Cycle Technician

Halfords; Cavan; On-site; EUR 21,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount

Employee discount

Cycle to Work

Uniform

Pension

Job summary

Halfords in County Cavan is recruiting a Part-time Bike Service Assistant (20 hours per week) to deliver high‑quality servicing and repair across kids', adult, premium, performance and electric cycles while providing excellent customer service.

You will work with the team to complete service work, share expertise, and help colleagues develop in a supportive environment. Training and employee benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Experience of service, building and repair across a range of cycles.
• Experience of delivering great customer service.
• Experience of sharing expertise with others.
• Experience of working with - and achieving - sales targets.
• Availability to work on a rota basis, including weekends

Responsibilities

• Carry out service and repair work on a range of cycles.
• Help develop other team members.
• Deliver market leading standards of cycle service.
• Assist customers to find and maintain their bike.

Skills

Customer service

Retail experience

Cycle servicing

Sales targets

Weekend availability

Tools

Bike repair tools

Job description

Job no: 567810
Work type: Part time, 20 hours per week
Site: County Cavan, Lakeland Retail Park
Categories: Retail Colleagues
Location: Cavan
Salary: €15.27 per hour
Business Area: Retail

€15.27 per hour

Got a passion for all things bike?

You’ll have some technical skills, but more about that later. Your unbridled enthusiasm for bikes combined with your knack with customers is what will lead you to success in this role - you’ll be delivering market leading standards of cycle service and repair, after all. Working on kids, adult, premium, performance and electric cycles, you’ll help us wow every customer.

Carrying out most of the service and repair work yourself, you'll also help develop other members of the team. We only work to the highest quality standards, just like you. A practical problem solver who works quickly and efficiently, you’ll help customers find and maintain their dream bike.

Ideally, you already have experience in a retail or cycle services environment, but if you have practical skills and experience of delivering fantastic customer service, we can help you with the rest.

We invest heavily in training to give our colleagues skills to develop their careers, so whatever career path you want to follow and whatever pace you want to progress, we have the support here to help you make your ambitions a reality, whether it’s in Retail or elsewhere in the Group.

To be successful in this role you'll need:

• Experience of service, building and repair across a range of cycles
• Experience of delivering great customer service, ideally in a retail or cycle services environment
• Experience of sharing expertise with others
• Experience of working with - and achieving - sales targets
• Availability to work on a rota basis, including weekends

We know that everyone has different priorities at different stages of their lives, so we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits. As well as holiday and contributory company pension, you can expect to enjoy:

• Store discount, with 25% off most products across Halfords and Tredz
• Employee discount, with up to 50% off your garage bills at Halfords Autocentre
• Discounts on everything from groceries and shopping through to holidays, insurance, days out, restaurants and more
• Employee wellness programme offering free, independent, confidential support and counselling 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Fantastic Trade Price Bike Scheme - buy one bike per year from a rangeof bikes which have been significantly reduced
• Life Assurance
• Uniform
• Option to join our Sharesave scheme: save to purchase shares at a 20% discount
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Wagestream – a financial planning app that gives you more control over your pay. Access up to 30% of your pay as you earn it and save automatically from your salary to build a rainy-day fund for the future

We’re in an exciting chapter as a leading retailer of motoring and cycling products and services. Join us in our mission to keep the nation moving safely and be part of our success story.

Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.