HGV Technician

Job Description:

Berry Recruitment are currently looking for a HGV Technician for a 3 month contract with possibility of extension to 6 or 12 months.

Salary: £18.89 per hour
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9-5
Location: Nottingham

Job Description:

• To provide a high quality, comprehensive and efficient maintenance, inspection, repair and test service, ensuring that the client has a fully functional fleet for both the internal fleet and external customers, which includes a diverse range of HGVs, specialist vehicles, light vehicles and road going plant including electric and hybrid.
• All work must be compliant with statutory legislation, the legal requirements of the Operator's Licence, taxi licensing legislation, DVSA requirements and internal policies and procedures.
• To work closely with the Workshop Controller to ensure vehicle availability and productivity to meet frontline operational needs of the client's services.
• To assist the Workshop Controller to help control fleet maintenance costs within the budgetary requirements.
• To act as a role model to promote a culture of "Right First Time" within the workshop.
• To champion our apprenticeship scheme to train new mechanics.

Principles Duties and Responsibilities:

• To maintain, service, inspect, repair and test both client and external customers' vehicles, ancillary equipment, plant, and equipment.
• To maintain, service, inspect and repair electric and other alternative fuelled vehicles.
• Prepare, present, and accompany HGV vehicles for annual MOT inspections.
• To carry out periodic safety inspections on all HGV vehicles to DVSA inspection manual standards.
• To carry out fault diagnosis on complex hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.
• To carry out welding, fabrication and body repairs as required.
• To attend broken down or accident damaged vehicles and effect permanent or running repairs.
• To ensure that the client's OCRS score maintains its "green" status and that a MOT pass rate to support this, is achieved at all times.
• To prepare and decommission vehicles - fitting and removing a diverse range of ancillary equipment, accessories, and livery.
• To ensure that all associated records are updated promptly, accurately, and effectively using the fleet management software system.
• To ensure that all Health and Safety policies, practices and procedures in respect of the workshop environment are adhered to and ensure that all work areas are kept in a safe and clean condition.
• To attend training courses linked to PDR reviews and service needs.
• To support team members within the department when required, ensuring workshop objectives are met

Requirements:

• Experience of working with all aspects of HGV and light commercial vehicle service, maintenance and repair
• Experience of working on municipal vehicles
• Experience of electric vehicles, or willingness to learn
• Experience in welding, or willingness to learn
• Knowledge of workshop health and safety policies, practices and procedures
• Knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics and 12/24v electric systems
• Ability to work on own initiative and meet strict deadlines
• Ability to ensure that all associated records are updated promptly, accurately and effectively using the fleet management software system
• A good standard of written and oral communication skills
• City & Guilds Level 3 qualification in Heavy Motor Vehicle Engineering, or equivalent
• Qualified to DVSA standards for HGV inspections and tests
• Electric and Hybrid vehicle qualification IMI Level 3 or equivalent, or willingness to train
• Full driving licence with Category C entitlement

If this role is of interest, apply now! All applications are reviewed daily. Alternatively, please call Daisy on (phone number removed) to discuss.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.