HGV Trailer Technician

🌍 Rygor Service Solutions, Reading VMU

💰 £37,440 per annum.

⏰ Mon – Fri, 08:00am – 17:00pm. Flexibility required where necessary.

🔧 Your Role

At Rygor Service Solutions, we are looking for an experienced and dedicated HGV Trailer Technician, the right candidate will be able to deliver an exceptional service and to the highest quality. 

We are looking for someone who is keen to be an integral part of an expanding and diversifying company as 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 technical team, you will benefit from an annual appraisal and ongoing training. We also put all our technicians through the IRTEC Inspection Accreditation, part of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a company who invests heavily in technology, equipment and training, providing an environment where you can develop your skills and technical knowledge to maximise your earning potential.

If you are a multi-tasker, who wants to be part of something special, this is the role for you. 

Day to day you will be:

• Carry out routine maintenance and repairs on all makes of Trailers to VOSA standard.
• Liaise with parts department to attain parts.
• Ensure health & safety regulations and safe working practices are adhered to.
• Ensure appropriate clocking is made, all job cards and service sheets are completed in a timely manner.
• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness and tidiness.
• Maintain a thorough and current product knowledge and attend training courses.
• MOT preparation
• Tail lift repairs, curtain repairs, axle work, ABS/EBS work

This role will be a great fit for you if:

• Hold an HGV licence Class 1 (desirable but no essential)
• Technical qualification (City & Guilds or NVQ level 3 qualified technician) and proven experience repairing & maintaining Trailers.
• Applicants with less experience are also welcome to apply, as training can be provided, however you must have some mechanical experience or training.
• Experience in commercial workshop

💙 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. 
   
Rewarding

I am grateful. I am courageous. I am curious.

• We love to say “thank you” to our team members, and we promise to let you know when you have done a great job. We will make sure you feel rewarded and valued, every step of the way. We all value our customers and go the extra mile to set standards for them – every single time they visit. You are a natural helper and have exemplary manners, you enjoy saying a simple “thanks” to your colleagues.

Reliable

I am honest. I am attentive. I am trustworthy.

• Our customers can depend on us to keep their vehicles on the road with exceptional service, and our team members can trust us to set standards for them through open and honest communication, training and support, and personal and professional development. You are dedicated to achieving high quality standards via being process driven and a critical thinker.

Respectful
   I am inclusive. I am resilient. I am kind.

• We are considerate and kind to our team, the definition of being a true team-player. We promote the importance of equality and diversity, the wellbeing of our team members, and we are respectful in the way we speak and act towards others. You respect and adhere to safe working practices and have good interpersonal and organisational skills. 

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they are 100% qualified. As long as you hold the relevant industry qualifications required, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t feel like you meet all our requirements. We want to know about your passions, achievements, learning and growth. If this role excites you, start a conversation with us!

🌈 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

At Rygor Service Solutions, we’re committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are an award-winning community of professionals from all walks of life, and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. It’s essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise.

🥳 Benefits for you

• Working for an official Great Place to Work™️.
• Working with our award-winning team – we have been named ‘Service Provider of the Year’ at the WhatVan? Awards 2022 and winners at the IOIC Employee Engagement Awards.
• Access to 100s of employee perks on Perkbox.
• Auto-enrolment pension.
• Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes.
• Mental Health First Aiders.
• Reward and recognition programmes, including our annual setting standards awards.
• Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities.
• WeCare EAP (2^nd opinions from GPs, 6-weeks free counselling)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Menopause policy
• Manufacturer training.
• Rygor’s own online Training Hub.
• Long service recognition.
• Bonus opportunities
• Death in service benefit.
• Ongoing investment in company facilities and work environments.

🚛 About Rygor 

Rygor Group comprises a diverse collection of UK automotive businesses, with a primary focus on trucks, vans, coaches, passenger cars, body repairs and coachbuilding. Through the hard work of our team members, we have secured our position as one of the UK’s top automotive Groups, with a turnover of circa £250m a year. We value the dedication and commitment of our team members and strive to be one of the UK’s most rewarding places to work and are an official UK Best Workplace for 2023. Rygor Group manages our four divisions: Rygor Auto, Rygor Apex, Rygor Plant, and Rygor Service Solutions, which operate from a total of 17 sites across the UK.

✅ Hiring Process

1. 🗎 We shortlist CVs online, so make sure to include information about yourself that makes you stand out
2. 📞 A short screening call with our hiring manager or a member of our people team
3. 🚶🏾 Come to site and meet the team, have a tour, and let’s have a chat so we can get to know each other better
4. 🫱🏿‍🫲🏻 If your application is successful, we’ll be excited to make you an offer 

Support – If you need to make reasonable adjustments to our process, please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make the adjustments that may be needed.