Vehicle Technician/Mechanic

Department:

Aftersales

Location:

Erdington, Birmingham

Salary Range:

OTE up to £42,400 per year dependant on experience and training, 33 days annual leave, Life Assurance and many other great company benefits

Contract Type:

Permanent

For a Technician career that’s future proof DriveForwards

A lot’s changing for automobile technicians right now. At TrustFord, we’ve got the training to keep you up to date on everything from electric vehicles to state-of-the-art features like voice-recognition controlled playlists. As the largest Ford dealership in Europe, we’ll take good care of you, too. With benefits from 33 days’ holiday to heavily discounted cars, you can Drive Forwards in style as a Technician here.

About You:

To deliver high standards of technical advice, service and maintenance to all our TrustFord customers.

Have a full valid driving licence, an NVQ Level 2 or 3, City & Guilds or equivalent.

Have previous Automotive Technician experience. Ideally, you'll also have an MOT testing qualification and some main dealership experience.

During your first 12 months of Employment, you will be trained to IMI Level 3 in Electric Vehicle Maintenance and repair to ensure your skills remain relevant throughout your career with us.

In addition to receiving a competitive salary, for the right candidate this position will offer:

Performance Related Bonus

33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) in addition to an annual leave purchase & sale scheme

Pension Scheme & Life Assurance

Ford Privilege vehicle purchase scheme

Discount on Service, Bodyshop and Parts

1 day each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice

Cycle to work purchase scheme

Access to Perks at Work discount website

Toolbox Insurance

Requirements:

Please give specific detail of your experience, skills and previous responsibilities that you believe would be relevant to the role you are applying for.

We encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want all our colleagues to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

When completing your application please give specific detail of your experience, skills and previous responsibilities that you believe would be relevant to the role you are applying for. We blind recruit therefore our Recruiting Managers will not see your personal details or your CV until you have been selected to attend an interview. Our application form is your opportunity to detail all of your experience as you would on your CV.

For your first 2 days in the business, you’ll be attending our fantastic residential induction academy. This is at a lovely hotel in the heart of the Northampton countryside, where you’ll learn all about our business before you start your new role.

Our PPA is what makes TrustFord. Our Network Groups support us in allowing for every colleague to respect and care for one another no matter what... be it your race, ability, gender, or who you love. This helps us to develop inclusive and diverse teams, truly representative of the communities that we operate in. We welcome applications from everyone. We work with our colleague network Groups - including our Race, LGBTQ+, Disability and Gender Networks to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.

To request any adjustments, please ask this during the application stage or contact the Recruitment Team.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - To help us be more inclusive, requests for flexible working will be considered at any point in your application or employment. Although we may deem this may not be suitable for every role, we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to contact our recruitment team to discuss any requirements you may have.

TrustFord is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds other than ability to carry out the job role.

All offers of employment are subject to a background check.

We advertise our vacancies to attract candidates and not agency suppliers. If we need agency assistance then we will contact agencies from our Preferred Supplier List. Any speculative CVs we receive will not be accepted as an introduction.