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HGV Technician Job in Salisbury

Wiltshire
Salisbury
Service Department, Commercial Dealership
£41600 - £52000 per annum
148450
HGV Technician Opportunity in Salisbury
  • Salary: Starting salary negotiable pending experience. 
  • Hours: 40-hour week. Monday to Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, plus optional call-out rota. 
  • Benefits: Enhanced annual leave, manufacturer training, access to call-out rota with fantastic financial benefits, and fantastic long-term career prospects with one of the largest commercial vehicle dealer groups in the UK, operating since 1973.
Our client, a leading commercial vehicle dealer group with 12 centres across Southern England, is currently looking to recruit a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Technician to join their team based out of their Salisbury centre, with an expected move to a brand-new site in Andover planned in the near future.
 
Reporting to the Workshop Controller and working as part of a team, as a HGV Technician, your key objectives will include:
  • To complete all service work and defined maintenance work on heavy goods vehicles to 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 our client's policies and procedures applicable to their area of responsibility are always adhered to.
  • Document the results of diagnosis/repairs/service/safety inspections.
What is our client looking for? To be eligible, you will need to live within a reasonable commuting distance of both Salisbury and Andover, and be qualified to a minimum IMI/NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair; however, our client is flexible with qualifications provided you have a strong practical working experience as a HGV Technician with knowledge of truck, trailer, van and ancillary equipment maintenance and repairs. Also, if you're a Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) Technician looking to move over to HGV work, then our client wants to talk to you! Either an HGV driving licence or an IRTEC or tachograph licence would be highly advantageous; however is non-essential at this stage.
 
What's in it for you? For your hard work as a HGV Technician, our client is offering:
  • Starting salary negotiable pending experience. 
  • Access to call-out rota with fantastic financial benefits. 
  • Optional overtime subject to availability, paid at time and a half.
  • 22 days annual leave plus the 8 bank holidays (annual leave increases over length of service).
  • Competitive employer pension. 
  • Healthcare provisions.
  • Employee discounts on a range of products/services including holidays, days out and supermarket shops.
  • Full manufacturer-accredited training.
  • Fantastic long-term career prospects with one of the largest commercial vehicle dealer groups in the UK, operating since 1973.
  • 40-hour week. Monday to Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, plus optional call-out rota. 
Contact Hamish Lowrie, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement covering Salisbury and Wiltshire, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity.

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