Trainee Alloy Wheel Technician, Jobs, 51102

Trainee Alloy Wheel Technician

  • Salary: Competitive plus benefits
  • Type of work: Permanent
  • Location: Perth
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About the role

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We offer our Alloy Wheel Technicians:

  • Competitive salary plus benefits
  • Additional opportunity to earn up to £9,000 every three years in performance-based bonuses – terms and conditions apply, see specific criteria below. 
  • Mercedes, Perth
  • 44 hours per week
  • Starting from 33 days’ annual leave, increasing with service
  • Salary review twice per year
  • Excellent opportunities to continue training and career progression
  • Generous employee discounts
  • Private healthcare and sick pay cover
  • Maternity and paternity packages

Hours

Full time, Monday to Thursday, 8am – 5.30pm and Friday 8am - 4.30pm.

About the role

As an Arnold Clark Alloy Wheel Technician, it will be your role to carry out small repairs and paintwork to alloy wheels, as well as milling and cutting diamond-cut alloys.

The right person for the role should be energetic and self-motivated. It’s important that you can work on your own initiative, and have great people skills.

Day-to-day duties

  • Preparing alloy wheels for paintwork.
  • Carrying out small alloy wheel repairs.
  • Removing and refitting tyres.
  • Balancing wheels after they’ve been repaired.
  • Mixing paint to apply to wheels.
  • Applying paint products correctly and to a high standard.

Essential skills

  • A good eye for detail.
  • The ability to multi-task.
  • Willingness to work on your own initiative.

In return for your skills, you’ll receive an industry-leading employee benefit package including private healthcare, life assurance and preferential terms on new and used cars.

Arnold Clark is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We care about our employees and our communities, we nurture talent and encourage ambition, and we are passionate about people who take pride in their work. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do – diverse in our make-up, united in our goals.

To find out more about Life at Arnold Clark, visit our website.

Employment within the Arnold Clark Group is offered subject to satisfactory reference and disclosure check.

The below is the criteria to qualify for the performance bonus payment and the SMART BPR criteria: 

  1. You must be a SMART technician or an apprentice in third or fourth year. 
  2. On joining Arnold Clark, you must be signed up to SMART BPR and work a contracted 44-hour week. You will be given details of this when you join.
  3. This bonus is accrued based on yearly performance, with each year’s pot being held until the end of year three. 
  4. Direct profit – you’ll need to achieve a direct profit of at least 100%.
  5. Time keeping and attendance – ensure you have no more than three instances of absence or lateness.  
  6. Additional hours – you need to work 52 hours overtime in a six-month period. That equates to just two hours per week; and best of all, it’s paid at time and a half.  
  7. Resigning or being dismissed before the end of any three-year period would result in no payment being made.  
  8. Arnold Clark reserves the right to amend, change or cancel this performance scheme at any time. 

Benefits

Every Arnold Clark employee is entitled to a wide range of benefits, including:

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Discount on new and used vehicles

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Contributory pension scheme

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Private medical insurance

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Life assurance