Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic / Technician Level 2 or Level 3
Location: Orpington
Salary: £25k – £31k per annum
Job type: Full Time – Permanent.
Crown Garage is uniquely situated next to Orpington Rail and Bus Station, enabling convenient links to London and local destinations allowing it’s customer base to travel to and from the garage easily. Many customers use this convenience and have their cars serviced and MOT’d while they commute to the City, with the opening hours from 8-6pm on weekdays, most lose very little work time!
The business originally started in Chiselhurst over 30 years ago, next to the Crown Public House and has been in it’s current location for nearly 15 years. Although it’s core business is vehicle Servicing, Repairs and MOT’s, it does sell used vehicles covered by RAC warranties and can arrange finance on a variety of vehicles. Finding vehicles for customers is a speciality, using the customers requirements and budget guidelines, a selection of vehicles are identified through a number of different sources.
Our technicians have huge experience in diagnostic and repair of motor vehicles. Using established processes and with the help of the latest Computer Diagnostic System, we are able to identify the cause of most problems and plan the most cost effective way of repairing vehicles, keeping the customer involved every step of the way!
The role:
We are looking for a Vehicle Mechanic / Technician to join our team.
What we offer:
- 5 day working week
- Performance bonuses.
- Staff discount.
- 20 days holiday.
Your career:
We’ll support you to create a career where you can realise your potential in a culture based upon continuous learning. We will offer exciting career pathways and opportunities to learn every day, as a family we grow together.
In return we ask that you’ll be curious and agile, with a thirst for learning. You will proactively shape your career and support others to do the same. You’ll request and act on feedback, adopting a growth mindset to continuously develop and upskill yourself in order to remain relevant and trusted to our customers and other employees. You utilise the technology and skills you’ve developed to enhance the customer experience and drive innovation, and be as effective as you can be.
We can’t wait to welcome you to our Family.
This role has a number of responsibilities that we know you will achieve and exceed as a member of our family.
- You will inspect and diagnose any work required on a variety of cars and vans to the high standards you have become known for.
- You will discuss with customers, any required work that needs carried out and the customers will know they are in safe hands.
- You will calculate the expected time needed to carry out any work and provide a cost for this work.
- You will complete job write up sheets and send technical bulletins.
- You will repair or replace components and leave the vehicle working as good as new.
- You will carry out a road test to make sure the repairs have fixed the issue.
- You will fit vehicle accessories including immobilisers, alarms, and stereos.
- You will perform service checks and vehicle maintenance tasks such as oil and air filter changes.
- You will work in a clean and tidy workplace because you and your work colleagues will keep it that way.
Who would suite this role?
- Someone with a Pro-active approach to working, never walks away from a challenge!
- You have pride in your work and your reputation as a brilliant Vehicle mechanic/ technician proves this!
- You will love to meet and talk to new people and as such will have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- You will be a team player who can work alone but has a team mentality.
- You are organised and are able to prioritise tasks to maximise your output.
- You are confident and able to take charge of your role and the challenges it brings.
- You can drive and your clean, UK driving license proves you are good at it!
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Aftersales Manager, Senior Aftersales Executive, Aftersales Business Development Manager, Business Development Executive – Aftersales, Sales Agent, Car Sales, Vehicle Sales, Showroom Sales Exec, Commercial Sales, Sales Professional, Direct Sales, Customer Service, Technician, Maintenance, Engineer, Electrical, Instrumentation, Technology, Manufacturing, Engineering, automation technician will also be considered for this role.
