Cycle Technician

Halfords; Swords; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount 25% off most products

Employee discount up to 50% off garage

Discounts on groceries and holidays

Employee wellness programme

Trade Price Bike Scheme

Life Assurance

Uniform

Sharesave scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Wagestream

Job summary

Halfords in Swords, Ireland is seeking a part-time Bike Shop Associate to deliver high-quality cycle service and repair. You’ll handle bikes across kids, adult, premium, performance and electric ranges while delivering great customer service and helping teammates grow.

A strong focus on sales targets and weekend availability is essential. We offer training and development within a supportive team as part of a leading cycling retailer in the Airside Retail Park.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Deliver market-leading cycle service and repair across a range of bikes.
• Work on kids, adult, premium, performance and electric cycles.
• Carry out most of the service and repair work yourself and help develop other team members.
• Help customers find and maintain their dream bike.

Skills

Cycle service experience

Customer service

Sales target achievement

Team mentoring

Weekend rota availability

Bike repair tools

Tools

Bike repair tools

Job description

Job no: 568201
Work type: Part time, 30 hours per week
Site: Swords, Airside Retail Park
Categories: Retail Colleagues
Location: Leinster
Salary: €16.27 per hour
Business Area: Retail

€16.27 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.

• 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.

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.

We’re proud to be part of the Automotive 30% Club. Striving to achieve greater gender balance in automotive.