Vehicle Valeter (20 hours per week)

London Hire Limited; Erith; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Bereavement leave

Company events

Free on-site parking

Employee Assurance Programme

On-site parking

Referral programme

Job summary

London Hire Limited is seeking a Vehicle Valeter for a part-time, 20-hour week role based in Erith. The job involves preparing vehicles for London hire, inspecting new vehicles on site, and performing general fleet duties with a focus on cleanliness, proper documentation, and safety checks.

Key tasks include ensuring correct safety equipment is installed, maintaining the daily diary, and liaising with contractors to uphold site safety rules.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Excellent attention to detail is required.
• Deliver world class customer service to clients.
• Self-motivation with the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to multi-task in a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare vehicles for delivery to customers, ensuring documentation is complete and vehicles are clean.
• Check new vehicles against the New Vehicle Acceptance Sheet and documentation.
• Inspect vehicles returned from hire and record all details.
• Maintain daily diary records and ensure vehicles are ready for customer collection on time.
• Carry out minor repairs and visual checks including fluid levels and tyres.
• Clean vehicles prior to delivery as required.
• Liaise with visiting contractors and ensure site safety rules are observed.
• Arrange for defective equipment to be repaired.
• Ensure equipment is used and maintained according to Health and Safety rules.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Attention to detail

Customer service

Self-motivation

Multi-tasking

Job description

Vehicle Valeter (20 hours per week)

Department: Rental

Employment Type: Part Time

Location: Erith

Reporting To: Rental Manager

Compensation: £13.85 / hour

Description

The main purpose of this role is the preparation of vehicles for London hire, inspection of new vehicles to site and general duties in connection with the London Hire Fleet of vehicles.

To ensure that all vehicles are thoroughly prepared for ongoing rental in terms of cleanliness, levels, and tyre pressures, paying attention to any pre or post rental damage as part of the quality inspection process.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Preparing vehicles for delivery to customers, ensuring that:
  • Correct documentation is available,
  • Vehicle is in a clean condition (internally and externally).
  • Vehicle is checked for any defects
  • Check correct safety equipment and seating is installed
  • Carry out regular manual handling duties, including lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling moving equipment, and cleaning materials in a safe manner and in accordance with company procedures and manual handling guidelines.
• 2. Checking in new vehicles:
  • Check that the correct documentation has been supplied with the vehicle.
  • Check the vehicle complies with the specification shown on the "New Vehicle Acceptance Sheet".
• 3. Checking in and inspect vehicles being returned from hire.
• 4. Ensure all vehicles that are collected or returned by the customers are recorded in the daily diary and documentation is completed.
  • Working to set timeframes and targets to ensure vehicles are ready in time for customer collection.
• 5. Carry out minor repairs and visual checks:
  • Fluid levels
  • Tyres
• 6. Clean vehicles as required prior to delivery.
• 7. Liaise with visiting contractors, ensuring that they are aware of the site safety rules.
• 8. Arrange for defective equipment to be repaired.
• 9. Ensure all equipment issued to you is used and maintained in accordance with instructions, Health and Safety rules and regulations.

Vehicle Yard

• Carry out regular inspections of the yard and ensure that it is tidied daily, and all debris is removed.
• Report any defects or health and safety issues in the vehicle yard to a Manager, completing a site defect report as required
• Carry out daily check of equipment to ensure that it is working correctly, log any defects and arrange for repairs where necessary.
• Compile a weekly yard list of vehicles for the Yard Supervisor.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Full UK driving licence.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Deliver world class customer service
• Self-motivation with the ability to work as part of a team.
• The ability to multi-task.

Benefits

• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Free on-site parking
• Access to our Employee Assurance Programme.
• On-site parking
• Referral programme