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HGV Technician Job in Swansea

Swansea
Swansea
Commercial Dealership, Service Department
Competitive
145240
HGV Technician Required in Swansea
  • Salary: Negotiable pending experience plus performance-related bonus scheme, overtime, and access to a call-out rota. 
  • Hours: Rotating early/late shift rota Monday to Friday with 1 in 2 Saturday mornings paid as overtime.
  • Benefits: Enhanced holiday allowance, technical training, overtime paid at an enhanced rate, and fantastic development prospects with a company offering lots of career progression. 
Our client, a leading commercial vehicle dealer group with multiple centres across South Wales, is currently recruiting for a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Technician to join their workshop in Swansea.

Reporting to the Workshop Manager and working as part of a team, your key objectives will include:
  • To complete all service work and defined maintenance work of the utmost quality and efficiency within manufacturers' time schedules.
  • Supply a professional performance in all aspects of work activities to make an essential contribution to the value and retention of customers.
  • Supporting colleagues in the workshop with any technical issues and innovations.
  • Ability to carry out comprehensive diagnosis and repairs of malfunctions.
  • To ensure that all company policies and procedures applicable to their area of responsibility are always adhered to.
  • Document the results of diagnosis/repairs/service/safety inspections.
To be eligible, you will need to be qualified to IMI/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair, and ideally have several years' experience beyond your qualification. Overall, you will need to be a committed individual and a good team player. You must be able to produce high-quality work in a busy workshop environment and be motivated to work towards targets set for your team. Professionals with an active HGV driving license would be highly advantageous to our client; however, this is non-essential.

For your hard work as an HGV Technician, our client is offering…
  • Starting salary negotiable pending experience (upwards of £18 per hour).
  • Performance-related bonus scheme with an enhanced rate for any work completed above your allocated hours worked.
  • Overtime subject to availability and paid at time and a half. 
  • 22 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
  • Access to a company pension scheme.
  • Full in-house and manufacturer-approved training.
  • After the qualifying period, access to roadside call-out work with lucrative financial benefits (usually 1 in 8/9 weeks)
  • Rotating early/late shift rota with week one: 6:00am–2:30pm and week two: 2:00pm–10:30pm. 1 in 2 Saturdays, 6:00am-12:00pm, paid as overtime.
If you are interested in hearing more about this HGV Technician job in the Swansea area, please contact Harry Thaxton-Woodcock at Perfect Placement Today.
 
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