HGV Technician

Job description

• £48,000 plus £+,120 night shift allowance

• 4 on 4 off shift pattern, working an average 38.61 hours per week

• 6pm - 6am

• 5.6 weeks paid holiday rising to 6.6 weeks upon 5 years’ service

Employee benefits

• MyHB employee benefits platform with access to:

• Retail and leisure discounts plus hundreds more

• Free Financial Advice

• Bank your savings into an ISA

• 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line

• Low cost voluntary insured health plans

• Onsite canteen

• 10% store discount

• Free car parking

• Death in Service Benefit (subject to 12 months complete service)

• Long Service recognition scheme

Job Introduction

Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for experienced Heavy Goods Vehicle Maintenance Technicians to be based at our onsite purpose-built, state of the art HGV Vehicle Maintenance Unit/Workshop in Amesbury Wiltshire.

The unit is Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency equipped, and operates a Tachograph bay with six fully equipped working bays which enables the maintenance and servicing of our modern fleet of vehicles and trailers.

Job Overview

Our Vehicle Maintenance Technicians:-

• Carry out preventative vehicle maintenance and servicing, MOT preparation and repairs to a high standard

• Inspect vehicle engine and mechanical/electrical components to diagnose issues accurately, using computer-based diagnostic equipment

• Repair or replace broken or defective parts and resolve defects

• Road test vehicles to check repairs

• Maintain VMU equipment and working areas to a good, clean condition

• Use hand tools and general garage equipment

• Tail Lift maintenance and vehicle body work repairs, fabrication and basic welding processes

• Complete administrative tasks and reports as requested

Minimum Criteria To Apply

Essential

• Min 3 years’ proven experience as a Vehicle Technician with trailer maintenance experience

• Level 2 City & Guilds or BTECH National in HGV Motor Vehicle Engineering or equivalent UK recognised qualification

• UK Driving licence (HGV category an advantage)

• Experience in fault diagnostic equipment, e.g. Tech tool, STAR and JAL and including trailer systems

• A desire for delivering the highest possible standards of work with respect to quality and compliance

• Must own standard tools - more specific tools will be provided

Desirable

• IRTEC inspection licence along with any tail lift inspection certification

• Main dealership experience

• Tail lift experience