Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled Vehicle Technician to join our team as part of our PSV Motor group. The ideal candidate will have a background in motor mechanics and possess the necessary qualifications and skills to maintain fleet vehicles to high standards.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Maintain fleet vehicles to DVSA and customer standards
* Undertake routine servicing and filter changes, diagnose and rectify mechanical and electrical faults, perform light body repair, fabrication, and welding
* Diligently carry out routine safety inspections of vehicles to DVSA and customer standards and document work electronically using workshop software
* Work with manufacturer diagnostic equipment and repair procedures
* Attend roadside breakdowns to help keep buses running in service and attend outstations to repair minor defects found by drivers
* Evaluate and ensure that all works undertaken are carried out in accordance with Health & Safety Policy and Fleet Engineering Workshops Safe Working and Quality Assurance procedures, while also aiming for a 'first time fix' basis
* Ensure that all equipment used within the workshop is maintained in a safe condition and uphold good workshop housekeeping
Requirements:
* A City & Guilds (level 3 or higher) or NVQ 3 equivalent in a relevant discipline
* Previous experience as a skilled mechanic working in a vehicle/bus or plant repair workshop (or an equivalent trade environment)
* An understanding of and experience with relevant industry documentation
* Knowledge of COSHH & Health and Safety at Work Act
* Be a qualified/certified MOT Tester and 'O' Licence inspector, or demonstrate a willingness to achieve this
* Hold a full UK Driving Licence
* Possess a full basic motor tool kit, with a tool allowance paid
Benefits:
Our offer includes a generous salary package, including:
* Competitive salary (£42,312 per annum)
* Overtime available at £30.51 per hour
* Generous tool allowance
* 23 days holiday, increasing to 28 days with service, plus bank holidays
* Option to purchase additional holiday time
* Opportunity to become a Safeguarding Advocate, Health & Wellbeing Champion, and Mental Health First Aider