Job title: Maintenance Garage HGV Mechanic

Location: Warton – on site

Salary: £40,003

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring that the mechanical aspects of all equipment are maintained to maximise availability and minimise deterioration
• Complying with all applicable safety rules, policies, and procedures
• Planned preventative maintenance activities on plant, vehicle equipment and airfield test rigs
• Fault diagnosis and repair of mechanical, fuel, hydraulic/pneumatic plant, and test equipment
• Recording details of breakdowns and repairs where necessary to facilitate further analysis
• Carrying out planned maintenance, fault diagnosis and repair on the mechanical systems associated with any of the above

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Mechanical Apprenticeship / NVQ Level 3 / equivalent qualification and experience within a vehicle maintenance environment.
• Experience of bench fitting skills including use of hand tools.
• Knowledge of fault finding of complex mechanical machinery including hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Understanding of various mechanical power transmission (e.g., bearings, belts, chains, mechanical couplings

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual leave incentive.

The HGV Mechanical team:

As a part of HGV Mechanical team, you will predominantly be responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability and performance of plant and equipment located at our Warton site. This role will provide you with a unique opportunity to work on a wide variety of vehicle equipment and varied test equipment rigs working with the latest technological and innovative developments in manufacturing.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

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