Vehicle Technician

Elise Search; City Of London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Enhanced overtime

Holidays increase with service

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Elise Search seeks a Vehicle Technician in East London to service, maintain and repair a fleet of mixed commercial vehicles. You will gain hands-on training on new vehicle technologies and benefit from a comprehensive development plan and generous rewards.

The role is based in East London with access to on-site parking and excellent long-term career prospects within a stable national organisation committed to staff wellbeing and progression.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified mechanic or HGV technician with NVQ 3, IMI advanced level or City & Guilds Level 2 or equivalent.
• Experience on vans and cars OR as an HGV mechanic.
• Full and/or HGV driving licence; HGV licence preferred but car licence acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, prepare for MOT and repair a fleet of mixed vehicles.
• Build product knowledge across makes/models from vans to HGVs (optional).
• Diagnose faults using manufacturer and generic diagnostic equipment.
• Complete repairs in-house using full range of technical skills.

Skills

HGV licence

Full driving licence

Vehicle diagnostics

Fleet workshop experience

Education

NVQ Level 3

IMI Advanced Level

City & Guilds Level 2

Job description

Vehicle Technician

This very stable and profitable national organisation is recruiting for Vehicle Technicians in East London.

The positions are working in their fleet workshop on a range of vehicles, with ongoing training on new vehicle technologies and personal career development provided; alongside a truly outstanding range of benefits which are detailed below.

The role:

• Service, maintain, prepare for MOT, and repair a fleet of mixed commercial vehicles
• Build your product knowledge of a variety of makes and models of vans and cars through to HGVs (optional)
• Diagnose faults using manufacturer and generic electronic diagnosis equipment
• Complete all repair work in-house where possible, using the full range of your technical skills
• This position is based in East London, 6 minutes walk from the tube as well as free staff parking on site.

The Vehicle Technician should:

• Be a fully qualified mechanic or HGV technician with NVQ level 3, IMI advanced level apprenticeship, City and Guilds level 2, or equivalent qualifications.
• Have good experience of working as a vehicle technician on a range of vans and cars OR as an HGV mechanic.
• Have a full driving licence, we are especially interested in speaking to candidates with an HGV licence, but a standard car licence is fine too.

The Business:

• A market leader in their field who invest regularly in new vehicle technologies and give training on them
• Very successful organisation who offer a stable, long-term career to their vehicle technicians with technical development and career progression plans tailored to you
• Genuinely support their employees with assistance programmes to help people in emergency situations, to support family life and to provide funds to local causes.
• Have a mental health and wellbeing programme with trained mental health first aiders accessible to all
• Give an unrivalled benefits package including a very generous company pension scheme, enhanced overtime rates, good holidays that rise with service, a flexible benefit that can be used for a variety of options including additional holidays or a personal car scheme.
• Offer earnings of c.£49-54k with annual pay reviews on top, this is based on a starting salary of c.£47.5k with a little overtime on top, further overtime is available to those who want it meaning earnings of £54k are easily achievable.