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Workshop Vehicle Engineer - Nights

Kautec Recruitment Ltd
Posted 6 hours ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Croydon, Surrey CR0 0PF

Salary

£35,000 - £42,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Workshop Vehicle Engineer position involves working night shifts, with a schedule of 4 shifts per week and no weekends.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of experience as qualified HGV Technicians, demonstrating a solid understanding of commercial vehicle mechanical dynamics.
  • The role includes performing routine maintenance, MOT preparation, and inspections on a diverse fleet of vehicles, including heavy goods vehicles and refuse collection vehicles.
  • Salary details are not explicitly stated, but the environment is described as positive and vibrant, with opportunities for upskilling and advancement.
  • Ideal candidates will hold relevant qualifications such as City & Guilds or NVQ, with additional certifications like IRTEC and a HGV Class 1 license being desirable.

Workshop Vehicle Engineer Night shifts

4 shifts per week, no weekends.

Our client have been providing first class solutions for many years. It’s the standards that are set in the workshop that go a long to ensuring customer satisfaction at the other end.

We are looking for qualified and time served HGV Technicians who can demonstrate a thorough understanding of commercial vehicle mechanical dynamics.

You can expect to be situated in a positive and vibrant working environment where your efforts will be rewarded. A skills shortage can be trained by way of upskilling. What cannot be trained however is the right attitude and the desire to give your clients a first class service.

You will be carrying out inspections to a varied and diverse fleet.

You could be working on main dealer heavy goods vehicles (HGV#s) refuse collection vehicles, road sweepers, hook loaders, light commercials (vans), trailers and tippers-

The type of work you can expect to be carrying out includes (but is not limited to)

  • Routine (and preventative) maintenance

  • MOT preparation

  • Scheduled servicing to DVSA standards

  • 6 (or 8) weekly inspections

  • Correction of running defects

  • Chassis and fabrication work

  • Hydraulics and pneumatics

  • Improvement of vehicle standards

  • Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections

Ideally you will be fully qualified (City & Guilds), NVQ or equivalent.

Additional accreditations such as IRTEC would be desirable, as would a HGV Class 1 or licence.

So what are you waiting for. Get in touch for further details and start that next journey on your career.

HGV, heavy goods vehicle, commercial vehicle, RCV, refuse collection vehicle, tipper, sweeper, gritter, mechanic, vehicle engineer, vehicle technician, fitter, workshop.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.