HGV Technician
Loughborough, LE12
£39,780 - £44,416 Per Annum
We have an exciting new opportunity to join our prestigious client based in Loughborough.
We are looking for a HGV Technician to effectively maintain commercial vehicles and trailers to DVSA standards.
This involves carrying out maintenance and repairs on all makes of vehicles and trailers, diagnose and rectify faults, to go to customer sites to repair vehicles, and recording of all required data and job sheets.
Days & Hours of Work
Alternating shift pattern:
Earlies 06:00am 14:30pm Monday to Friday 06:00am 11:00am Saturday
Lates 12:00pm 21:30pm Monday to Friday
Duties
* Carry out routine maintenance and repairs on all makes of vehicles and trailers to DVSA standards and Company standards.
* Diagnose and rectify all types of faults using your experience and ability, working on your own initiative, ensuring cost effective and safe repairs to an extremely high standard.
* Attend and repair disabled vehicles at customer sites.
* Ensure that all vehicles worked on are handled carefully and that precautions are taken whilst in the workshop and/or customer premises.
* Ensure that Health and Safety regulations and the Company safe systems of work and processes are always adhered to.
* Ensure all jobs are recorded properly, appropriately, and accurately recording times, ensuring all job cards and service sheets are actioned in the agreed timescales.
* Write up job cards and return parts correctly in a timely manner, correctly labelled.
* Maintaining high standards of housekeeping throughout the shift.
* Keep up to date with all relevant DVSA and product developments, be receptive to training and participate fully in the ongoing development and continuous improvement activities within the business.
* Be flexible in your approach and be an effective team player for the development of both you and the business.
* Participate in any site security requirements.
* Complete work as directed by the Foreman, Workshop Manager or General manager as any time.
The Successful candidate will need the following:
* A technical qualification related to commercial vehicles (City & Guilds level 3, NVQ level 3, or equivalent)
* Current full driving license
* Confidence in your own abilities
* To be an efficient, neat, and disciplined commercial vehicle technician
* Flexibility, being able to prioritise your own workload whilst supporting the team is key.
* To be responsive and willing to learn, receive training, developing both yourself and those around you.
* Excellent relationship skills with both colleagues and customers alike
* An understanding of the value of delivering great service to suppliers, colleagues, and customers
* The ability and motivation to work on your own initiative.
Desirable Experience:
* A broad understanding of commercial vehicles in a rental environment.
* Experience in using R2C.
* An HGV and or a Forklift Truck License (not essential)
In Return:
* £17.00- £19.00 per hour dependant on experience. Opportunity for overtime at a rate of time and a half
* 25 Days holiday rising to 28 during tenure with the ability to buy or sell holidays.
* Monthly lunch on us paid for
* Quarterly social events paid for
* Annual awards evening
* Annual family day at a theme park paid for
Apply now if you are interested in this role.
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