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HGV Technician

Wm. Armstrong (Longtown) Limited
Posted a month ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8ES, England

Salary

£50,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
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  • WM Armstrong is seeking an HGV Vehicle Technician to join their AVC team in Longtown, emphasizing a safe working environment and strong family values.
  • The role involves servicing, mechanical and electrical repairs, and preventative maintenance for a variety of vehicles, requiring strong technical knowledge and diagnostic skills.
  • Candidates should have excellent communication abilities and attention to detail, with a Class 1 (C&E) licence being advantageous but not essential.
  • The position offers a competitive salary with potential earnings of up to £60,000, and a basic day rate starting at £18.87 per hour, increasing for overtime and on-call work.
  • Applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of their current qualifications, as support for training is available to help them achieve full qualifications.

At WM Armstrong, we pride ourselves on our safe working environment, our excellent culture of teamwork and our strong family values.

We are currently looking for aHGV Vehicle Technicianto join our AVC team in Longtown.

In this customer-facing role you will ensure all our AVC customers receive top quality service. As a qualified technician you will carry out servicing, mechanical and electrical repair, and preventative maintenance to a wide range of vehicles. You will be skilled with strong and up-to-date technical knowledge used to carry out diagnostics and ensure vehicle repaired in compliance with company and legislative requirements. This role offers great career development with the opportunity to add to and develop your qualifications with continuous on the job and external training opportunities.

To be successful in this role, you will have excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate with internal stakeholders and external customers daily. You pay attention to detail, and you are passionate about staying at the top of your game.A Class 1 (C&E) licencewould be advantageous but is not essential. We would also invite applications from anyone who is currently working their way towards full qualifications, we can consider how we can support you with your training and ensure you get competitive rates of pay during your training getting you on to the full rates as soon as possible.

If this sounds like you, wed love to hear from you!

In return we offer a permanent role on a variable day/backshift, dayshift is Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, backshift is Monday to Friday 11am to 9pm.

The role offers very competitive rates of pay, with potential earnings of up to £60,000. With a basic day rate @£18.87ph, after 5pm this can rise to £21.70ph. Overtime is available outside of core rostered hours of 42.5 hours paid at enhanced rates of 1.5 x basic rate, with Sundays and Bank Holiday working paying 2 x basic rate. There is an on-call requirement with the role as per an agreed rota, with renumeration associated with this.

Our employees also enjoy access to excellent benefits such as life assurance and pension schemes.

Please call Stuart Clifford on 01228 791242 for more information.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please click the Apply Button now.

If you have not received a response from us within four weeks of submitting your application to us, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion as unfortunately, we are not able to respond to all candidate applications as we would wish. We reserve the right to close vacancies at any time once we have received sufficient applications, we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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