HGV Mechanic
Job Type:Full Time, Permanent
Location:Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Working Hours:Monday to Friday (8-18 or 7-17), plus Saturday Mornings (7-12)
Salary:minimum £40,000 per annum
Benefits:
- 20 Holiday Days + Bank Holidays
- Weekly Pay
- Company van
- Optional Company Pension
- Heavy/ Expensive Machinery Provided
- Weekly Pay
- Relaxed, Family Run Business with own trucks and trailers (rigids, artics, skels, curtainsiders)
Our client, a long-established haulage company based in Southend-On-Sea, Essex, is looking for an experienced HGV Mechanic to join their team. Volvo and DAF trucks with a mixed fleet of trailers. This role gives you the opportunity to expand your HGV skills beyond basic truck and trailer mechanics, with specialist auxiliary equipment on both trucks and trailers, hydraulic pumps and compressors as well as a modern workshop, VCAD and Texa diagnostic equipment and pits with air jacks.
The Role HGV Mechanic:
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual to become part of a growing team. The successful candidate will oversee the maintenance and repair of the fleet of vehicles, ensuring that all vehicles are running in optimum condition and comply with road safety regulations.
Key Duties:
- Responsible for the maintenance, repair, and inspection of the companys fleet of trucks on a weekly basis.
- Dealing with MOT preparation, defects, punctures, tyre changes, tyre cutting, welding, drilling, cutting, fabrication.
- Using the Fleet support Vehicle to attend breakdowns.
- The successful candidate will ensure that the maintenance of the vehicles is carried out to the highest standards.
- You will also need to have:
- At least 5 years experience in a similar mechanical role.
- Strong organisational skills.
- The ability to work alone and manage your own time.
- Technical understanding.
- Good time keeping.
- Diagnostic experience (VCAD or TEXA preferable)
- Be available Saturday mornings.
- Your own hand tools.
- An HGV Class 1 licence.
- Welding and fabricating experience will be very advantageous.
If you are interested in the above position and would like to be considered, please apply now for consideration.
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