Mercedes-Benz Van Technician - Night Shifts

eStar Truck and Van Ltd; Knowsley; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A local automotive dealership in Knowsley is looking for a qualified Van Technician to join their team. The role involves performing service work and ensuring high standards of repair. Ideal candidates will have Level 3 maintenance qualifications and experience in a similar role. This position offers competitive hourly pay, a bonus scheme, and various employee benefits including health care and additional leave.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Bonus scheme

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted car scheme

Health Care Plan

Life assurance

Paid volunteer time

Responsibilities

• Perform all services according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Carry out visual inspections and operating fluid changes.
• Reset the maintenance system.
• Clean and care for customer vehicles.
• Self-reliantly perform simple repairs of worn parts.
• Assist in more extensive assembly work and repairs.

Skills

Prior experience in a similar role

Full Level 3 City & Guilds light vehicle maintenance qualifications

UK Driving Licence

Analytical thinking

Customer orientation

Disciplined work approach

Flexibility

Team working

Education

Level 3 City & Guilds qualification (or equivalent)

Job description

We currently have an opportunity for a qualified, professional and competent Van Technician to join our team at our Mercedes-Benz dealership located in Knowsley!

Our Technicians are an integral part of the team and use their industry expertise to ensure that we keep our customers and their businesses moving by responding quickly and delivering excellent standards of work.

Package Details:
• £20.89 per hour, plus enhancement payment of up to £300 per month based upon your qualification level
• Based onsite in Knowsley
• 44 hours per week
• Monday - Thursday, 20:00 - 07:30
• 25 days’ holiday each year, inclusive of bank holidays
• Permanent
• Bonus scheme

Benefits:
• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Charity Matching Scheme
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted car scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Enhanced paternity pay
• Enhanced neonatal pay
• Free eye tests
• Free flu jabs
• Free fruit
• Free menstrual products
• Free on-site parking
• Health Care Plan
• Life assurance
• Long service awards
• Paid volunteer time
• Pregnancy and baby loss paid leave
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Key Purpose of the Job:
• Act as an expert for all service work and defined assembly and work of the utmost quality and efficiency, and accordingly promote the brand image with respect to reliability and economy
• Defined retrofitting of accessories and preservation work
• Support the Systems Technicians in more extensive repair jobs on the overall system

Accountabilities:
• Performance of all services according to the manufacturer's instructions and according to the schedule/service processor
• All visual inspections, adjustment operations, adjustments, operating fluid changes and additions, replacement of worn equipment (e.g. brake linings)
• Knowledge of deviations and extraordinary wear occurrences and initiation of order expansions/feedback to customers
• Resetting of the maintenance system
• Cleaning and care of the customer vehicle
• Repair work
• Self-reliant performance of simple repairs of worn parts (e.g. replacement of mufflers, outside mirrors, tyres and balancing, etc.)
• Performance of defined, but also more extensive, assembly work and repair operations in cooperation with and/or under the supervision of Systems Technicians (e.g. major assembly replacement, suspension strut placement, etc.)
• Retrofitting and start-up of accessories and detachable body components

Skills and Competencies Required:
• Prior experience in a similar role, in a similar industry or main dealership (desired)
• Full Level 3 City & Guilds light vehicle maintenance qualifications required (or equivalent) - certified technician in an automotive service field (essential)
• UK Driving Licence (essential)
• Analytical thinking – ability to analyses and synthesises a wide range of information in order to draw conclusions or make decisions
• Customer orientation – ability to focus on the needs of the customer in the execution of the role and works to deliver customer satisfaction
• Disciplined work approach - tackles tasks in a structured systematic manner, ensuring completion to plan and to quality standards
• Flexibility - adapts and responds to different ways of working in the face of changing situations
• Team working - contributes positively to a team in order to achieve common business objectives