Vehicles Maintenance Expert

6 days ago


Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom Firstbus Full time
Company Overview

At Firstbus, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional customer service and maintaining a strong presence in the transportation industry. Our team of skilled professionals work tirelessly to ensure that our vehicles are always in top condition.

Salary: £19.00 per hour

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Vehicles Maintenance Expert to join our depot team. As a key member of our engineering team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our fleet is always running smoothly and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Monitor the daily running of the depot and manage a small team of engineers.
  • Carry out repairs and diagnose issues on vehicles as required.
  • Fully comply with all H&SE legislation and First Group policies.
  • Provide guidance to other staff as required.
  • Allocate planned and unplanned work to engineering staff.
  • Manage overtime in line with set authorisation limits, as set by Engineering Manager.
  • Action/managed defects recorded on EVDC.
  • Load and manage workload using INFOR.
  • Ensure the engineering vehicle status board and daily garage log are updated to reflect any changes that take place.
  • Liaise with the operations department to deal with changeovers and breakdowns in the most effective way to minimise lost mileage.
  • In the absence of the Cleaning Supervisor, manage of vehicle cleaning, fuelling, oil checks, and parking.
  • Processing vehicle defect cards in line with engineering standard operating procedures.
  • Take digital photographs of any vehicle involved in a third-party incident in line with engineering standard operating procedures as required.

Required Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need to possess:
  • A minimum level 3 NVQ standard or equivalent (i.e., City & Guilds level 1 & 2) in a relevant Vehicle Repair subject.
  • To be fully conversant with the safe operation of workshop equipment.
  • Must be in possession of, or capable of obtaining, a full PCV licence and forklift truck licence if required.
  • Must hold a full driving licence.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support your career development and well-being, including:
  • Freetravel on our buses for you and your family.
  • FirstXclusives discount scheme: You and your family & friends can benefit from over 3,000 offers on high street & leisure brands.
  • £6 all-day train travel for you and your family on Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Avanti, Hull Trains.
  • Pension scheme and chance to buy discounted First Group shares.
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity pay.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Refer a friend scheme paying up to £3000.

We Put a Big Focus on Physical and Mental Wellbeing at FirstBus

We recognise that anyone can be affected by the stresses and strains of work, or life outside it, which is why we offer SimplyHealth for you and your dependents at no cost to you. This offering includes cashback benefits across optical & dental as well as virtual GP appointments and nutrition and fitness advice. You will also have 24/7 access to our confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that diverse backgrounds, thinking, and experiences bring many benefits to our customers, communities, and people. We welcome applications from all. Applicants are advised that background checks will be conducted as a standard part of our recruitment process.

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