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