Coach Builder

**Coach Builder **- Perth & Blairgowrie Depot

We are looking for an experienced Coach Builder to join our team at Stagecoach Perth Depot
- **Salary negotiable to be discussed at interview**
- **Hours to be discussed at interview**

Aside from the satisfaction of being a key worker in your community, there’s loads of reasons for you to join the Stagecoach East Scotland team
- **Great benefits **including a generous company pension scheme, 34 days holiday, free travel for you and a companion, free financial education and affordable loans, and finally a range of money-saving opportunities including discounts on holidays and retail, cinema outings, dental insurance, vehicle breakdown cover and hotels and attractions
- **Free travel for you and a companion **on our buses - so on your days off you can be off shopping without worrying about parking the car, or heading off for a day in the city or by the seaside without worrying about the cost of fuel or parking
- **A safe environment** - we provide boots, overalls and specialist equipment so no need to worry about being safe and protected, or having the right kit for the job
- **UK-wide opportunities** whereby if you’re moving out of choice or circumstance, as we run bus companies across the UK, you can transfer to a new location
- **Secondment opportunities **to work elsewhere in the business - either on big events like Silverstone and Cheltenham Festival, or into our head office support functions
- **An employee assistance programme** to support health and wellbeing through a confidential service available 24 hours a day which provides specialist guidance and assistance on a range of personal and work-related issues, from dealing with stress and anxiety to managing financial, marital or legal issues. Face-to-face counselling sessions are also offered, alongside telephone and online support.
- **A great working environment **with loads of opportunity to make new friends from a bunch of great workmates, managers who work hard to create great places to work, and employee networks building inclusive environments for women, veterans, carers, multicultural and LGBTQ+ colleagues

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Observe, recognise and report on body or structured defects or symptoms of impending failure.
- Carry out vehicle manufacturers or company modifications as required.
- Marking out, cutting and forming sheet metal, pillar section, plywood, glass fibre panels, preparatory to fitting on a vehicle.
- Fitting panels to vehicle body frames as and when required.
- Repairing accident damaged vehicles by removing damaged panels and body members, straightening panels and members (where possible) and replacing any removed parts.
- Carry out body repairs to vehicles which have been highlighted during vehicle inspections.
- Preparing vehicles for MOT.
- Carry out repair to body structure using welding equipment.
- Making good damaged paintwork on a vehicle body, with a complete re-paint to include matching colours.
- Manufacture, repair or maintenance of body fittings and accessories.

There are a few of things we need from you:

- You need to have an engineering background with a vehicular focus - bus, HGV / LGV, truck, haulage, automotive, plant, rail, farm - if it moves, it’s good experience
- You need to want to deliver high standards of engineering maintenance and repair