Heavy Goods Vehicle Technician - Nights

Package

• £48,000 plus £9,120 night shift allowance
• 4 on 4 off shift pattern, working an average 38.61 hours per week  
• 6pm - 6am
• 5.6 weeks paid holiday rising to 6.6 weeks upon 5 years’ service

Employee benefits 

• MyHB employee benefits platform with access to:
  • Retail and leisure discounts plus hundreds more 
  • Free Financial Advice 
  • Bank your savings into an ISA
  • 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line 
  • Low cost voluntary insured health plans
• Onsite canteen
• 10% store discount
• Free car parking
• Death in Service Benefit (subject to 12 months complete service)
• Long Service recognition scheme

Job Introduction

Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for experienced Heavy Goods Vehicle Maintenance Technicians to be based at our onsite purpose-built, state of the art HGV Vehicle Maintenance Unit/Workshop in Amesbury Wiltshire.

The unit is Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency equipped, and operates a Tachograph bay with six fully equipped working bays which enables the maintenance and servicing of our modern fleet of vehicles and trailers.

Job Overview

Our Vehicle Maintenance Technicians:-

• Carry out preventative vehicle maintenance and servicing, MOT preparation and repairs to a high standard
• Inspect vehicle engine and mechanical/electrical components to diagnose issues accurately, using computer-based diagnostic equipment
• Repair or replace broken or defective parts and resolve defects
• Road test vehicles to check repairs
• Maintain VMU equipment and working areas to a good, clean condition
• Use hand tools and general garage equipment
• Tail Lift maintenance and vehicle body work repairs, fabrication and basic welding processes
• Complete administrative tasks and reports as requested

Minimum Criteria To Apply

Essential

• Min 3 years’ proven experience as a Vehicle Technician with trailer maintenance experience
• Level 2 City & Guilds or BTECH National in HGV Motor Vehicle Engineering or equivalent UK recognised qualification
• UK Driving licence (HGV category an advantage)
• Experience in fault diagnostic equipment, e.g. Tech tool, STAR and JAL and including trailer systems
• A desire for delivering the highest possible standards of work with respect to quality and compliance
• Must own standard tools - more specific tools will be provided

Desirable

• IRTEC inspection licence along with any tail lift inspection certification
• Main dealership experience
• Tail lift experience

About The Company

TJ Morris Limited trading as Home Bargains is a privately owned family run discount retailer selling top brands at the lowest possible price on the UK high street.

Having started 45 years ago in Liverpool our customers continue to be at the heart of everything we do and throughout our 580 stores we have over 5 million customers each week.

With plans to increase our store portfolio to 1,000 stores throughout the UK we are a fast-paced retailer opening 50 stores a year (nearly one every weekend) - and we wouldn't have it any other way!