Vehicle Service Technician vacancy in Sheffield (210bh)

My client is a leading supplier of electric drive systems and wishes to recruit a Vehicle Service technician to service and repair a wide range of vehicles with electric and hybrid drive systems.

The successful candidate will work within the Technical Services Department to undertake service and support, test and validation of electric and hybrid vehicle drive systems in commercial vehicles, buses and armoured equipment up to 26t.

You will work in collaboration with product development engineers and application engineers to deliver professional service support to existing and new customers, internally and externally to the company.

Part of the role will also require initial training on company propriety drive systems to enable fault diagnosis, low level repair and equipment testing at the company main site.

Essential Skills

Vehicle fitting:

Knowledge of engines and associated cooling, exhaust systems for light/heavy vehicles.
Knowledge of and ability to inspect and re-fit transmission components.
Knowledge of vehicle air-brake/steering/hydraulic systems.

Mechanical:

A good level of bench fitting skills.
Knowledge and experience working with generators.

Electrical:

Good understanding of vehicle wiring systems and practices.
Fault finding on LV electrical systems.
Understanding of vehicle CAN networks and CAN diagnostics.

Other skills:

Category C or D licence
Problem solving and analytical skills.
Attention to detail.
Be able to generate accurate reports using MS Word and Excel.
Ability to work safely and ensure the safety of others and apply Safe Systems of Work.
The ability to work effectively with other Engineers, from a range of disciplines, to produce a high quality, and reliable engineering solution.
Customer facing skills.

Desirable Skills:

Competency in conducting:

Modifications to vehicle body work.
Modifications to vehicle interior trim.
Manufacture of wiring looms and harnesses from engineering drawings.
Installation of HV looms into vehicles (HV training will be provided).

In addition to a very competitive salary my client is also offering:

23 days + bank holidays.
Post training – Laptop, phone use of company transport as required.
Varied and interesting work.
Direct input into a growing business in a high tech, green, environment.

For more information about this role, please contact our Scotland and North of England consultant, Bernie Hewitt, on 0333 202 6500 (Ext 3) or [email protected].