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HGV Technician Job in Swindon

Wiltshire
Swindon
Service Department, Commercial Dealership
£47840 per annum
148096
  • HGV Technician - Swindon
  • Salary: Between £20-23 per hour, pending experience/shifts worked.
  • Hours: Rotating early/late shift rota Monday to Friday with 1 in 4 Saturday mornings paid as overtime.
  • Benefits: Fantastic development prospects with a company offering lots of career progression and training. 

Our client, a leading commercial vehicle dealer group with multiple centres across Southwest England, is currently recruiting for a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Technician to join their workshop in Swindon.

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, with 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. Applicants with an active HGV driving license would be highly advantageous to our client; 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 between £20-23 per hour, pending experience/shifts worked.
  • Optional 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 and private health care.
  • Full in-house and manufacturer-approved training.
  • Option to do roadside call-out work with lucrative financial benefits.
  • Rotating early/late shift rota with week one: 7:00am–3:30pm and week two: either 3:30pm-12:00am or 1:30pm-10:00pm. 1 in 4 Saturday mornings required and paid as overtime. 

Contact Josh Buck, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement covering Swindon and the surrounding region, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity.