Car Technician

Passenger Car Technician

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

£30,000 - £34,000, dependant on experience. £75 per week shift allowance - late shifts only.

• Mon – Fri, varying shifts available. 1 in 2 Saturdays at overtime rate.

Your Role

At Rygor, we are looking for an experienced and dedicated Passenger Car Technician, who has a passion for Setting the Standard for our customers.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about delivering exceptional customer service, who will be able to control and maximise parts stock and sales and who is able to approach the role with a commercial mindset.

Day to day, you will be:

• Greet customers when they arrive and take a detailed history of vehicle performance or mechanical failure
• Diagnose vehicles based on observational and mechanical testing as well as information provided by the customer
• Provide customers with detailed estimates for repairs and replacements and obtain signature approval prior to commencing work
• Repair vehicles based on the diagnosed issues and repair estimate
• Test drive vehicles after repairs are complete to ensure mechanical soundness and to determine whether any other problems exist
• Describe vehicle’s condition to customer and answer any follow-up questions
• File appropriate documentation on each repair

This role will be a great fit for you if:

• You have NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Motor Mechanics
• You have previous working experience as a Car Technician or Mechanic
• Some customer service experience advantageous
• You are computer literate and confident using technology

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a roleunless they are 100% qualified. As long as you are industry level qualified for the role (NVQ Level 3 HGV), we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t feel like you meet all our requirements. We want to know about your passions, achievements, learning and growth. If this role excites you, start a conversation with us!

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

At Rygor, we’re committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are an award-winning community of professionals from all walks of life, and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. It’s essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise.

You could consider using Find My Why (click here) to provide us with your Psychological Selfie! Using your responses to an in-depth questionnaire, Find My Why puts together a personal profile based on different aspects of your life- your personality, values, wellbeing and what drives you. The one-page profile provided to you at the end details your personal and professional self, helping us to understand how you work best! Bring this profile to your interview to really impress your interviewer.

Benefits for you

• Working for an official Great Place to Work™️ and UK Best Workplace.
• Working for a Best UK Workplace for Wellbeing.
• Working with our award-winning team – we have been named ’Service Provider of the Year’ at the WhatVan? Awards 2022 and winners at the IOIC Employee Engagement Awards.
• Access to 100s of employee perks on Perkbox.
• Auto-enrolment pension.
• A day off for your Birthday.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity policies.
• Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP with 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion).
• Mental Health First Aiders.
• Reward and recognition programmes, including our annual setting standards awards.
• Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities.
• Manufacturer training and access to our in-house training hub.
• Long service recognition.
• Branded uniform (front of house staff).
• Death in service benefit.
• Ongoing investment in company facilities and working environments.
• 20 days of annual leave per year

Our Values & Behaviours

We’re looking for incredible team members who share our values and can add to our culture. Values are shared beliefs that guide our decision-making, culture is how we function as a group and how we live our values as individuals.

Rewarding
I am grateful. I am courageous. I am curious.

• We love to say “thank you” to our team members, and we promise to let you know when you have done a great job. We will make sure you feel rewarded and valued, every step of the way. We all value our customers and go the extra mile to set standards for them – every single time they visit. You are a natural helper and have exemplary manners, you enjoy saying a simple “thanks” to your colleagues.

Reliable
I am honest. I am attentive. I am trustworthy.

• Our customers can depend on us to keep their vehicles on the road with exceptional service, and our team members can trust us to set standards for them through open and honest communication, training and support, and personal and professional development. You are dedicated to achieving high quality standards via being process driven and a critical thinker.

Respectful
I am inclusive. I am resilient. I am kind.

• We are considerate and kind to our team, the definition of being a true team-player. We promote the importance of equality and diversity, the wellbeing of our team members, and we are respectful in the way we speak and act towards others. You respect and adhere to safe working practices and have good interpersonal and organisational skills.

About Rygor

We are an award-winning multi-franchise Dealer group, with branches across England, offering extensive coverage for customers throughout the M5, M4 and M42 corridors.

Our business has developed and gone from strength to strength in recent years. We have invested in extensive renovations of our sites across the country and continue to open new sites too; including a brand-new branch in Reading, which opened in December 2022.

We have multiple industry and network awards under our belt and provide exceptional customer service, which Sets Standards. What’s more, we are officially a Great Place to Work™️, meaning we really do have a great company culture which embodies our values of Rewarding, Reliable and Respectful.

✅Hiring Process

• We shortlist CVs online, so make sure to include information about yourself that makes you stand out
• A short screening call with our hiring manager or a member of our people team
• Come to site and meet the team, have a tour, and let’s have a chat so we can get to know each other better
• ‍ If your application is successful, we’ll be excited to make you an offer

Support -If you need to make reasonable adjustments to our process, please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make the adjustments that may be needed.