Plant Technician

Plant Technician

 Kidderminster

 Full time

 Permanent

Kidderminster
up to £50,000 OTE
40 hours a week 

If you are looking to be part of an award-winning company, offering you a great career, then look no further! Our client is looking for an experienced Plant Technician who also has HGV experience and relevant qualifications. 

As a Plant and HGV Technician, your role will be to keep our client’s customers’ vehicles and machinery fully maintained and compliant to maximise uptime. The right candidate will be able to deliver an exceptional service and to the highest quality.

Being part of our team is about being experts in what we do. We are committed to investing in your career and skill set, so when you join our client’s technical team, you will benefit from an annual appraisal and comprehensive, ongoing training

Day to day, you will be:

• Performing major and minor repairs to plant machinery as well as heavy goods vehicles, trailers and other vehicles as required. 
• Carrying out PDI works, and attachment set up on plant machinery.
• Mobile repair and maintenance of plant machinery. 
• Performing regular inspection and general preventive maintenance services according to machine hrs and schedules.
• Maintaining inventory in the service vehicle and 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 to 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…

Skills & Behaviours Required for this Role:

You will need to be level 3 (NVQ or City and Guilds or IMI Qualification) in HGV Vehicle Repair and maintenance, plus plant machinery repair and maintenance to a minimum of Level 3. What’s more, you will need the ability to identify worn and faulty components in accordance with the DVSA Standards and have a current, full UK driving license for the relevant vehicle and machinery classes. 

Benefits for you

• Overtime opportunities paid at X 1.5 basic hourly rate
• Saturdays paid at overtime. 
• An extra day off for your Birthday
• 20 days of annual leave per year PLUS Bank Holidays
• Industry training opportunities abroad
• Four times death in service benefit
• Branded uniform and boot allowance

Our Values & Behaviours

We’re looking for incredible team members who share our values and can add to our culture. Values are shared beliefs that guide our decision-making, culture is how we function as a group and how we live our values as individuals. 

Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.