Junior Tyre Technician -Fleet Service -Bridgestone Queenstown

Wakatipu High School; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted tyres

Ongoing training and career development

Crew incentives and wellbeing events

Competitive pay

Job summary

Wakatipu High School is seeking a Junior Tyre Technician for Bridgestone Queenstown. This entry-level role offers training to become an independent tyre technician within four months. Responsibilities include inspecting tyres, performing fittings, and assisting customers with their tyre needs.

Candidates should be professional, team-oriented, and eager to learn about tyres and cars. The position includes perks like discounted tyres and ongoing career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must have excellent driving skills; manual driving skills are a bonus.
• Professional, reliable, and punctual at work.
• Good team player with a warm, positive attitude.
• Well-presented and not afraid to get hands dirty.

Responsibilities

• Inspect tyres and recommend repairs or replacement work.
• Perform tyre fittings, rotations, and balancing.
• Complete all paperwork accurately for each job.
• Order new tyres to match stock and market trends.

Skills

Excellent driving skills

Team player

Positive personality

Willingness to learn

Job description

Junior Tyre Technician-Fleet Service-Bridgestone Queenstown

This is an entry level role into the tyre and fleet service industry.

If you're successful in this role, you'll be trained so that within (approximately) 4 months of starting with us, you'll be able to do tyre technician work mostly unsupervised.

This will include:

Inspecting tyres on vehicles before and after installation on customer vehicles to assess tyre tread levels, wear patterns, valve quality and overall tyre health.

Working with our customers by asking them questions to understand their needs and use this information to recommend the right tyre for their unique budget, lifestyle, and vehicle.

Speaking with our customers about the issues they are facing with their current tyres and recommend appropriate repair or replacement work to ensure they are back on the road with minimal stress.

Performing tyre fittings, rotations, and balancing.

Changing, repairing, and fitting Bridgestone, and other brand tyres to our customers and internal vehicles.

Lifting vehicles on jacks and hoists.

Performing wheel alignments.

Checking and storing new tyres so they are ready for sale.

Completing all required paperwork accurately for each job.

Ordering new tyres to ensure we have the right stock for our customers and to match market trends.

About you

To be considered for this role, you must have excellent driving skills - if you can drive a manual that's a bonus but not a requirement. Otherwise, we'll teach you all the other technical skills you need to know. We're also looking for someone who is:

Professional, reliable and punctual

A good team player and have a warm and positive personality

Well-presented (although not afraid to get your hands dirty when you're at work)

Hungry to learn about tyres, cars and our industry

Be available after hours for on call roster occasionally.

In return for your hard work, we give you:

Investment in your career! Within the first 4 months you'll be able to do tyre technician work and ongoing training and long-term career development within the Bridgestone Queenstown.

Work perks: discounted tyres, crew incentive’s wellbeing and social events throughout the year, competitive pay, long service rewards.

Supportive leadership and a great team environment

Why Join Us?

Work with one of New Zealand's number one automotive brands - Bridgestone

Be part of a well-established, locally - owned Bridgestone

Genuine opportunity to build a long-term career, not just a job

If this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you! Send your CV and a cover letter to Paul Robertson today.

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