Vehicle Technician

Elise Search; St Albans; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A stable national organization is looking for a Vehicle Technician in St Albans. The role involves servicing and maintaining a range of commercial vehicles, with ongoing training and career development. Candidates should be fully qualified mechanics or HGV technicians and possess a full driving licence. The company offers a generous benefits package, including a competitive salary and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Generous company pension scheme

Enhanced overtime rates

Flexible benefits package

Mental health and wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Be a fully qualified mechanic or HGV technician with NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualifications.
• Have experience of working as a vehicle technician on a range of vans and cars OR as an HGV mechanic.
• Possess a full driving licence; HGV licence is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, prepare for MOT, and repair mixed commercial vehicles.
• Build product knowledge of various makes and models.
• Diagnose faults using electronic diagnosis equipment.

Skills

Fully qualified mechanic or HGV technician

Good experience working as a vehicle technician

Full driving licence

Education

NVQ level 3

IMI advanced level apprenticeship

City and Guilds level 2

Job description

Overview

Vehicle Technician

This very stable and profitable national organisation is recruiting for Vehicle Technicians in St. Albans.

Monday - Friday, early day shifts, no weekend working

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 St. Albans with free staff parking on site.

Qualifications

• 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.£42-47k with annual pay reviews on top, this is based on a starting salary of c.£40k with a little overtime on top, further overtime is available to those who want it meaning earnings of £48k are easily achievable.

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