HGV Technician

HGV Technician Location

Colchester

Salary: £46,888 per annum + Bonus + Amazing benefits!

Working hours: Monday – Friday 08:00-17:30

Weekly hours: 45 hours per week

Fancy working for a company where 89% of its people would recommend as a ‘Great Place to Work’, a place that has recently been accredited by an external party as a ‘Great Place to Work’ who also has double figures of boomerang employees every year? Then we want to hear from you!

An exciting opportunity has become available at NRG Riverside within our Colchester depot and we are looking for an experienced HGV Technician to join the team and help us on our journey to growth. In this role, you will be responsible for the service and repair of a wide variety of vehicles including refuse trucks. Specialist training will be provided where needed, to develop your existing skills to support our specialist assets.

In return for your hard work and dedication, we provide several great benefits, including discounted shopping, cinema, gym membership and a talent development programme so you can see where your development and progression in our business can go.

• Experience from within a HGV Technician/ HGV Engineer/ HGV Mechanic/ Mobile HGV Technician role (essential)
• HGV Technical qualification - NVQ or City and Guilds equivalent. This is preferred but time-served experience will also be considered.
• Previous municipal experience advantageous.
• An MOT tester for Class 4 and 7.
• Previous experience working with auxiliary equipment advantageous
• Experience in hydraulics and pneumatics would be advantageous
• Class 1 or Class 2 licence preferred
• Excellent customer service and a great team player whilst also able to work on own initiative

• As the HGV Technician you will undertake routine inspection & repair of internal & external customers vehicles within the NRG workshop estate
• Working on HGVs, LCVs, and equipment from manufacturers including Mercedes, Dennis Eagle, DAF, Isuzu and Terberg
• Undertake commercial vehicle MOT inspections, repair, and final preparation for MOT test
• Attend breakdowns, diagnose, and complete necessary repairs to a high standard
• Complete all compliance paperwork associated with the repair and maintenance of the rental fleet

• Excellent depot based bonus opportunities up to £3,000!
• Full time equivalent of 33 Days annual leave (inclusive of statutory).
• Salary Sacrifice pension.
• Enhanced parental leave
• Company Sick Pay
• Employee Assistance Program.
• OnDemand GP and face to face counselling sessions.
• Online health advice portal.
• Benefits portal including retail, leisure, and holiday discounts.
• Dedicated training and development to support your career with our business.
• Recommend a friend bonus. (Up to £2,000!)
• Death in Service (available from day one of employment).
• Wellbeing programme.
• Free onsite parking.
• Free uniform.

Did you know that we accept applications in all varieties? We welcome all type of applications, whether you are a budding poet or artist, a songwriter, or a wordsmith where a traditional CV is more your style.

For all video/photo applications please ensure you demonstrate, similar to a traditional CV, that you meet the required skills and experience for the role to give you the best opportunity to be shortlisted for an interview.

If you wish to apply with a video, please upload a word document stating you have emailed your application and send your file to al (Please note – this is only for video or photo applications).

NRG Riverside has a recruitment process that is fair, inclusive and free from bias and we encourage our applicants to let us know if we can make it more user friendly for them. If our vacancies sound exciting, but your experience doesn’t 100% align, we still want to hear from you and would strongly encourage you to apply. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin ancestry, citizenship

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Engineering and Information Technology

Truck Transportation