Senior HGV Technician / Mechanic

Salary: £16.38 – £18 per hour

HGV Senior Automotive Technician / Mechanic

Salary £16.38 – £18per annum (£16.38 – £18 per hour)

Workshop Based- Rugby

Our client is a fast growing mobility services provider within the world. Their organisation provide the widest range of commercial vehicles for rent in the UK and have a growing fleet of over 45,000 vehicles; from small cars to heavy goods vehicles, accessible minibuses, and many more besides. They have an exciting new operation opening in Rugby for a workshop based HGV Senior Automotive Technician.

This role will be predominantly workshop based with mobile capability taking care of general vehicle maintenance duties including; MOT preparation, servicing, repairs, breakdowns, preventative maintenance inspection of both light and heavy vehicles, health and safety & ISO14001 related issues at all times.

Responsibilities

* Responsibility for leading team and managing assistant to Workshop Manager.

* Maintain efficient day to day operation of the shift

* Manage a small team of people and lead by example.

* Mentor, encourage, organise and motivate others.

* Maintain and establish a safe, secure and compliant working environment.

* Load Job Sheets onto system, schedule workload, issue jobs to Technicians, assist with Parts.

* Carry out Quality Control assessments.

* Identify training needs, health and safety concerns and bring them to the attention of Workshop Manager

* Ensure the safety of all personnel and security of premises under your control.

* Uphold and instil into staff Core Values, focusing on Customer Care with a professional approach to Customers, Suppliers and colleagues.

* Be aware of key responsibilities of staff under your control and enforce systems, policies, procedures and productivity standards.

* Carry out preventative maintenance inspections to the highest standard ensuring all vehicles are safe and road tested prior to confirming completion.

* As and when requested be prepared to work at the customer’s premises to carry out servicing, repairs, inspections etc, this may also involve working on Saturdays.

* Prepare all vehicles to the highest standard for MOT to ensure minimum amount of failure`s occur to constantly maintain a PRS and Final pass rate above 95%.

* Service and maintain all vehicles to the highest standard at all times whilst ensuring the vehicles are operating safely and compliant with legislation. Ensuring all vehicles are road tested prior to confirming completion wherever possible

* Ensure any wheels removed are refitted in the correct manner and wheel nuts torqued using the companies calibrated torque wrenches to the correct settings. (As per the wheel retorque policy).

* Wherever required steam clean the vehicles in preparation for maintenance /inspection & MOT presentation.

* Whenever called upon attend breakdowns whilst ensuring you are working in a safe manner at all times

* Ensure good housekeeping of the Workshop & vehicles and your work area at all times.

* Ensure we comply with our commitment to our ISO14001 accreditation, by maintaining segregation of waste into the relevant areas at all times and general good housekeeping.

* Where required, collect and deliver vehicles.

* Where required, collect and deliver vehicle parts

Qualifications

Leadership and managerial skills

Good communicator and listener

Strong organisation skills

The ability to work alone and manage your own time

A full UK driving licence – Class 2 preferred but not essential; training can be provided

Demonstrated ability to make decisions

Experience in working on HGV’s

NVQ level 3 in Engineering for Vehicle Maintenance and/or City & Guilds Level 3 in Motor Vehicle Engineering

Benefits

42 hours average per week between Mon – Sat (every other Saturday from 8.00am-12.00pm)

8 hours per day with an hour lunch (40 one week, 44 the next)

Shifts 7.30-16.30 or 8.30-17.30 some flexibility on start finish times

Possible overtime available, paid at 1.25 rate

Life Assurance, Health Cash Scheme,

25 days holidays

Structured career and training programme towards Master Technician level

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