HGV Technician - Leicester job
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HGV Technician - Leicester
Salary up to £22 per hour (dependent upon experience & skill set)
£2,000 JOINING BONUS!!!!!! (direct applicants only, paid after 6 months continuous service)
Join the world-class team at Volvo Truck & Bus as an HGV Technician. Choose the shift that suits your lifestyle!
Shifts options:
Perm late shift: Monday to Friday 1400hrs to 2200hrs, alternative Saturday 0600hrs to 1200hrs @ overtime - time and a half
Rotating earlies/lates: Monday to Friday 0600hrs to 1400hrs/1400hrs to 2200hrs, alternative Saturday 0600hrs to 1200hrs @ overtime - time and a half
What can we offer you
- Salary of up to £22 per hour and £2000 joining Bonus!!!
- Overtime at time and half Monday – Saturday. Double time on Sundays and bank holidays
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays raising with service to 30 days + bank holidays
- Generous Pension
- Health cash plan includes Access to dental insurance
- Ignition, our electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Enhanced holiday package
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity leave
- Employee savings and retail discounts including travel, hotels, gym memberships, theme park days out ++++
- Cycle to work scheme
- Support for you and your family through an online Wellbeing Centre
- Workwear provided
Who are you?
- City and Guilds, an NVQ3 or equivalent qualification is required
- You’ll also have completed an apprenticeship in the HGV industry, or have equivalent experience, along with relevant experience in the commercial vehicle industry.
- A basic knowledge of computer software packages including Word, Excel and Outlook is preferred, as is a general level of computer literacy.
- we’d expect you to have a basic working knowledge of vehicle technology.
What you will be doing
- Ensure repairs are carried out according to the manufacturer’s procedures, safely and responsibly
- Ensure repairs are carried out in accordance with Volvo Standard Times using Volvo Special Tools where appropriate
- Assist in the fault diagnosis process
- Comply with warranty procedures during repairs and warranty material on completion of each repair
- Assist with Action Service Europe when required
- Work with the Parts Team to ensure the correct replacement parts are fitted
- Road test vehicles when required (if you hold an HGV licence)
- Assist with roadside breakdowns
- Ensure company time recording procedures are complied with, and that job cards are completed accurately
- Ensure service sheets are completed as per Volvo instructions
- Ensure all vehicle defects are reported to workshop controllers
- Keep all workshop facilities, equipment and tools clean, tidy and well maintained
- Support the development of young trainees and apprentices
Additional Benefits
- Company Pension
- Bonus Scheme
About the Company
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.
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