HGV Technician - West Mids

Kautec Recruitment; Walsall; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an HGV Technician in Walsall, England. The role involves inspecting and maintaining a diverse fleet of vehicles including HGVs and involves routine maintenance, compliance with DVSA standards, and offers a salary around £40k with overtime. Candidates should have relevant qualifications such as City & Guilds or equivalent, with HGV Class 1 or 2 license being advantageous.

Benefits

Referral incentive of £250 Amazon vouchers

Qualifications

• Ideally fully qualified (City & Guilds), NVQ or equivalent.
• HGV Class 1 or Class 2 licence would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Carry out inspections to a varied fleet including HGVs.
• Routine and preventative maintenance, MOT preparation.
• Perform 6- or 8-weekly inspections and correct running defects.
• Chassis and fabrication work, electrical inspections.

Skills

Inspection of heavy goods vehicles

Routine and preventative maintenance

Chassis and fabrication work

Electrical and wiring inspections

Education

City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent

IRTEC or EV qualification

Job description

Overview

HGV Technician

Day shifts • Salary circa £18 per hour - £40k plus overtime

Your future employer have been providing first class solutions for many years. It's the standards that are set in the workshop that go a long to ensuring customer satisfaction at the other end.

Responsibilities

• Carry out inspections to a varied and diverse fleet, which may include main dealer heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), refuse collection vehicles, road sweepers, hook loaders, light commercial vehicles (vans), trailers and tippers.
• Routine and preventative maintenance, MOT preparation, and scheduled servicing to DVSA standards.
• Perform 6- or 8-weekly inspections and correct running defects.
• Chassis and fabrication work, hydraulics and pneumatics, and improvements to vehicle standards.
• Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of commercial vehicle mechanical dynamics.

Qualifications

• Ideally fully qualified (City & Guilds), NVQ or equivalent.
• Additional accreditations such as IRTEC or EV qualification would be desirable.
• HGV Class 1 or Class 2 licence would be advantageous.

Environment & Development

If you are looking for a company that develops their staff, ensures up-to-date product training and supports you in obtaining various accreditations, this company is worth serious consideration.

You can expect to be situated in a positive and vibrant working environment where your efforts will be rewarded. A skills shortage can be addressed by upskilling; what cannot be trained, however, is the right attitude and the desire to give clients a first-class service.

Application & Extras

So what are you waiting for? Get in touch for further details and start that next journey in your career.

Keywords: HGV, heavy goods vehicle, commercial vehicle, RCV, refuse collection vehicle, tipper, sweeper, gritter, mechanic, vehicle engineer, vehicle technician, fitter, workshop.

Referral incentive: If you know of anyone who is looking, we will pay £250 of Amazon vouchers should a successful placement result from your recommendation.