As part of our continued expansion, Millers Vanguard are looking for a knowledgeable and detail-focused Technical Advisor to join our growing Commercial Team. This role is ideal for someone with strong experience in the automatic door industry, particularly within the supermarket or retail environment.
If youre an engineer looking to step off the tools while still using your technical expertise every day, this is an excellent opportunity to move into an office-based role with a market-leading business.
About the Role
You will be responsible for reviewing technical information from our field engineers and preparing clear, accurate condition reports for our major supermarket clients. These reports help customers understand the condition of their automatic doors and associated equipment, enabling them to make informed decisions about repair or replacement.
This is a technical support role, The focus is on accuracy, clarity and professional communication.
You will work closely with our in-house technical specialists and installations team to ensure customers receive the right information at the right time.
Key responsibilities as a Technical Advisor:
Reviewing technical assessments from field engineers to identify assets that may be beyond economical repair
Preparing clear, structured condition reports for automatic doors and related equipment
Liaising with our technical and installations teams to ensure accurate information is shared internally
Communicating with customers where clarification or updates are required
What were looking for in a Technical Advisor:
Experience within the automatic door industry (essential)
Knowledge of shutters, gates or sectional doors
Desirable: familiarity with loading bay lifts or dock levellers, though not essential
Basic Microsoft Excel capability
Confidence communicating via email and phone
A collaborative approach and willingness to work closely with multiple departments
This role is particularly suited to a former engineer who wants to apply their technical knowledge in a stable, office-based environment.
Company Information
Who are we?
Millers Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UKs Supermarket chains for over 40 years, in brief, we are the people in the background ensuring that supermarkets keep the Nation fed! Maintaining a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.
Our service is as follows:
Nationwide reactive maintenance
Hygienic Deep cleaning & Planned maintenance services
Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment
We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.
Our people
Despite being a large operation here at Millers Vanguard we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset we have YOUthe employee.
Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:
New Technical response centre
Award Winning research, Innovation, and recycling facility
Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet
We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.
Career Development
Training is also a huge part of our culture here at Millers Vanguard and our City and Guilds accredited training centre is where we coach and develop our employees regardless of your position or your length of service, we want to make sure that our staff can progress and keep pace with ever changing equipment technologies.
Why Join Us
Training in our City & Guilds accredited academy
Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles
Company wide fun days and charity events
Company Pension
24 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
Regular staff treats for employees and their families
Working Hours: 42.5 Hours working Monday - Friday
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