Vehicle Valeter (20 hours per week)

London Hire Community Services; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Bereavement leave

Company events

Free on-site parking

Access to our Employee Assurance Prog.

On-site parking

Referral programme

Job summary

London Hire Community Services is seeking a Vehicle Valeter for a 20-hour-per-week, part-time role in Erith. The successful candidate will prepare vehicles for London hire and inspect new vehicles on site, ensuring cleanliness, proper levels, tyre pressures, and safety equipment.

You will also be responsible for checking in returned vehicles, maintaining a daily diary, and liaising with visiting contractors to enforce site safety rules.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is required.
• Excellent attention to detail is essential.
• Deliver world class customer service.
• Self-motivation and ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to multi-task across duties.

Responsibilities

• Prepare vehicles for delivery to customers, ensuring correct documentation, cleanliness, and defect checks.
• Check in new vehicles with proper documentation and compliance to specs.
• Inspect vehicles being returned from hire and record in the daily diary.
• Carry out regular yard checks, log defects, and arrange repairs where needed.
• Perform minor repairs and checks on fluids and tyres, and ensure safety equipment is installed.
• Liaise with visiting contractors and ensure site safety rules are followed.
• Ensure defective equipment is repaired and equipment is used per instructions.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Attention to detail

Customer service

Teamwork

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