About the role
Job Title: Vehicle Technician - Car / LCV
Location: Shotts
Company: Balfour Beatty Group
About Us:
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, supports communities, and enables economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.
Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we’re growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.
Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of projects, you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning.
Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.
What you'll be doing
As a Vehicle Technician - Car / LCV you will have the following accountabilities:
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out maintenance, diagnostics, and repairs on a wide range of cars, light commercial vehicles (LCVs), and specialist vehicles to the highest technical standards and manufacturer specifications
- Deliver outstanding customer service, consistently exceeding expectations through clear communication, quality workmanship, and a professional attitude
- Adhere strictly to all company health, safety, environmental, and quality procedures, maintaining a safe and compliant working environment at all times
- Accurately complete all required paperwork, job cards, and digital records in a timely manner, ensuring full traceability and efficient workshop administration
What Success Looks Like
- Consistently high-quality repairs with minimal comebacks and low vehicle off-road (VOR) time
- Excellent first-time MOT pass rates and zero valid customer complaints
- Efficient workflow with jobs completed on or ahead of schedule, contributing to high workshop productivity and strong customer satisfaction scores
- Exemplary safety record with zero accidents or incidents, plus proactive reporting of near-misses and suggestions for continuous improvement
Who we're looking for
Essential Criteria
- Relevant automotive qualification (e.g., City & Guilds Level 3 in Light Vehicle Maintenance & Repair, NVQ equivalent, or demonstrable time-served experience at the same level)
- Full UK driving licence (clean or with minimal points)
- Proven hands-on experience in vehicle diagnostics using modern diagnostic equipment and tools
- Strong customer-focused approach with the ability to communicate clearly and build trust with customers
- Solid understanding of Health & Safety practices in a workshop environment
- Basic IT literacy and confidence using workshop management systems and job cards
Desirable Criteria
- Experience or qualifications in electric and hybrid vehicle maintenance and repair (IMI Level 2/3 EV or manufacturer training an advantage)
- Knowledge of specialist or light commercial vehicles (e.g., vans, pick-ups, motorhomes, or performance vehicles)
- Additional manufacturer-specific training or accreditations
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Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV’s, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK16280
