material handling business has always been the lowest paid for mechanics due to competive competition between dealers thats the problem and sad really when u think about it mobile engineer is on the frontline of the business in respect of dealing with the customer he has to diagnose order parts fix truck arrang time with customer for repairs keep customer happy has to be able to work unspervised organise his own work load for a low wage compared to other places and then u get another mechanic that is working in a garage fixing lorrys that just does what the supervisor tells him doesnt have half the responsibilitys a mobile engineer has and gets payed more and is in a warm garage were the mobile engineer has to work out in all weather conditions and bad environments