Skilled Shift Engineer
arriva kent thameside
📍 southend bus depot united kingdom🕐 1mo ago🔗 workday
Job Description
We are looking for experienced and ambitious **Skilled** **Shift** **PSV Mechanic** to join Arriva, based at our **Southend** depot.
As a PSV Engineer, your role would involve carrying out planned and preventative maintenance along with diagnostic fault finding and reactive repairs to a fleet of commercially operated buses & coaches, to the strict standards set by both Arriva, and the DVSA.
**What Arriva can offer you as a PSV Mechanic:**
* £22.90 per hour
* £34.35 per hour for Overtime.
* 40 hours per week
* Full-time, permanent contract.
* Overtime availability.
* 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
* Fantastic career progression.
* Free bus travel for you and a nominated member of your family
* If you don't have a PCV licence, we teach you to drive a bus!
* Arriva Village - Retail discounts and offers worth up to £1,200 per year
* Arriva Wellbeing Service (Mental Health Support & Wellbeing Support.
* Arriva Workplace Pension.
**The role of a PSV Mechanic** **will involve:**
* Servicing, maintenance and repairs to Arriva and DVSA standards.
* Continuous improvement of vehicle reliability.
* MOT preparation, planned preventative maintenance campaigns and quality checks.
* Vehicle fault diagnosis and ensuring reliability and maintenance is kept to Arriva Standards (Higher than DVSA).
* Attending roadside breakdowns.
**Requirements of a PSV Mechanic:**
* Qualifications for PSV/HGV maintenance and repair - Minimum of NVQ level 3 or any equivalent international qualification (will require confirmation).
* A full UK driving licence (6 points or less).
* Ability to be passed fit for a PCV pre-employment medical.
* APPLY NOW to join the Arriva team to help deliver our vision of providing clean, sustainable and reliable transport services to our customers for a greener future.
At Arriva we acknowledge the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. Embracing diversity and creating inclusion is a key component of our talent strategy. The creation of a diverse, inclusive workforce is central to our ability to unlock potential and enhance our success.