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HGV Technician Job in Avonmouth

Bristol
Avonmouth
Service Department, Commercial Dealership
£47840 per annum
148106
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HGV Technician Opportunity in Avonmouth
  • 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 Avonmouth.

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.
  • Online GP, personal accident and travel insurance package for all employees.
  • Full in-house and manufacturer-approved training.
  • Death in service (life assurance) at 3 x’s salary.
  • Refer a friend scheme (£2,000 if you refer a fully qualified Vehicle Technician / £500 for all other employees).
  • Option to do roadside call-out work with lucrative financial benefits.
  • Regular staff events. 
  • 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 Hamish Lowrie, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement covering Avonmouth and Bristol, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity.

Perfect Placement are the UK’s Leading Automotive Recruitment Agency so if you are looking for a Job get in touch today.
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