Position: HGV Mechanic and Fitter
Location: Galway
Salary: Neg DOE
Organisation Background:
Our client is a Galway-based, family-owned and managed company providing waste collection services across the domestic, commercial, industrial and building sectors. Their complete waste management service incorporates the collection and safe disposal of solid and liquid waste. The company employs over 80 team members and due to continued investment and expansion are now looking to recruit an experienced and professional HGV Mechanic and Fitter to support their Organisation.
HGV Mechanic and Fitter Our client has invested extensively in the upgrade of their fleet on an annual basis. 80% of older vehicles have been upgraded to Euro six engines which are fitted with automatic gearboxes and have combined to achieve fuel saving of up to 10% per annum.
Roles & Responsibilities: Overall responsibility for this function is for the repair and maintenance of HGV's, Plant & Equipment to support the operation of the business. The successful candidate will report to the operations supervisor and will carry out the duties set out below to ensure the smooth and safe running of the garage to ensure the fleet of vehicles is maintained to a high standard.
Maintenance: Repair & Service Maintenance of company HGV's, Trailers, Plant & Waste Equipment to maximise efficiency of the fleet.Plan and co-ordinate maintenance / CVRT testing of all equipment with line manager / supervisor in line with maintenance schedule.Understand the job system with the ability to work on different vehicles at any given time.Adhere to workshop systems.Assist with planning of vehicle maintenance, ordering of parts and the coordination of works with other garage staff.Meet weekly to review current workload & resource planning with the operations manager or supervisor.Assist with planning of works for the following weeks and identify any procurement items that need to be sourced by others and deliver on-going status reports as and when required.Experience in hydraulics is desirable but is not essential.Manage the area of the workshop in a safe and cost effective manner.Requirements: 5 plus years' experience in the waste & recycling or transport & logistics industry.Ability to work under your own initiative is required.Must be able to work with & as part of a team.Experience of MIG welding is desirable.Ability to use vehicle diagnostic systems.Excellent written and verbal communication skills and general computer literacy in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Google Sheets and related business applications.Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment to meet deadlines without compromising quality.Additional duties as assigned based on operational needs.Full clean driver's license (Class C).If the position above is of interest to you and you would like to know more, please call Arlene today on 0860651940 in complete confidence.
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