Sinclair Volkswagen Bridgend is actively seeking an experienced Used Vehicle Prep Technician to join our growing team. We’re looking for someone enthusiastic, punctual, and confident working within a fast-paced, collaborative workshop environment. If you have the experience, drive, and passion to deliver exceptional standards, apply today and take the next step in your career with Sinclair Volkswagen.
Job Title: Used Vehicle Prep Technician
Full time: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm Saturday morning on a rota basis
Position pays: £30,000 basic £41,500,000 OTE (dependant on experience)
Location: Volkswagen Bridgend
The Opportunity
The successful candidate will play a key role in preparing new and used vehicles to the highest standards, ensuring they are safe, roadworthy and presentation ready for customer handover and sale. Working within a busy and professional workshop environment, the role will also involve supporting day to day workshop operations through tyre-fitting, wheel balancing, wheel alignment checks.
Day to day duties
1. Carry out Pre-Delivery Inspections on new and used vehicles.
2. Prepare used vehicles to approved Sinclair and manufacturers standards
3. Fit, remove, repair and balance tyres safely and efficiently
4. Carry out wheel alignment checks and report defects or wear issues
5. Complete basic servicing, maintenance and mechanical repairs as required
6. Identify and report additional vehicle work to the Workshop Controller
7. Maintain workshop equipment and tyre fitting machinery to the highest standards
8. Support the workshop team in maintaining a clean organised and safe working environment
9. Ensure all work is completed in line with health and safety regulations
10. Carrying out any other reasonable duties required within the workshop
More about you
11. A good level of technical knowledge, ability and experience in the mechanical and technical repair
12. Ability to organise own workload, work on own initiative and to strict deadlines.
13. Flexible approach to working hours.
14. Awareness and understanding of health and safety requirements.
15. A current full driving Licence.
What’s in it for you?
16. 30 days annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata) which increases with length of service
17. Birthday day off
18. Nest Pension
19. Excellent staff discounted parts and servicing plus a free MOT every year
20. Recognition of length of service at 5,10,20,30 & 40 years anniversary
21. Life Assurance (death in service benefit)*
22. Staff Car Scheme*
23. Colleague Referral Scheme / Customer Referral Schemes
24. Cycle to Work Scheme
25. Employee Assistance programme
26. Sinclair Foundation - charitable foundation designed to support members or their close family who find they need financial support at times of ill-health.
27. Development opportunities within the Sinclair Group