About The Role
Let’s grow together!
A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re an experienced Workshop Technician looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!
We’re flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let’s grow together …
Brief description These apprenticeships would suit school-leavers who like working with their hands, being a problem solver, using technical skills, Knowledge and diagnostic equipment. The training will give the individuals a foothold into furthering a career with SFS as a qualified technician.
Purpose of the role
To be trained in all aspects of vehicle maintenance and repairs on HGV and light commercial vehicles. To gain experience by supporting and following instruction from the senior members of the workshop staff. To attend training collage as required and any other training courses required to obtain the required pass marks to obtain a recognised qualification in vehicle repairs to be able to inspect, maintain and repair all vehicles on fleet, including municipal vehicles, in order to ensure roadworthiness and compliance in line with all relevant legislation and Company standards to maximise fleet availability and thereby maximise fleet utilisation and maintain customer satisfaction to the highest level.
Duties and responsibilities
Effect Vehicle Repairs
1. To assist and carry out vehicle inspection examinations in line with VOSA procedure and Company policy
2. To assist in the test and check systems and components are safe, secure and working properly
3. To assist in diagnose faults by isolating systems or components that may have caused or potentially cause a problem
4. To assist in repair or replace worn parts ahead of the vehicle’s breakdown or damage
5. To assist in ensuring authorisation is obtained to repair or fit parts in line with Company Procedure
6. To assist in effectively and efficiently use various specialist equipment, including hand-held and onboard compression gauges and diagnostic computer
7. To assist where supervised in the safely and effectively use power tools, machine tools and equipment as and when required and safe to do so, for the task for which it was designed and return to correct place of storage after use
8. To assist where supervised in the use common hand tools including screwdrivers, wrenches, and pliers, to work on small-scale parts
Health and Safety
9. To ensure take steps to safeguard own and others’ Health and Safety by ensuring operate safe working practices, in line with appropriate Method Statements and Risk Assessments and utilisation of all PPE provided
10. To promptly report, and where possible, deal with any hazards that arise
11. To ensure maintain clean and tidy working area, including workshop, walkways and vehicles
12. To complete jobs in full before the end of the shift or carry out job handover as required ensuring the vehicle is left in a safe condition with necessary safety signage present
General duties
13. To adhere to Company Policies and Procedures and uphold Company Core Values, focusing on Customer Care with a professional approach to customers, suppliers and colleagues
14. To protect and secure vehicles, buildings and property by following Company procedures
15. To accommodate any other reasonable tasks that may be allocated to work effectively as part of a team to achieve the business objectives and maximise customer satisfaction, thereby also gaining repeat business wherever possible, maximising utilisation rates and profit levels
About You
Skills
Essential Skills
16. Ability to learn about commercial vehicle maintenance and servicing
17. Ability to learn about municipal vehicle maintenance and servicing
18. Ability to learn about knowledge of electrical and hydraulic systems
19. Ability to learn how to use diagnostic tooling and problem solving
20. Effective communication skills
21. Ability to read and interpret technical manuals
22. Computer literate
Desirable Skills
23. To have good reading skills
24. To have clear and legible hand righting
25. To have a good level of numeracy
Qualifications and experience
Must be looking to complete NVQ 3 in Heavy Vehicle Mechanics. Can either be in 1st or 2nd year of Vehicle Apprenticeship already.
Working hours
40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, typically 8.00am to 5.00pm (one hour for lunch). Please note, applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We do not offer via sponsorship.
Inclusion
As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone. If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.
About Us
What can we offer you?
26. Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave
27. Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
28. Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
29. Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
30. Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
31. Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
32. Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover
Be yourself
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome diversity and care about inclusion. That’s why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network meets regularly to share challenges, experience, and ideas to build a more equal, diverse, and inclusive business.
Be heard
We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future.
Be well
We will give you access to a range of tools and resources to support your wellbeing. This will include a digital GP service via our free Employee Assistance Programme, access to our Wellbeing team to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life and our Vitality at Work programme to provide you with discounted gym membership, fitness equipment and another multitude of wellbeing services.
Be better
We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we’ll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.