Mobile Technician
Salary: £49,000 to £52,750
Northampton Area – field based
Full-time - 45 hours per week
Want to join an externally accredited Great Place to Work where 80% of colleagues would recommend the business, and that continues to grow through consistent high performance? NRG Riverside Group is committed to building a sustainable, secure environment where people can thrive. Following recent years of success, NRG Riverside Group has officially acquired Specialist Fleet Services (SFS), a fantastic business with a first-class reputation for customer service. Together, we're strengthening our nationwide offering, combining expertise and resources while maintaining the high standards our customers expect. Ready for your next career step? Apply today and be part of our exciting future.
Are you an experienced Mobile Technician looking for your next challenge? We currently have a fantastic opportunity to work within our Northampton area network on a permanent basis. The Mobile Technician is responsible for supporting SFS workshops and customers, ensuring adherence to vehicle maintenance and compliance regulations. In this role, you should be highly flexible, maintain a progressive level of customer focus, and ensure all paperwork and fleet systems are completed timely and accurately. Providing high-quality field support, fleet checks, and emergency breakdown cover is at the forefront of the role.
The Mobile Technician will work very closely with all facets of the organisation including:
- The Head of Engineering
- Workshop Controllers & Technicians
- Customer Network Operators & External Providers
Our business continues to grow at a fast pace, and we need to secure a superstar! If you believe this could be you, we want to hear from you!
What candidate are we looking for?
- A minimum of 5 years’ technical experience on municipal vehicles (e.g., refuse, sweepers, etc.), preferably within a workshop environment
- Recognised time served on an apprenticeship scheme with supporting technical qualifications
- Full clean HGV driving license Category C (minimum)
- Proven technical experience on vehicle electrical systems (12 and 24 volts), hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
- Strong health and safety awareness with a solid understanding of rules and workshop regulations
- Ability to adapt to and manage a varied workload, with the independence to work effectively on your own initiative
- Excellent communication and listening skills with a commitment to treating customers fairly and providing clear, jargon-free information
- A collaborative mindset, acting with integrity, and ensuring proper regulatory conduct rules are met
The following additional skills would be an advantage:
- High attention to detail with strong multitasking and organizational skills to prioritize deadlines
- Knowledge of the Fleetwave fleet management system
- Basic IT literacy with knowledge of MS Office systems
- Completed VOSA vehicle inspection course or specific municipal vehicle manufacturing training
- Previous people management or supervisory experience
What will be your duties?
- Carrying out ministry inspections, LOLERs, MOTs, body inspections, and routine vehicle servicing to comply with legal requirements and customer O' licenses
- Completing daily defect clinics on customer sites and assisting with pre-delivery and specification approval inspections for new fleet vehicles
- Attending vehicle breakdowns both during and outside of normal working hours
- Utilizing the fleet management system (Fleetwave) to log maintenance, progress, and repair data accurately
- Providing essential cover for technicians and workshop controllers across the workshop network during training, holidays, or sickness
- Conducting condition inspections on external fleets, auditing operator compliance, and validating the quality of third-party maintenance providers
- Ensuring that all tooling and workshop equipment remains in safe working condition, reporting any operational failures immediately
- Enforcing strict quality control so that no vehicle is returned to a customer unless it is completely safe for operational use
- Creating and maintaining highly professional working relationships with SFS staff, customers, and suppliers
- Maintaining a fully flexible approach to daily duties to cover workshop and customer requirements across the region
In return for your hard work and dedication, we provide a number of great benefits, including, Salary Sacrifice pension, discounted shopping, cinema and gym membership and a talent development programme so you can see where your development and progression in our business can go.
In addition to a generous salary, you will also receive these benefits:
· 33 Days annual leave (inclusive of statutory).· Salary Sacrifice pension.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- OnDemand GP and face to face counselling sessions.
- Online health advice portal.
- Benefit portal including retail, leisure, and holiday discounts.
- Dedicated training and development to support your career with our business.
- Recommend a friend bonus.
- Death in Service (available from day one of employment).
- Wellbeing programme.
- Free onsite parking.
How can you apply?
Did you know that we accept applications in all varieties? We welcome all type of applications, whether you are a budding poet or artist, a songwriter, or a wordsmith where a traditional CV is more your style.
For all video/photo applications please ensure you demonstrate, similar to a traditional CV, that you meet the required skills and experience for the role to give you the best opportunity to be shortlisted for an interview.
If you wish to apply with a video, please upload a word document stating you have emailed your application and send your file to [email protected] (Please note – this is only for video or photo applications).
NRG Riverside Group has a recruitment process that is fair, inclusive and free from bias and we encourage our applicants to let us know if we can make it more user friendly for them. If our vacancies sound exciting, but your experience doesn’t 100% align, we still want to hear from you and would strongly encourage you to apply. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under anti discriminatory laws.
