HGV Technician Vacancy in Cardiff
1. Salary: Starting salary circa £19-20 per hour plus performance-related bonus scheme, overtime, and access to a call-out rota.
2. Hours: Rotating early/late shift rota Monday to Friday with 1 in 2 Saturday mornings paid as overtime.
3. 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:
4. To complete all service work and defined maintenance work of the utmost quality and efficiency within manufacturers' time schedules.
5. Supply a professional performance in all aspects of work activities to make an essential contribution to the value and retention of customers.
6. Supporting colleagues in the workshop with any technical issues and innovations.
7. Ability to carry out comprehensive diagnosis and repairs of malfunctions.
8. To ensure that all company policies and procedures applicable to their area of responsibility are always adhered to.
9. 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. Individuals 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…
10. Starting salary circa £19-20 per hour which is negotiable pending experience.
11. Performance-related bonus scheme with an enhanced rate for any work completed above your allocated hours worked.
12. Overtime subject to availability and paid at time and a half.
13. 22 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
14. Access to a company pension scheme.
15. Full in-house and manufacturer-approved training.
16. After the qualifying period, access to roadside call-out work with lucrative financial benefits (usually 1 in 8/9 weeks)
17. 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.
Contact Harry Thaxton-Woodcock, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement covering Cardiff and South Wales, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity.
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