appropriate engineering apprenticeship, completing set modules on time and attending college as necessary.
- Work shadow a colleague, and develop an understanding of workshop procedures through on-the-job training.
- Attend manufacturers' training and other training courses as appropriate.
- Learn Crown administrative procedures, and how to complete worksheets, timesheets, etc.
- Assist in keeping customer trucks secure and clean whilst in the workshop.
- Ensure security and correct use and issue of all tools and spares issued.
- Understand and adhere to all Crown Company, legislative and Health and Safety procedures.
- Under close supervision, ensures all work undertaken meets industry and Crown work standards.
- To build and maintain good relationships with customers, colleagues and managers.
- Undertakes other duties which Crown may from time to time reasonably request.
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills and personal qualities:
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Aptitude for practical science
About the employer
CROWN LIFT TRUCKS LIMITED
Since its entry into the material handling industry in the 1960s, Crown Equipment Corporation has earned a reputation for exceptional product design, engineering and manufacturing of its award-winning line of electric lift trucks. From our smallest pallet truck to our highest lifting VNA truck, our goal is to always provide the user with the safest, most efficient and ergonomic forklift truck possible. Crown supports customers with a wide selection of electric forklift trucks ranging from pallet trucks to very narrow-aisle VNA trucks. Our brand promise is: “Crown designs, manufactures, distributes, services and supports material handling products that provide customers with superior value.” Quality and performance are the foundation of Crown’s success. Since our inception, our company culture has always been about people performing and working as a team to ensure that quality is built into every forklift truck we make. Crown’s headquarters, manufacturing facilities and network of branches offer diverse and challenging careers in a broad range of professional and vocational roles.