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About this Chargehand role at Arriva

Arriva · Onsite · Durham

An excellent and rewarding job opportunity has arisen for a PSV Chargehand to join Arriva, based at our Darlington Depot.

What Arriva can offer you:

  • £19.03ph (with the opportunity for overtime at 1.5 x hourly rate)

  • 39 hours per week

  • Permanent, full-time contract

  • Overtime availability

  • Free bus travel for you and a nominated member of your family residing within the same household

  • If you don't have a PCV licence, we teach you to drive a bus!

  • Access to the Arriva Village - Retail discounts and offers

  • Arriva Workplace Pension

  • 20 days holiday, rising to 25 after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays

The role will involve:

  • Servicing, maintenance and repairs to Arriva and DVSA standards

  • Continuous improvement of vehicle reliability

  • MOT preparation, planned preventative maintenance campaigns and quality checks

  • Vehicle fault diagnosis and ensuring reliability and maintenance is kept to Arriva Standards (Higher than DVSA)

Requirements:

  • Level 3 NVQ/IRTEC Qualification (Or equivalent)

  • Knowledge of PSV or HGV maintenance

  • Knowledge of engineering procedures and Health & Safety legislation

  • Inspection of vehicles for the scheduled maintenance - Desirable but not essential

  • Electrical circuits and systems knowledge - Desirable but not essential

  • A full UK driving licence (6 points or less) - essential

  • Ability to be passed fit for a PCV pre-employment medical - essential

APPLY NOW to join the Arriva team to help deliver our vision of providing clean, sustainable and reliable transport services to our customers for a greener future.

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About Arriva

Arriva is a leading provider of passenger transport across Europe, employing around 34,400 people and delivering around 1.6 billion passenger journeys. With buses, trains, coaches, trams, waterbuses, bike-sharing systems, on-demand transport solutions and a rolling stock leasing company, Arriva proudly connects people and communities safely, reliably and sustainably across 11 countries, delivering these services in a better way, every day. The activities of Arriva are divided into four business units: UK Bus, UK Trains, The Netherlands and Mainland Europe. Arriva has passenger transport operations in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sp

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