Service Technician (Agricultural)
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Service Technician (Agricultural)
£35,000 - £38,000 + Van + Training + Overtime + Company Benefits
Warwick
Are you a Service Technician with an agricultural background, or similar, looking to join a company that offers a stable role with plenty of overtime opportunities to boost your earnings, and specialist training?
On offer is the chance to join a well-established family-owned agricultural and ground care machinery dealer. The company has built a strong reputation for delivering exceptional customer support and service, operating with a customer-first approach and expert aftersales care. The business has continued to grow, expanding its range of trusted agricultural and ground care machinery to support both farms and grounds maintenance operations.
In this site-based role, you will be responsible for diagnosing, servicing, and repairing a wide range of agricultural and ground care machinery. Working both within the workshop and at customer sites, you will carry out pre-delivery inspections, fault finding, and repairs while ensuring all work is completed efficiently and to deadlines. Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm Saturday 8am - 1pm
This role would suit a Service Technician with an agricultural background, or similar, who is looking to move into a site-based position with a company that offers a stable role and the opportunity to significantly boost earnings through overtime.
The Role:
- Site-based role covering maintenance, diagnostics, servicing, and repair of agricultural machinery.
- specialist training
- Monday to Friday 8am - 4:30pm Saturday 8am - 1pm
The Person:
- Service Technician background or similar
- Agricultural background or similar
- Drivers licence
Job Advert: BBBH25310B
Service, Engineer, Technician, Tech, Mechanical, Field, Patch, Agriculture, Training, Plant, Warwick, Coventry, Birmingham, Solihull, Warickshire
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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered renumeration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set.
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⭐ Highlight your agricultural machinery experience at the top of your CV as this is the core requirement for the role
🔧 Emphasise any workshop-based repair experience and customer site visit capabilities as the role involves both
📊 Quantify your diagnostic achievements: "Diagnosed 95% of machinery faults within first inspection"
🚗 Ensure your full UK driving licence is clearly stated as it's essential for customer site visits
💰 Mention your availability for overtime work as the company specifically highlights this earning opportunity
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- •Diagnosed and repaired 150+ agricultural machines annually, achieving 98% first-time fix rate across tractors, harvesters and ground care equipment
- •Conducted pre-delivery inspections on 80 new machines per quarter, ensuring zero warranty claims within first 30 days of customer delivery
- •Managed workshop operations and customer site visits covering 25-mile radius, maintaining 4.8/5 customer satisfaction rating through efficient fault finding
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Ernest Gordon Recruitment's Service Technician position immediately caught my attention as it combines my agricultural machinery expertise with the workshop-based diagnostics experience I've developed. Your client's family-owned approach to agricultural equipment servicing aligns perfectly with my hands-on technical background and customer-focused mindset.
My background in mechanical repair and agricultural equipment servicing has prepared me for the diagnostic challenges and customer site visits this role demands. I'm particularly drawn to the specialist training opportunities and the chance to work with both workshop-based repairs and on-site customer support.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Describe your experience with diagnosing faults in agricultural machinery
- ›What types of ground care equipment have you serviced?
- ›How do you approach pre-delivery inspections on new machinery?
- ›What diagnostic tools and equipment are you familiar with?
- ›Explain your process for troubleshooting hydraulic systems on farm equipment
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to repair machinery under tight deadlines
- ›Describe a situation where you provided excellent customer service at a client site
- ›How do you handle working both independently in the workshop and with customers on-site?
- ›Give an example of when you had to learn new machinery quickly
- ›Describe a time you went above and beyond to solve a customer's machinery problem
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to repair machinery under tight deadlines
Describe a situation where you provided excellent customer service at a client site