Vehicle Technician

About Bristol Waste Company:

What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe.

We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council. 

Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing.

Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year.

We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.

Purpose of the role:

To provide efficient and effective high-quality vehicle maintenance to a fleet of Circa 120 company heavy goods vehicles

Key Responsibilities:

• Carrying out routine inspections, MOT preparations and quality control inspections, ensuring vehicles always comply with statutory legislations.
• Carrying out pro-active and re-active maintenance, defects and breakdowns.
• Ensure fleet compliance records and workshop reports are completed correctly in date and efficiently retained.
• Repairing mechanical and electrical systems malfunctions.
• Ability to use vehicle diagnostic software
• Evaluate service / parts options and communicate with the team the best option of repair.
• Ensure facilities are secure.
• Ensure Brand image is of high standard.

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• Practical experience in maintaining commercial vehicles and knowledge of the vehicle repair industry.
• Qualifications in vehicle maintenance - G&G level 2 / IRTEC / MANUFACTURER or working towards qualifications in vehicle maintenance.
• We will consider time served in an HGV repair role as qualified by experience. We would also extend this to keen individuals that have qualifications in other aspects vehicle or plant repairs.
• Effective communication skills.
• Hold a full driving licence valid for use in the UK.
• To be able to attend training on related products.

Our Benefits:

• Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
• Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
• Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme. 
• Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
• Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
• We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.