HGV Commercial Vehicle Technician / Fitter / Mechanic

About Us

MotorAid Ltd is an award winning and Bsi accredited garage based in Basildon, Essex. We have been in the business of commercial vehicle repairs to trucks and vans since 1996, in addition to our German car repair garages & bodyshop.

We are a family run business with a professional team of administrators & technicians, some who have been here for 20+ years. We pride ourselves on running a professional and friendly organisation who’s will to achieve first time fix & timely repairs for our customers is our prime goal. Respect for our customers, our team is paramount to everything we do, its built into our DNA where our ethos is “Driven by Respect”.

Benefits

• 28 Days Holiday plus Birthday off
• Overtime available Evenings & Weekends

Responsibilities

Working on a wide variety of modern HGV commercial vehicles the successful Technician will be required to undertake all aspects of vehicle maintenance duties to include but not limited to:

• Full Vehicle Safety Inspections & MOT Preparation to DVSA required standards.
• General Service and repair works.
• Vehicle electrical and mechanical diagnostic using a variety of electronic diagnostic’s including some manufacturer diagnostic software.
• Some offsite safety inspections and running repairs, which will require customer facing contact.

Requirements

We are looking for fully skilled and experienced Technician with industry recognised qualifications (City & Guilds / NVQ) who has the:

• Great communication Skills.
• Ability to use computer devices and software for day to day operation.
• Be a team player but also able to work with own initiative.
• Quality and Health & Safety awareness including good house keeping skills.
• Able to keep up to date with current vehicle/product knowledge with the willingness to learn be trained as required.

The working hours of this exciting Technician role will be from 6am to 2.30pm Monday to Friday and 1.30pm to 10pm Monday to Friday on a rotating shift pattern. Every other Saturday 7am to 12pm paid at Overtime rate.

Excellent rates of pay based on experience and qualifications, plus shift allowancecan be discussed.