Department: Production

Job Title: Auto Electrician

Reporting to: Production Electrical Manager

Working Hours:

Days - Your hours of work will be 7.30am to 4.30pm Monday – Thursday and 7.30am – 3.30pm on Fridays (with a 30 minute unpaid lunch each day)

Nights - Your hours of work will be 7.45pm to 6.00am Monday – Thursday (with a 30 minute unpaid lunch each day).

You will be expected on occasion to work later in the evening or weekends as business needs require.

Key Objectives

You will be responsible for installing and commissioning of 12V & 24V electrical systems on trailers and vehicle bodies. Candidates must have experience with lighting, battery, motor and PLC circuits and have previous experience with fault finding and diagnostics. Good manual skills and experience with crimping and soldering tools are key, with the ability to read from circuit drawings.

Responsibilities Include:

· Following technical drawings and specification sheets

· Ability to fault find electric components/wiring to ensure the quality of the product meets expectation.

· Installing and commissioning of electrical systems

· Be able to work individually and within a team to meet production targets

· Following clear instructions from team members and senior colleagues

· Adherence to health and safety rules and regulations

· Maintaining production area housekeeping

· Minimise waste by using/disposing of raw materials and consumable items efficiently

· Maintaining a safe working environment at all times

The company requires all employees to adopt a flexible approach to work and you will be required from time to time to perform other duties. We will ensure that you will be adequately trained to carry out these tasks.

Key skills and experience

This role is ideally suited to a hands on, organised, proactive and self-motivated individual. Suitable candidates will have:

• Hands on manufacturing experience ideally in commercial vehicle bodywork or trailer manufacturing
• Previous experience of wiring of electrical components and systems on HGV trailers
• Demonstrate skillset using various hand tools
• Ability to read and work from drawings
• Ability to ensure production target output and quality is maintained

Employee Benefits:

· Day Shift - £19.75 p/h

· Night Shift - £24.96 p/h

· Holiday purchase scheme every January.

· Early finish Fridays.

· Enhanced parental leave.

· 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pro-rata for the length of service.

· Employee Assistance Programme.

· Subsidised on-site canteen.

· On-site parking with electric/plug in charging points charged at 0.197p/kwh.

· Free birthday breakfast, free fruit and free cake Fridays!

· Death in service benefit.

· Christmas shutdown.