Workshop Assistant / Vehicle Support Technician
Workshop Support Logistics Specialist Vehicles
£12.00–£16.00 per hour depending on experience and skills
Hopkins Motorsport Ltd, based just outside Bristol, specialises in the design, manufacture, refurbishment, rental and sale of bespoke race transporters, exhibition vehicles and specialist commercial vehicles for customers throughout the UK and Europe.
We are looking for a practical, reliable and enthusiastic person to join our workshop team.
This is a varied role supporting the day-to-day running of our specialist vehicle manufacturing business. You'll help keep our workshops, offices and customer vehicles clean, organised and ready for production while supporting the team with general workshop and logistics duties.
This role would suit someone who enjoys practical work, takes pride in doing a good job and is looking for a long-term position with the opportunity to develop new skills.
The role includes
- General workshop and office cleaning
- Cleaning and preparing race transporters and customer vehicles
- Maintaining a clean, tidy and organised working environment
- Supporting goods-in, including unloading and moving deliveries
- Moving materials and equipment around the workshop
- Stock organisation and general workshop duties
- Assisting the production team where required
Forklift experience and the ability to safely move materials around the workshop would be an advantage.
Opportunity to develop
For the right person there is the opportunity to become involved in:
- Paint preparation and finishing
- Coachbuilding
- Vehicle assembly
- Interior fit-out
- General workshop skills
The role and salary can develop depending on your experience, skills, reliability and the additional responsibilities you are able to take on.
What we're looking for
The ideal candidate will:
- Be reliable and take pride in their work
- Have a practical, hands-on approach
- Be organised and able to work independently
- Have good attention to detail
- Be willing to learn new skills
- Be comfortable working as part of a small team
- Be trustworthy and respectful when working around customer vehicles and equipment
A forklift licence, previous goods-in experience or experience working within a workshop, warehouse, agricultural or engineering environment would be an advantage, but is not essential.
Due to our location, applicants must have their own reliable transport to and from work.
Working hours
Monday to Thursday: 7.30 am – 5.30 pm
Friday: 7.30 am – 3.00 pm
Flexible working
Flexible start and finish times can be discussed for school runs or other family commitments where practical.
During the summer months, where workloads allow, we can also offer additional flexibility with earlier starts and finishes.
Additional hours are regularly available and are paid at your normal hourly rate.
What we offer
- £12.00–£16.00 per hour depending on experience and skills
- Early finish every Friday
- Additional hours available
- Flexible working where practical
- 22 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Christmas shutdown
- Secure, long-term employment in a well-established family business
- Opportunity to learn new skills within a specialist vehicle manufacturing environment
- Potential progression into skilled workshop areas as experience develops
- Friendly and experienced team
- Interesting work where every project is different
- Free on-site parking
If you'd like an informal chat before applying, we'd be pleased to hear from you.
No recruitment agencies, please.
Pay: £12.00-£16.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
