HGV Mechanic
Ashendon Recruitment
- Greater London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- MOT tests and other legal or compliance requirements to minimise vehicle down-time.
- Ensure compliance with all statutory regulations for maintenance of operators licence.
- Liaise with Operations team to schedule maintenance down-time for minimum impact on vehicle availability.
- Administer the vehicle defect reporting system.
- Ensure correct keeping of all documentation, including working with the computer-based vehicle management system.
- Undertake planned and preventative maintenance inspections.
- Manage and undertake all vehicle servicing to manufacturers guidelines.
- Diagnose all reported faults.
- Maintain required level of Health & Safety for workshop and all that enter the environment.
- Source, order parts and supplies as necessary.
- Maintain down times to a minimum reporting any incidences immediately.
- Compliance with all statutory regulations for the maintenance of the Operators licence.
- Budgets to be adhered to when purchasing parts and supplies.
- Experience of providing maintenance services within a bus or coach operator.
- Technical training from one of the leading manufacturers.
- Ability to work on a flexible basis responding to operational demands which will involve being on-call and weekend cover.
- Ability to take initiative with a pro-active approach and control in a pressurised environment.
- Willing to be on-call and weekend cover
- Confident IT skills with fleet maintenance software EG. Coach Manager VMS software.
- Strong personal organisation skills.
- PCV licence.