- HGV Technician - Bicester.
- Salary: Up to £44,000 per annum, pending experience, with additional efficiency bonus up to £9,000 per annum available on reaching target (paid monthly).
- Hours: 40 hours per week: Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. Optional Saturday work is available.
- Benefits: Enhanced annual leave, regular manufacturer training, optional overtime and late shifts allowances, optional roadside call-out rota, and the chance to work with an award-winning family-run business operating for over 50 years.
Our client, a family-run automotive commercial vehicle dealer group with multiple centres across Southern England, is currently recruiting for a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Technician to join their busy dealership in Bicester.
Reporting to the Service Manager and working as part of a team in a modern purpose-built workshop, your key objectives as an HGV Technician will include:
- To complete all service work and defined maintenance work of the utmost quality and efficiency on heavy goods vehicles within the manufacturer's 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 diagnoses 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, an IMI/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair would be essential, alongside practical experience working with heavy goods vehicles. 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. Applicants with an active HGV driving licence or an IRTEC accreditation would be highly advantageous; however, this is non-essential.
What's in it for you? For your hard work as an HGV Technician, our client is offering…
- Starting salary up to £44,000 per annum pending experience/qualifications.
- Efficiency bonuses up to £9,000+ per annum (paid monthly).
- Optional overtime subject to availability, paid at an enhanced rate of time and a half or double time.
- Optional call-out rota (one week out of four) with fantastic financial benefits.
- 22 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (any bank holidays worked will be paid at double time), with your holiday increasing over the length of service.
- Full in-house and off-site manufacturer-approved training, with your salary increasing with the more training you receive.
- Company benefits include a competitive employer pension, travel insurance, paternity pay, referral bonus, cycle to work scheme, and staff purchase discounts.
- Opportunity to work with an award-winning family-run business operating for over 50 years.
- Working hours from 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Contact Harry Thaxton-Woodcock, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement covering Bicester and the surrounding region, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity.