Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Posted 1 week ago by E-Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Heavy Equipment Mechanic role involves providing high-quality maintenance, inspection, repair, and testing services for a diverse fleet of vehicles, including HGVs and electric models. The position requires compliance with various legal and internal standards while working closely with the Workshop Controller to ensure vehicle availability and cost control. The mechanic will also promote a culture of excellence and support apprenticeship training for new mechanics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain, service, inspect, repair and test both Council and external customers’ vehicles, ancillary equipment, plant, and equipment.
- Maintain, service, inspect and repair electric and other alternative fuelled vehicles.
- Prepare, present, and accompany HGV vehicles for annual MOT inspections.
- Carry out periodic safety inspections on all HGV vehicles to DVSA inspection manual standards.
- Carry out fault diagnosis on complex hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.
- Carry out welding, fabrication and body repairs as required.
- Attend broken down or accident damaged vehicles and effect permanent or running repairs.
- Ensure that the Council’s OCRS score maintains its “green” status and that a MOT pass rate to support this, is achieved at all times.
- Prepare and decommission vehicles – fitting and removing a diverse range of ancillary equipment, accessories, and livery.
- Ensure that all associated records are updated promptly, accurately, and effectively using the fleet management software system.
- Ensure that all Health and Safety policies, practices and procedures in respect of the workshop environment are adhered to and ensure that all work areas are kept in a safe and clean condition.
- Attend training courses linked to PDR reviews and service needs.
- Support team members within the department when required, ensuring workshop objectives are met.
Key Skills:
- Experience in maintaining and repairing HGVs and a variety of vehicles.
- Knowledge of electric and alternative fuel vehicles.
- Familiarity with DVSA inspection standards and MOT preparation.
- Proficient in fault diagnosis of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.
- Welding and fabrication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and adherence to safety standards.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
- Effective record-keeping and use of fleet management software.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Nottingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
1. Job Purpose To provide a high quality, comprehensive and efficient maintenance, inspection, repair and test service, ensuring that the Council has a fully functional fleet for both the internal fleet and external customers, which includes a diverse range of HGVs, specialist vehicles, light vehicles and road going plant including electric and hybrid. All work must be compliant with statutory legislation, the legal requirements of the Council’s Operator’s Licence, taxi licensing legislation, DVSA requirements and internal Council policies and procedures. To work closely with the Workshop Controller to ensure vehicle availability and productivity to meet frontline operational needs of the Councils services. To assist the Workshop Controller to help control fleet maintenance costs within the budgetary requirements. To act as a role model to promote a culture of “Right First Time” within the workshop. To champion our apprenticeship scheme to train new mechanics.
2. Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- To maintain, service, inspect, repair and test both Council and external customers’ vehicles, ancillary equipment, plant, and equipment.
- To maintain, service, inspect and repair electric and other alternative fuelled vehicles.
- Prepare, present, and accompany HGV vehicles for annual MOT inspections.
- To carry out periodic safety inspections on all HGV vehicles to DVSA inspection manual standards.
- To carry out fault diagnosis on complex hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.
- To carry out welding, fabrication and body repairs as required.
- To attend broken down or accident damaged vehicles and effect permanent or running repairs.
- To ensure that the Council’s OCRS score maintains its “green” status and that a MOT pass rate to support this, is achieved at all times.
- To prepare and decommission vehicles – fitting and removing a diverse range of ancillary equipment, accessories, and livery.
- To ensure that all associated records are updated promptly, accurately, and effectively using the fleet management software system.
- To ensure that all Health and Safety policies, practices and procedures in respect of the workshop environment are adhered to and ensure that all work areas are kept in a safe and clean condition.
- To attend training courses linked to PDR reviews and service needs.
- To support team members within the department when required, ensuring workshop objectives are met.