Vehicle Workshop Technician

Location: New Holland

Vehicle Workshop Technician

Company:
Arbor Forest Products, New Holland DN19 7RX

Hours:

Monday to Friday, 6:00am – 2:00pm

Additional:
Some Saturday work as required

Salary: up to £30,000 per year

Are you a skilled technician who takes pride in keeping vehicles roadworthy, safe, and operating at their best? We’re looking for a hands-on, reliable Vehicle Workshop Technician to join our team in a role that offers consistent weekday hours with early finishes — leaving your afternoons free.

This is a varied and practical role that requires flexibility, attention to detail, and a proactive approach. You’ll play a key part in maintaining our fleet, ensuring vehicles are safe, compliant, and ready for the road.

Some of the duties:

* Organise and plan daily work activity in consultation with departmental customers, workshop colleagues and external providers (where appropriate).

* Preparing tractor units both for putting into service, for presentation to third-party maintenance providers and preparing vehicles for auction / disposal.

* Ensure that HGV vehicles, trailers and plant are serviced, maintained and repaired to the specified standards and within planned schedules.

* Assist with on-site vehicle breakdowns and on road breakdowns (locally)

* Able to assess spare parts requirements and raise orders accordingly.

* To carry out all tasks in accordance with the company health & safety policy.

* Maintain accurate records of services performed and parts used for each vehicle.

* Ensure site housekeeping standards are maintained within your designated work area.

To be considered for this role you must have the following:

* NVQ Level 3 in Maintenance and Repair of Heavy Vehicles.

* Class 1 UK Driving Licence with up-to-date CPC and DIGI card.

* Experience of carrying out HGV and trailer inspections including brake reline and repairs all.

* Solid experience of preparing vehicles and trailers for MOT and service, caring out brake tests.

* Experience of defect reporting, repairing, and signing off.

* A good understanding of the ‘DVSA Guide to maintaining roadworthiness’ and aware of how to stay up to date with all the relevant legislation, codes of practice, specifications and guidance to ensure the Company remains legally compliant and the requirements of our Company’s Earned Recognition Accreditation are met.

* Good IT skills.

* Ability to plan your work and whilst working closely with Logistics Manager and Dispatch Manager and their respective departments.

* Knowledge of EU tachograph rules.

* Candidates in possession of a Vehicle Diagnostic Technician qualification and MIG welding capability will be favourably looked on.

* Knowledge of trailer breaking fault diagnostics and repair + using test equipment

Putting people at the heart of what we do

Built on a passion for service and people, we strive to set the highest standards in the quality of our products, in the continuity of supply and in every aspect of customer service and support. Quality products and processes are what drive our passion, but people are central to everything we do and it’s thanks to our loyal workforce that we’ve built a strong and successful business

Why choose Arbor Forest for your next role?

We are part of Howarth Timber Group which is a family-owned company valuing all colleagues, with a desire to provide colleague benefits that are truly valuable.

Benefits include but are not limited to:

· Competitive salary, dependent on experience

· 31 days’ holiday, inclusive of Statutory Bank Holidays

· Opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days’ annual leave or sell up to 3 days’ annual leave

· Length of service awards

· Cycle to work scheme

· Contributory pension scheme

· Death in service benefit

· Company sick pay

· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

· Online Benefits Hub (inc discounts on gift cards, travel, cinema tickets, to name a few)

· Employee Assistance Programme, (24/7 helpline, counselling sessions, legal, debt and life management advice line)

· Generous colleague Merchant Branch discount

· Opportunity to participate in a volunteering role for one working day per year – fully paid by the Company

· Excellent training and development opportunities

If you think you are the candidate we are looking for, please apply for the role. We want to talk to you