Mobile Mechanic

Salary: £20.4 per hour

Mobile HGV Mechanic

Permanent/ Full time

Monday to Friday, 45 hours a week

Dartford, DA2

Are you an experienced Mobile HGV Technician looking for a new opportunity to further enhance your skills and knowledge? Would you like to be part of a tight-knit and friendly team invested in providing a quality service?

Our Dartford depot is recruiting for a hardworking and dedicated Mobile HGV Technician to join their growing team. As an integral member of the depot, you will be supporting their overarching team goal of making a difference to all of our customers by ensuring all our vehicles are repaired and maintained to the highest standard.

What do you get?

Free onsite parking.

Twenty-five days holiday, plus bank holidays.

Increasing holiday entitlement for long service (capped at 30 days).

All new starters are automatically enrolled into the group life assurance scheme.

Workplace pension scheme.

An opportunity to work for the European leading company in our field.

What will you be doing?

• To ensure all service and inspection documentation is correctly completed.
• Management of individual workload and job assignment.
• Accurate completion of job sheets and quantification of time.
• Use of workshop equipment in a correct manner.
• Contribute towards effective “preventative maintenance”.
• Ensure Health and Safety regulations are adhered to at all times.
• Correctly record the use of parts.
• Supply own tools as specified from the Company.
• Complete all work to a “right first time standard”.
• Prepare and submit vehicles to a standard appropriate for the issuing of an annual test certificate.
• Communicate accurately with Foreman / Manager as to Work in Progress and any anticipated delays or issues.
• Ensure that knowledge is in line with modern technologies and developments applicable to the role.
• Ensure that good housekeeping standards are maintained at all times.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as required.

What are we looking for? 

Essential:

• Excellent knowledge of mechanics & electrics.
• Full Driving Licence (preferably including full HGV entitlements).
• Appropriate technical qualifications.
• Excellent understanding of vehicle maintenance requirements and procedures.
• Effective verbal and written skills, coupled with strong decision making and problem solving skills.
• Planning and time management.
• Apprenticeship training as commercial fitter.
• Extensive experience as a mechanic in a commercial vehicle environment.
• City & Guilds levels 1 and 2.

Desirable: 

• Excellent knowledge of transport refrigeration.
• Experience of training apprentices.
• Knowledge of Transportation and Logistics industry.
• Strong PC literacy.
• Understanding of vehicle maintenance.
• Refrigeration experience.
• City & Guilds level 3.

To apply please submit your CV and a member of our recruitment team will contact you.