Salary: £42,000 basic salary (Equivalent to £21.25 per hour)
Location: Lindfield (Near Haywards Heath)
Hours: 38 hours per week | Monday to Thursday, 8:00am – 6:00pm
Weekend & Friday Policy: Strictly 3-Day Weekends! Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are completely closed.
Ditch the standard five-day grind and step into a premier, highly respected independent workshop that understands true work-life balance. We are a long-standing local institution known for our pristine compliance standards and exceptional community reputation. We completely reject the frantic, high-stress atmosphere of fast-fit tracking centres and main dealers. Instead, we offer a structured, civilized pace where your time is respected, your technical expertise is valued, and your weekends start on Thursday evening!
- The Ultimate 4-Day Rota: Work hard Monday to Thursday and enjoy a guaranteed, consistent three-day weekend every single week.
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Strong £42,000 Package: A highly competitive, stable gross annual salary backed by an excellent hourly breakdown rate of £21.25.
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No Evenings, Fridays, or Weekends: The workshop is fully locked down on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Your personal time is entirely your own.
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Rested & Focused Shifts: Enjoy a structured workflow with a dedicated 30-minute daily lunch break to keep you performing at your best.
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Guaranteed Festive & Bank Holiday Closures: We shut our doors completely between Christmas and New Year, as well as over Easter and both May Bank Holidays, ensuring you get quality, undisturbed time with family.
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Extra Benefits: Full enrolment in the secure company pension scheme and a clean, organized, well-maintained testing environment.
- The Perfect Hybrid Split: Say goodbye to the mind-numbing boredom of back-to-back testing, or the physical exhaustion of heavy mechanical overhauls all day long. Your schedule is perfectly optimized: conduct compliant MOT tests throughout the fresh morning hours, then transition into rewarding servicing and MOT repairs in the afternoon.
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Autonomy & Quality: We allocate jobs sensibly and provide realistic timescales. We value accurate diagnostics and flawless safety compliance over rushing cars through the bays to hit corporate targets.
- Running accurate, efficient, and fully DVSA-compliant Class 4 MOT tests every morning.
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Transitioning in the afternoons to execute high-quality routine vehicle servicing and general MOT failure repairs.
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Logging testing data seamlessly on the DVSA system and diagnosing mechanical/electrical defects accurately.
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Maintaining a clean, safe workspace and communicating repairs clearly with the front-of-house team.
- DVSA Licence: Must hold a valid, active DVSA Class 4 MOT Testing Licence.
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Dual Skillset: Confident working as both a specialized tester and a competent service technician.
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Mindset: A reliable, detail-oriented professional with a strong compliance ethic who takes genuine pride in clean, honest workmanship.
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Must hold a full UK driving licence.
Our workshop is beautifully situated in the heart of Lindfield, offering an easy, low-stress daily commute from:
- Haywards Heath (3 mins)
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Cuckfield (5 mins)
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Burgess Hill (10 mins)
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Crawley (18 mins)
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East Grinstead (20 mins)
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Brighton (25 mins)
Ready to change the way you work and lock in a 4-day week? Click apply today to start a 100% confidential conversation with our team.
Please Note: We understand the local trade is a small world. Your application will be handled with absolute discretion, and we will never contact your current employer without your explicit written permission.
