Apprentice HGV Technician

Ready to Begin Your Career in Heavy Vehicle Mechanics?

• Location: Cramlington
• Hours: 40 hours/week (10:30am – 7:30pm, Monday to Friday)
• College Attendance: 1 day per week
• Salary: Apprenticeship wage (increasing with qualifications)

Heathline is offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to become an Apprentice HGV Technician. If you're passionate about how vehicles work, eager to get hands-on and ready to learn from the best, this is an exciting opportunity to learn from experienced technicians, gain a nationally recognised qualification and build a rewarding career maintaining and repairing heavy commercial vehicles.

🔧What You’ll Learn:

As part of our experienced team, you’ll gain real-world skills and hands-on experience, including how to:

• Perform vehicle safety inspections and MOT preparations to DVSA standards
• Carry out routine servicing and maintenance on heavy commercial vehicles
• Use advanced diagnostics tools to identify and fix faults
• Complete digital job cards and inspection reports using tablets and garage software
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✅ What You’ll Get:

• Level 3 Heavy Vehicle Service & Maintenance Technician qualification
• 21 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (rising with service post-apprenticeship)
• Company pension scheme
• Full PPE and laundry service provided
• 50% employer contribution to tool purchase scheme
• Access to a modern, fully equipped workshop
• Supportive team environment and blue-chip customer base
• Ongoing training, development, and career progression

What We’re Looking For:

You don’t need to be an expert yet — just someone with the right attitude and willingness to learn. We’re looking for candidates who are:

• Genuinely interested in mechanics and vehicle systems
• Hands-on, practical, and not afraid to get stuck in
• Good communicators and strong team players
• Conscious of safety (your own and others)
• In possession of a full UK driving licence (held for at least 1 year)
• Class 2 licence is a bonus, but not essential

🔧Please note: You will need to purchase your own tools — but we offer support through our tool scheme.

Why Choose Heathline?

At Heathline Commercials, apprentices are valued members of the team from day one. You'll receive real responsibility, expert mentoring and the opportunity to develop into a fully qualified HGV Technician within a respected, growing business that invests in its people.

Apply Now and Build Your Future with Heathline!
If you're ready to kick-start your career with real training, a supportive team, and a pathway into the automotive industry, fill in an Application form Now and take the first step with Heathline.

Fully Qualified HGV Technician

Location: Cramlington at our modern, fully equipped workshop
Hours:  45 hrs/week | Back Shift: 10:30am – 7:30pm | Alternate Saturday Mornings
Salary: £51,695 – £60,387
   

🛠️ Back shift. Big machines. Bigger impact. Ready to get stuck in?

At Heathline, we don’t just keep commercial vehicles on the road — we keep businesses moving. And right now, we’re on the lookout for a top-notch HGV Technician to join our crew of legends.

Whether you're deep into diagnostics or prepping a rig for MOT, you’ll be at the heart of what we do best: reliable, fast, high-quality work that keeps our customers happy. With over 40 years' experience, we're a business that embraces new talent to help us develop new ideas and strategies.

🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

• Carrying out inspections, repairs, and MOT prep (DVSA standard, of course)
• Getting stuck into diagnostics and sorting faults fast
• Keeping things moving with routine servicing & maintenance on all kinds of heavy commercial vehicles
• Completing digital job cards & inspections using tablets (we're not stuck in the stone age!)
• Occasional off-site repairs and maintenance

✅ Skills & Qualifications required

• A full UK driving licence (Class 2 is a nice bonus)
• Knowledge of various commercial vehicles
• Knowledge & Confidence with diagnostic tools and garage management systems
• Good knowledge of DVSA vehicle standards
• You’re fully qualified time-served fitter with experience in the industry

🎉 Perks of the Job

• 💸 £51,695 – £60,387
• 🌴 21 days holiday + 8 bank holidays (holiday grows with service
• 📈 Quarterly performance bonuses
• 🧼 PPE + laundry service (no stinky overalls here)
• 🔧 Tool scheme – 50% employer contribution
• 💼 Company pension
• 🛠️ Fully kitted-out, modern workshop
• 🤝 Work with major blue-chip clients
• 🔁 Reliable, continuous work — no downtime, no drama

🚀 Ready to Get Started?

If you're a hands-on problem-solver who loves working with big machines and bigger challenges —and prefer the rhythm of the back shift — 

 we want to hear from you.

This is your chance to join a company where your skills make a real difference — and no two days are ever the same.