HGV/ LCV Technician in South Molton

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

What will you be doing?

• You’ll diagnose vehicle faults and specify the correct method of repair and parts to be used within defined quality standards.
• Carry out vehicle Inspections/servicing in accordance with the workshop schedule.
• Recording job times for the repair on the job card in line with current procedure.
• You’ll ensure parts replaced under warranty are returned labelled and in a clean condition.
• All parts are to be booked using the correct procedure.
• You’ll ensure good housekeeping practices, including general tidiness in the workshop and the return of all tools and equipment to their designated place.
• Carrying out routine vehicle examinations using handheld data capture devices if applicable, in accordance with SOPs and VOSA testing requirements.
• You’ll attend road vehicle breakdowns and recoveries, and carry out vehicle road testing where necessary to determine specific vehicle defects or following remedial repair.
• You’ll partake in the winter maintenance standby duty rota.
• In this role all vehicles must pass MOT / HGV tests first time, and any that don’t to be reported to the Workshops’ Manager immediately.
• Ensure the workshop stock is always managed correctly.
• Ensuring equipment is repaired to current legal standards – as a minimum.
• Customers are to be dealt with, always, in a polite professional and courteous manner.
• All feedback is to be passed to the Workshops Manager.

What you’ll bring

• Are you fully conversant with the overhaul and repair of vehicle systems, including engines, automatic/semi-automatic gearboxes, drive trains, compressed air systems, hydraulic systems, braking systems, steering systems, suspension systems, cooling systems and basic auto electrics?
• Are you fully conversant with the safe operation of workshop equipment, including (if applicable) brake rolling road testers, tracking gauges, hydraulic vehicle lifts, pressurized oil and waste systems, battery chargers and starters, trolley jacks, scaffolding, pressure wash, digital smoke readers, headlamp alignment testers, hydraulic jacks and testing equipment, drilling machines, torque wrenches, pedestal grinders and general portable equipment?
• Be fully familiar with all relevant diagnostic equipment including hydraulic flow meters, air and vacuum gauges, multi meters, temperature gauges, micrometres, engine and gearbox laptop testing equipment.
• Have basic skills in gas and electric welding, burning and basic body repairs.
• Attend vehicle manufacturer product training courses, VOSA vehicle inspection training and vehicle recovery training as required.
• HGV licence.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
• 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.