Workshop Support Yardman - Norwich
Norwich, GB, NR3 2BT
Driver/Workshop Support/Yardman - Norwich
£14.50 per hour
Monday to Friday
0800hrs to 1600hrs (1/2 hr unpaid lunch)
As a Workshop Support Operative you will offer support to both Service and Parts, ensuring cleaning and facilities are kept to the highest standard, whilst also offering support within the Parts function as required.
What you will do
A varied role covering both driving, workshop support, cleaning:
- Previous yard, workshop, or site experience is desirable
- Driving licence preferred (HGV or forklift licence is a bonus)
- Support technicians with general workshop duties and housekeeping
- Assist with cleaning, preparing, and inspecting vehicles
- Collect and deliver customer vehicles as needed - if you have correct licence
- Safely move, park, and position vehicles around the yard and workshop
- Ensure the service department, workshop facilities and yard areas are kept clean and tidy to the standards required, and other areas as and when instructed.
- Report cleaning material requirements to workshop supervisor.
- Control the waste product area.
- Carry out vehicle washes as instructed - including steam cleaning
- Carry out routine maintenance and minor repairs to workshop and equipment as instructed.
- Report equipment/facility faults to Aftermarket Manager/Shift Supervisor.
- Ensure service vans are kept in a clean and tidy condition and to check road worthiness on a daily basis, and report damages
Who are you?
- Full, clean UK driving licence (HGV licence desirable but not essential)
- Positive attitude and willingness to help wherever needed
- Good organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong awareness of health and safety standards
- Experience in a workshop, transport, or commercial vehicle environment is an advantage
What’s in it for you?
- 25 days holiday raising to 30 days + bank holidays with service
- Generous pension plan
- healthcare plan with access to dental insurance
- Enhanced paternity/maternity leave/foster leave
- Many discounts and benefits for yourself, family and friends including Gym memberships, travel, hotel, theme park and days out + much more!
We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.
Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.