Company Overview

Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO) is part of Bridgestone Americas and employs over 22,000 teammates in North America. BSRO operates more than 2,200 company-owned stores, including Firestone Complete Auto Care, Tires Plus and Wheel Works locations. With locations across North America and more than $3 billion in tire and auto service sales, Bridgestone Retail Operations is the right place to build a career.

 

Whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality.” We start by offering each teammate more than just competitive pay. We provide formal training, performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, competitive healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build towards your future.
 

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole self to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you’re made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need. 

Production & Skilled Trades, Retail

The Technician/Mechanic position requires experience and technical expertise to diagnose drivability and electrical systems, while using leadership and mentoring skills in driving a team toward increased customer care and satisfaction.

• Change oil, transmission fluid and filters
• Install batteries and checks electrical systems
• Tire maintenance
• Install parts
• Road test vehicles
• Other duties as assigned

• Reading and writing
• Ability to learn basic mechanical tasks
• Must have a valid automobile driver’s license at all times and be able to drive customer and company vehicles
• Must have a minimum 2 years of automotive repair experience, completion of Vocational-Technical School program in a related field or demonstrated skills via third party certificates/assessment

A.S.E. certification in at least one of A1-A8 is required. (New hires with external similar qualifications/certifications will have up to 2 years of employment to comply)

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.  It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.

Do you live in or around the East Devon area?

Are you an experienced Maintenance Technician / Fabric Engineer?

If so we may have a role which is suited to you as we are recruiting in our facilities maintenance team, where you will be delivering planned preventive and reactive maintenance services to our multi-site clients.

• Salary: £28,119 or £31,364 per annum, depending on experience
• Door to door pay
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Additional earnings available through overtime
• 4% bonus, subject to achievement of targets (historically paid out)
• Van (with option for personal use from day 1) and fuel card
• Smartphone, tools, uniform, PPE

If you have a full valid UK driver's license, time served experience of multiple trades, and want to progress your career with an award-winning FM provider then read on….

You'll be responsible for ensuring clients sites within your area are fully maintained and operating at full potential.

As an Arcus Fabric Specialist, you'll enjoy working in a varied environment. You'll be out and about on the road traveling to client locations throughout your area, delivering a high level of repair works and rectifying any defects to ensure our clients receive a high-quality service.

You will assist in the delivery of excellent customer service resulting in professional results, asset uptime, first time fix and quality workmanship.

We need you to come with experience of working in a building fabric / maintenance role previously, and with the skills and expertise to confidently and independently, carry out as many of the below tasks as possible:

• Patch Plastering/Rendering
• Protection where required
• Carpentry works
• Various floor coverings
• Wall Tiling
• General Repair work
• Changing lights and locks

Whilst we don't need you to know it all, we do need you to have varied experience across a mix of the above trades. At Arcus we are passionate about retaining our top talent and love to promote from within, giving you the opportunity to either gain qualifications and/or experience in other areas of the business if that's what you want.

To be successful you will have:

Essential:

• Time served experience across a mix of multiple trades, ideally in a building fabric role.
• Valid UK driver's license
• Experience working within a customer facing environment
• Confident using handheld IT Equipment for managing works and documentation
• Strong communication skills and work ethic.
• Awareness and knowledge of health & safety.

Desirable:

• NVQ, City and Guilds, BTEC in a building trade
• Experience working within a maintenance remit for a multi-site retail client.

Other benefits:

• Group personal pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6%.
• Life Assurance
• Access to state-of-the-art training academy
• Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme
• Refer a Friend reward scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Up to 10% off B&Q/ Trade Point
• 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres

Other Information:

• The role will involve working 40 hrs per week, Monday to Friday
• The role will also involve working 1 in 4 weeks on call

At Arcus we are passionate about individual development which is why we are proud to offer industry leading Learning & Development opportunities to our colleagues. At our National Training Academy in Stevenage we have our own in-house team of experienced technical trainers who focus on upskilling and cross-skilling our rapidly expanding mobile engineering team. Colleagues can expect to receive significant investment in safety and technical training to ensure ongoing development of their skills and expertise and to ensure we retain our industry leading self- delivery capability.

If you feel you have the skills and experience needed, please submit your application by clicking on the 'apply' button.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

This role is full time for 37.5 hours per week and will require travel to services throughout Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. You will be a compassionate and motivated Pharmacy Technician, registered with the GPhC and holding the NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services BTEC Pharmacy Technician or equivalent. Ideally, you will have a minimum of two years' post qualification experience, although we are open to conversations with all suitably qualified candidates, as full training will be given. Working knowledge of substance misuse would be advantageous. This is a busy team, with multiple priorities ongoing, so it's important that you are highly organised and able to manage your time effectively. You will have strong problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands. Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to our service users and colleagues. A full job description is available on request. As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people and armed forces veterans. As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also Disability Confident Committed and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best. Benefits Competitive salary 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays 2 days paid volunteer leave per year Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

An established facilities maintenance provider is expanding their maintenance division within the Bournemouth area and looking to recruit a dedicated and hardworking electrical maintenance engineer. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the maintenance contract meets clients demands and compliance regulations by ensuring all pre planned and reactive maintenance tasks are carried out.

This is a Monday to Friday position working 40 hours a week. There will be an on call rota that you will need to participate in which will be 1 week in 9 with a standby rate of £130 plus any call outs paid at overtime rates.

To be considered for this position you must have the experience working in a similar commercial environment and have the following qualifications;

• City & Guilds Level 3 in Electrical Installations (essential)
• NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Systems (optional)
• City & Guilds 2391 Testing & Inspection (desirable)
• 18th edition

In addition other requirements for this position are;

• 5 years minimum experience working within facilities maintenance
• Full UK driving licence
• Ability to work independently or within a team
• Proactive and willing to go the extra mile
• Able to participate in the company on call rota

In return you will receive benefits such as;

• Competitive salary
• Company van & fuel card
• 25 Days holiday + 8 bank holiday
• Standard company pension
• Extra training opportunities
• Overtime available

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.