Junior Tyre Technician - Bridgestone

Wairau Valley, Full Time, Automotive
Please Quote Reference Number 18260
**- An incredible opportunity to get into the tyre and automotive industry

• We are keen to teach you and help you grow!
• A quality and reliable brand**

About us

Bridgestone Target Road is part of Northern Bays Motors, a proud, family-owned motor group that has been operating since 1985. As part of the Jago family business, Northern Bays Motors represents some of New Zealand's most respected automotive brands, including Toyota, Lexus, Bridgestone, and NST Parts, with locations across the North Shore and Northwest Auckland. Our kind, diverse and talented team of around 160 is what sets us apart. We've proud to have served the wider Auckland community for over 30 years.

About the role

This is an entry level role into the tyre and automotive industry for our Target Road Bridgestone site.

If you're successful in this role, you'll be trained so that within (approximately) 4 months of starting with us, you'll be able to do tyre technician work mostly unsupervised.

This will include:

• Inspecting tyres on vehicles before and after installation on customer vehicles to assess tyre tread levels, wear patterns, valve quality and overall tyre health.
• Working with our customers by asking them questions to understand their needs and use this information to recommend the right tyre for their unique budget, lifestyle, and vehicle.
• Speaking with our customers about the issues they are facing with their current tyres and recommend appropriate repair or replacement work to ensure they are back on the road with minimal stress.
• Performing tyre fittings, rotations, and balancing.
• Changing, repairing, and fitting Bridgestone, and other brand tyres to our customers and internal vehicles.
• Lifting vehicles on jacks and hoists.
• Performing wheel alignments.
• Checking and storing new tyres so they are ready for sale.
• Completing all required paperwork accurately for each job.
• Ordering new tyres to ensure we have the right stock for our customers and to match market trends.

About you

To be considered for this role, you must have excellent driving skills - if you can drive a manual that's a bonus but not a requirement. Otherwise, we'll teach you all the other technical skills you need to know. We're also looking for someone who is:

• Professional, reliable and punctual
• A good team player and have a warm and positive personality
• Well-presented (although not afraid to get your hands dirty when you're at work)
• Hungry to learn about tyres, cars and our industry
• Be available on Saturdays.

In return for your hard work, we give you:

• Investment in your career! Within the first 4 months you'll be able to do tyre technician work and ongoing training and long-term career development within the Northern Bays Motors group.
• Work perks: car discounts - tyres, servicing, parts, etc, wellbeing and social events throughout the year, competitive pay, long service rewards and a partnership with Boost.
• Supportive leadership and a great team environment

Why Join Us?:

• Work with one of New Zealand's number one automotive brands - Bridgestone
• Be part of a well-established, family-owned motor group
• State of the art workshop with industry-leading equipment
• Genuine opportunity to build a long-term career, not just a job

If this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you! Please get in touch today.