Workshop Technician

Kautec Recruitment; Abercanaid; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Kautec Recruitment is seeking a qualified Workshop Vehicle Engineer to work on a diverse fleet including HGVs, municipal vehicles, gritters, and sweepers. You will be responsible for preventative maintenance, MOT readiness, and fault finding to DVSA standards.

The ideal candidate will hold City & Guilds and/or NVQ qualifications with proven experience as an HGV technician and a proactive, customer-focused attitude.

Qualifications

• Qualified and time served HGV technician with understanding of commercial vehicle mechanical dynamics.
• Willingness to upskill through courses to improve efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine and preventative maintenance on a varied fleet of vehicles.
• Prepare vehicles for MOT and ensure DVSA standards are met.
• Execute 6 or 8 weekly inspections and diagnose running defects.
• Carry out chassis and fabrication work, hydraulics and pneumatics tasks.
• Perform electrical and wiring inspections and corrections.
• Contribute to improvements in vehicle standards and service quality.

Skills

HGV Technician

Education

City & Guilds

NVQ

Job description

Workshop Vehicle Engineer

This prestige client are part of a multi faceted group who have been providing first class fleet solutions many years. They operate locally, nationally and are a truly international brand.

Your career path will see you upskilled on new products and put through various courses that will make you more efficient in your role.

We are looking for a qualified and time served HGV Technician who can demonstrate a thorough understanding of commercial vehicle mechanical dynamics.

You can expect to be situated in a positive and vibrant working environment where your efforts will be rewarded. A skills shortage can be trained by way of upskilling. What cannot be trained however is the right attitude and the desire to give your clients a first class service.

You will be carrying out inspections to a varied and diverse fleet. Typically this will include HGV's, (Municipal/ Council Vehicles) Gritters, Dust Carts/ Refuse Collection Vehicles, Sweepers etc

You could be working on main dealer heavy goods vehicles (HGV#s) refuse collection vehicles, road sweepers, hook loaders, light commercials (vans), trailers and tippers-

The type of work you can expect to be carrying out includes (but is not limited to)

• Routine (and preventative) maintenance
• MOT preparation
• Scheduled servicing to DVSA standards
• 6 (or 8) weekly inspections
• Correction of running defects
• Chassis and fabrication work
• Hydraulics and pneumatics
• Improvement of vehicle standards
• Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections

Ideally you will be fully qualified (City & Guilds), NVQ or equivalent.

Additional accreditations such as IRTEC would be desirable, as would a HGV Class 1 or licence.

HGV, heavy goods vehicle, commercial vehicle, RCV, refuse collection vehicle, tipper, sweeper, gritter, mechanic, vehicle engineer, vehicle technician, fitter, workshop.