AddressReference: OP3402
No. of Vacancies: 1
Location: Endeavour House, Stockport, SK6 2SN
Salary: £37,658.38 per annum - 20% shift allowance
Hours: 40 hours per week
Monday - Friday (06:00 - 14:30)
Monday - Friday (06:00 - 14:30)
At Totally Local Company an opportunity has arisen for an HGV Motor Vehicle Technician who possess’ a professional demeanour, sound judgement and integrity to join our Fleet team.
What you'll be doing in this role
This role will be to assist the Workshop Manager and the team to maintain the company’s infrastructure with regards to our fleet and customers; ensuring we have an operational and road worthy vehicles to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations.
To ensure that the fleet vehicles maintained to the highest standards in line with the manufacture’s standards, DVSA, Operators licence undertakings and legal guidelines to the required schedule set out by the company or contract. To contribute to the safe, lawful, efficient and professional operation of the Company’s and customers’ vehicles and plant
- To ensure that all requirements with respect to the health, safety and welfare of staff within the post holder’s responsibility are properly met. This duty extends to such other persons, e.g. contractors and members of the public, who may be affected by the activities within the post holder’s remit. The post holder also has a general responsibility to contribute to the effective management of health, safety and welfare across the Company as a whole.
- Carry out scheduled maintenance and defect repairs on Companies fleet of vehicles, plant and equipment to include light and heavy vehicles, specialist vehicles such as mechanical sweepers, refuse vehicles, plant and trailers.
- Carry out safety inspection, services and PDI’s to manufactures standards in line with the required inspection criteria, as outlined in the DVSA (HGV/PSV) inspections manual
- Prepare and submit HGV vehicles to DVSA approved test facility for annual MOT testing
- Carry out MOT and Taxi testing including QC, on all vehicles at our Mot station, including private and light commercial vehicles
- Operate mobile response breakdown service to attend offsite breakdowns and effect necessary repairs
- Plan and co-ordinate work and repairs with minimal direct supervision
- To assess damage, check availability of and order necessary parts, arrange collection/delivery of parts and carry out effective repairs to high standard
- To maintain computer and written records of all jobs from start to finish to include repairs carried out, parts used, start and finish time, total hours taken, time VOR etc
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- A minimum of three years technical/mechanical experience of working in an HGV workshop.
- Health and Safety experience.
- Good knowledge and understanding of mechanics, electrics and hydraulics systems
- The ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, management and user department representatives, suppliers and contractors.
- Experience in use of Tranman or similar systems
- Motor Vehicle Technology (Heavy) City and Guilds – Part 2 and 3 or equivalent (NVQ Level 3)
- Component overhaul Specialist skills (Pneumatic Welding, Hydraulics, Electrical systems)
- Full clean drivers licence Class B + E
- LGV Drivers Licence Class C
- Enthusiastic and flexible. Willing to work evening. Bank holidays, weekends if required, to meet the needs of the business.
Your Benefits
- Lifestyle Benefits – we provide access to huge discounts on a variety of retailers and services, through our lifestyle benefits website.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – enabling you to get the bike of your choice (between £100 and £1000), with Tax and NI savings of up to 32%.
- NEST Pension Scheme – 6.5% employer contribution if eligible.
- Life Assurance – twice your basic salary
- Keen to progress? - we’re committed to providing you with Continuous Professional Development.
About Totally Local Company
Based in the heart of Stockport, Totally Local Company provides a huge range of services to the public and private sectors across Greater Manchester.
Here’s a flavour of what our team of experts do…
You’ll see us everywhere from school kitchens to parks, playgrounds and even up trees! We’re the ones that fix roads and clean, light and provide signs for your streets. We empty your bins and help to keep your area secure. We clean schools and office spaces (and more), tidy grounds and dispose of waste too.
We are a safety-first organisation – it is at the heart of everything we do. We make sure that you have everything you need before you start your role – that includes sharing the great benefits you will be entitled to as a TLC employee.
Our People
Across Totally Local Company our people do a huge variety of roles, but one of the things that our teams all have in common is we want to do the very best for the community we support.
Our People
Across Totally Local Company our people do a huge variety of roles, but one of the things that our teams all have in common is we want to do the very best for the community we support.
