HGV Technician

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View more categories View less categories Sector Transport and Logistics Role Manual Skilled Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time

About the role
As a Vehicle Technician in one of our workshops, you'll mostly be repairing and maintaining our fleet of delivery vehicles, ensuring they are safe and roadworthy to both VOSA and Partnership standards. You'll be working with many experienced technicians and they will ensure you have all the tools you need to succeed and excel in your role. Giving you the opportunities to develop your knowledge and progress your career.

At a glance

Role Title:HGV Vehicle Technician

Position: This is a Permanent position

Location: Fenny Lock

Hours of Work: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, 5 days per week, Monday- Friday (2 week rota)

• Working Earlyshift Week 1: 06:00 - 14:00
  
• Working Lateshift week 2: 13:30 - 21:30
  

Salary:£31,500.00 - £44,200.00, Annual PLUS Shift Premium

• Please note this role will attract a shift premium of 20% of the base rate, this is an additional earning of up to £6,300, Annual. This could be a potential earning of up to £50,500 (annually) with shift allowance included.
  
• Overtime is a premium featured benefit, but not guaranteed
  

Due to the nature of this role, we require all applicants to be over 18 to apply

About Role

• You'll be working on our Fleet of large HGV lorries. It will be your job to ensure all vehicles are maintained to a safe and roadworthy standard to both VOSA and Partnership's requirements.
  
• Ensuring that relevant sections of all inspections, services and defect sheets are completed in compliance with our 'O' Licence obligations and that all spare requests and time books are completed daily.
  
• You'll be aware of best practices and current commercial vehicle repair techniques, to deliver high-quality repairs are carried out in a cost-effective manner and that the use of spare parts and consumables reflects the level of work carried out.
  

Why join us?

Our Vehicle Workshop is growing and you'll be working with many experienced Partners. Our current technicians will ensure you have all the tools you need to succeed and excel in your role, giving you the opportunities to develop your knowledge and progress your career. You'll also be around to support the development of our apprentices within the workshop. Allowing you to share your knowledge and experience for the growth of the team.

Working in our Vehicle workshop is a fun and welcoming environment. As a co-owned business, all of our Partners work together to ensure all goals are achieved and that everyone in the team is a part of that success.

Essential skills you'll need

• City and Guilds 1,2,3 Vehicle technician or equivalent qualifications
  
• Full UK Driving Licence
  
• A proven background in transport commercial vehicle repairs
  
• Knowledge of commercial vehicle legislation and roadworthiness
  

Please see the full details and the key accountabilities about the role in the Job Outline attached below. For current Partners only - Please view the job outline here using your internal Partnership email address using the link below.

Additional Information

The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early

Please be aware that due to the nature and activities of this role, all successful candidates will have a DBS check carried out on them through a 3rd party registered body. For more details on DBS checks and what these entail, please visit the Government website.

You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

About The Partnership

We're the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We're not just employees, we're Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.

We're ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we're free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It's important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you'll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

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