Plant Equipment Technician

Plant Equipment Technician / Gloucester

• Salary: Starting salary up to 42,000 per annum, pending experience, plus performance-related bonus providing a 50,000 on-target earnings.
• Hours: 40-hour week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.
• Benefits: Access to hundreds of practical, recreational and salary-sacrifice discounts, a staff wellness programme, enhanced maternity/paternity pay, and regular recognition rewards for staff.

Our client, a franchise-approved commercial vehicle dealer group with multiple sites nationwide, is looking to hire a fully qualified and experienced Plant Equipment Technician for their busy Gloucester dealership.

Reporting to the Workshop Controller and working as part of a friendly team, as a Plant Equipment Technician, your key objectives will include:

• Performing major and minor repairs to plant machinery.
• Carrying out PDI works and attachment set-up on plant machinery.
• Mobile repair and maintenance of plant machinery.
• Performing regular inspections and general preventive maintenance services according to machine hours and schedules.
• Maintaining inventory in the service vehicle and ensuring cleanliness from oil spills and dust.
• Working with other departments, including the sales team, to ensure a quality and reliable service level is provided to customers.
• Working with repair teams to help diagnose and plan repairs for machines/vehicles.
• Maintaining records of machines/vehicles that have been repaired or handled.
• Completing relevant documentation and paperwork as required and providing warranty claims according to manufacturer requirements or escalating them to higher management.
• Providing in-house training to recruits and trainees as required.
• Carrying out your role with quality, compliance and health and safety always at the forefront of what you do.

To be eligible, you need to be qualified to IMI/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in either Plant Equipment or Heavy Vehicle Maintenance & Repair, and ideally hold at least 1 to 2 years of practical experience post qualification. You will need to be a committed individual and a good team player. You must be able to produce high-quality work in a busy workshop environment and be motivated to work towards targets set for your team. Applicants will need to have a current, full UK driving license for the relevant vehicle and machinery classes.

Quite a lot, it seems! For your hard work as a Plant Equipment Technician, our client is offering:

• Starting salary up to 42,000 per annum, pending experience.
• Performance related bonus providing a 50,000 annual on-target earnings.
• Overtime, subject to availability, paid at an enhanced rate of time and a half.
• 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) and your birthday off.
• Workplace pension scheme.
• In-house training and development.
• Additional company benefits include access to hundreds of practical, recreational and salary-sacrifice discounts, a staff wellness programme, enhanced maternity/paternity pay, and regular recognition rewards for staff.
• Fantastic career prospects with a multi-award-winning dealer group operating for over 50+ years.
• 40-hour week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.

If you are interested in hearing more about this Plant Equipment Technician job in the Gloucester area, please contact Sarena Abbott at Perfect Placement Today.

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