Vehicle Maintenance Field Engineer

CEM Day Ltd; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading vehicle rental company in Exeter is seeking a skilled vehicle maintenance technician to join their expanding team. You'll provide maintenance from workshops and a mobile service, conduct repairs, and ensure vehicle readiness. Applicants should have NVQ 3 or equivalent automotive qualifications and relevant experience. A clean driving licence is preferred. The role offers competitive pay and various perks including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

6.2 weeks annual leave

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

Staff discounts

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Qualified to NVQ 3 standard or City and Guilds equivalent in vehicle maintenance.
• Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Clean driving licence, ideally with D1 entitlement.

Responsibilities

• Providing vehicle maintenance from a repair workshop and mobile solution.
• Undertaking scheduled maintenance.
• Responding to breakdowns.
• Diagnosing faults.
• Repairing vehicles and equipment.

Skills

Vehicle maintenance

Teamwork

Initiative

Education

NVQ 3 in vehicle maintenance

City and Guilds equivalent

Job description

Overview

Why Day's Rental?

As one of the leading vehicle rental specialists in the UK, there has never been a more exciting time to join our team of customer-focused professionals. With an expanding national network of locations and a fleet size of over 10,000 vehicles, our success is carried squarely on the shoulders of the people we employ.

A subsidiary of the family-run CEM Day Motor Group, Day' Rental was established in 1956 and is proud to uphold the principles and high standards embedded throughout the Group.

Award-winning service, delivered by great people and made possible by the investment and trust we place in all our workforce, makes Day' Rental a great place to build a career in the motor industry.

What can you expect in return?

• Competitive salary
• 6.2 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays, based on contracted hours
• Long service annual leave awards
• Contributory pension scheme *
• Life Assurance (death in service) *
• Staff discounts (vehicles, parts, servicing, vehicle hire, finance)
• Free on-site parking
• Cycle to work schemes
• Free and confidential access to BEN (Support for life)

* Eligibility after qualifying period of continuous service

Are you the right person for the job?

• Qualified to the NVQ 3 standard or the equivalent City and Guilds in vehicle maintenance
• Will have demonstrable experience in a similar role
• A clean driving licence, ideally with D1 entitlement, would be an advantage for this role
• The candidate must have the ability to work on their own initiative as well as part of a team
• Be eligible to work in the UK

What will your role look like?

• Providing vehicle maintenance from a base repair workshop and mobile solution across an expanding regional branch network
• Undertaking scheduled maintenance
• Responding to breakdowns
• Diagnosing faults
• Repairing vehicles and equipment
• Reporting to the Vehicle Maintenance Manager and working as part of a valued team

At Day', we are immensely proud of our longstanding and continuing accreditation as an Investor in People employer, and we value the importance of every member of staff and their contribution to our business.

We believe that there is strength in diversity, and to further this we acknowledge that equality and inclusion are fundamental aspects of human life and a necessity for general wellbeing. At Day' we work continually to ensure that all our premises are welcoming and safe for everyone to be able to be their true self, and that we interact respectfully and collaboratively by showing that we care.

Without exception, we warmly welcome applications from people from all walks of life, who have the required skills and attributes. Should you need any assistance in relation to any aspect of our recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to contact us at .