Mobile PTO and Fleet Care Technician

Plantexpand Ltd; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

Pension

Discretionary bonus

On-call pay

Overtime

Job summary

Plantexpand Ltd is recruiting for a vehicle technician to service and repair utility vans and light commercial vehicles around Cardiff. You will diagnose faults, perform safety checks and carry out LOLER inspections once qualified. You’ll log jobs on a tablet and coordinate with service controllers to ensure first-time fixes.

The role offers a 45-hour week, door-to-door pay, overtime, and a company van with fuel card. A Level 2/3 vehicle qualification and full UK licence are required.

Qualifications

• A Level 2 or Level 3 vehicle qualification (IMI, City & Guilds or similar).
• Own hand tools (specialist tools and diagnostics supplied).
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to work independently on site.

Responsibilities

• Service, inspect and repair utility vans and light commercial vehicles on customer sites in and around Cardiff.
• Service and repair PTO systems, hydraulics and body-fitted equipment.
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and hydraulic faults and fix them first time where possible.
• Carry out vehicle safety and compliance checks.
• Carry out LOLER thorough examinations on tail lifts when qualified.
• Log every job on a tablet (photos, hours and parts used), close the job and raise follow-on repairs.

Skills

Hand tools

Education

Level 2/3 vehicle qualification (IMI/City & Guilds)

Job description

Cardiff, United Kingdom | Posted on 28/09/2026

£41,000 to £45,000 + overtime + paid door to door + discretionary company bonus + on-call pay + company van and fuel card

Vans, PTOs and tail lifts around Cardiff. Fixed first time.

Keep the utility vehicles around Cardiff safe, legal and working, from the van itself to the power take-offs and body-fitted equipment that do the job on site. You'll work from a fully stocked van with the vehicle's history in your hand before you arrive. Plantexpand maintains the plant and vehicles behind the UK's water, power, gas and telecoms networks, working for national utilities, councils, government and operators of critical sites. Around 95% of our work is done on site, and we empower our engineers to fix first time, with an eight bay workshop, a planning team and our partner suppliers behind them.

What you'll work on

• Utility vans and light commercial vehicles
  
• PTO units and hydraulic power packs
  
• Tail lifts, vehicle-mounted cranes and winches
  
• On-board power, inverters and PTO-driven compressors
  

A typical day

• First thing: check your schedule and van stock, then head to your first site, arriving between 7am and 8am.
  
• Through the day: planned services and inspections on vans and their PTO and body-fitted equipment, finding and fixing faults on site.
  
• When it's needed: breakdowns and urgent repairs, and collecting parts when a job needs them.
  
• End of the day: finish your job reports on your tablet.
  

What you'll do

• Service, inspect and repair utility vans and light commercial vehicles on customer sites in and around Cardiff
  
• Service and repair PTO systems, hydraulics and body-fitted equipment
  
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and hydraulic faults and fix them first time wherever you can
  
• Carry out vehicle safety and compliance checks
  
• Carry out LOLER thorough examinations on tail lifts, once you're qualified, on equipment maintained by another engineer
  
• Log every job on a tablet (photos, hours and parts used), close the job, raise follow-on repairs and talk directly to our service controllers
  

What you’ll need

• A Level 2 or Level 3 vehicle qualification (IMI, City & Guilds or similar), or equivalent experience
  
• Your own hand tools (we supply specialist tools and diagnostics)
  
• A full UK driving licence
  
• Happy working on your own, out on site
  

Nice to have

• PTO, tail lift or vehicle-mounted hydraulic experience (training available for strong vehicle technicians)
  
• Mobile or roadside experience
  

Where it can lead

You can progress from technician to senior technician and supervisor, with cross-training into other disciplines.

Hours

Full time, Monday to Friday: 45 hours a week, plus 2.5 hours of paid meal breaks across the week. You are paid door to door, from when you leave home.

What you get

• £41,000 to £45,000 a year, plus overtime and enhanced overtime
  
• Discretionaryperformance bonus: paid quarterly, based on company targets
  
• £200 a week when you are on the on-call rota, plus enhanced overtime and call-out payments
  
• Company van no more than four years old, designed by our engineers and fitted with the major tools, diagnostics and parts for the job, plus a company fuel card (business use only)
  
• Company pension
  
• Two paid staff events a year and monthly recognition vouchers
  
• £2,000 for every engineer you refer who we hire
  

Ex-Forces and career changers with the right mechanical skills are welcome. Plantexpand is an Armed Forces Covenant signatory.