Commercial vehicle body builder (coachbuilding)

🌍 Atworth, Wiltshire
💰 From £31,500 DOE. Bonus opportunities available. 
⏰ Monday to Friday, 45 hours per week. Shift/rota work, discussed at interview. Flexibility given and required.

🔧 Your Role
We are looking for a dedicated, experienced, and knowledgeable bodybuilder to join our new team; someone who is passionate about engaging with our values and delivering quality service levels for customers. 

Day to day you will be:

• Working independently and on own initiative to set timelines and standards.
• Read engineering and fabrication drawings provided and work from own initiative.
• Experience in drilling, jigged and un-jigged assembly to drawings and using power tools safely to do so.
• Preferred experience in MIG / TIG welding fabricated parts in accordance with engineering drawings to specific company standards and procedures meeting company and customer requirements.
• Installation of insulated panels on commercial freezer bodies
• Basic wiring knowledge of lights and fixtures on commercial vehicles
• To carry out fabrication work as directed, ensuring that stated quality and safety standards and associated procedures are met.
• Ensure standards of good housekeeping are achieved in all work areas, including workshops, vehicles and at onsite locations.
• Unloading deliveries and storing in correct locations
• Carry out any other reasonable projects, tasks, or duties to support the business as directed by management.
• Ensuring compliance with company H&S, maintenance procedures & quality control to work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others
• Ensure good personal time keeping and conduct in line with agreed policies and procedures.
• Ensure all safety, regulatory, rule and Company changes/alterations to working practises are adhered to.
• Carry out duties with minimum supervision using own initiative to plan and prioritise workload within set timescales.

🔧 This role will be a great fit for you if:
   

• You share our company values of Rewarding, Reliable and Respectful. 
• You put health and safety and employee wellbeing first
• Fabrication (1 year, preferred)
• Vehicle body Assembly (1 year, preferred)
• MIG / TIG Welding (1 year, preferred)
• You have an excellent understanding of the manufacturing process
• You have your own tools
• You have your own transportation 

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criterion. If you are qualified for the role, 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!

🥳 Benefits for you

• Access to 100s of employee perks on Perkbox.
• Auto-enrolment pension.
• A day off for your Birthday.
• 20 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay policies.
• Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP with 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion).
• Reward and recognition programmes, including our annual company awards
• Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities.
• Manufacturer training and access to our in-house training hub.
• Long service recognition.
• Branded uniform.
• Boot allowance. 
• Death in service benefit.

💙 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 development. You are dedicated to achieving high standards by 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. 

 🌈 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

At Rygor, 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. 

  🚛 About Coolfreeze
Coolfreeze is an industry renowned bodybuilding (coachbuilders) company, with one site in Manchester and a second in Wiltshire. Our team are experts in their field and work to deliver exceptional customer service. So, whether our customers are needing a panel van or a 26-ton truck body, they can rely on our experience and knowledge to help them design the perfect vehicle. Our enduring success is built on a sound customer base who continue to use our services year after year, safe in the knowledge that we will meet their expectation. We have an incredible team of experts at Coolfreeze, with many achieving significant lengths of service with us, which is something we are really proud of. The longevity of our staff is a major contribution to our success and their input into our ISO 9001:2008 quality control system is an integral part of our high standards. Coolfreeze is a well-known and respected name in the industry and also has the resilience and high standing of owners, Rygor Group, behind it. 

✅ 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.