Dream Job?

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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I know some of the readers on here are mechanics, so I posted this, is it a dream job ?. I don’t know, but somebody might think so. and an HGV licence can only help an application.

Race Team Garage Technician
Mercedes AMG PETRONAS 2 reviews - Brackley
We have an opportunity for a Garage Technician to join our Race Team, reporting to the Head of Race Team Logistics. Working with our garage technician department you will be responsible for loading and unloading of race team freight at European and fly away events as well as working as part of the car crews during the Grand Prix weekends and test events. Previous experience working in a motorsport environment with knowledge of garage build an advantage but not essential.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensuring,
That the team’s health and safety policies are adhered to and an immaculate working environment is maintained at all times
All Race Team equipment is maintained to the highest possible standards, reporting faults immediately.

Candidate Profile
Knowledge of pit gantry and pit walls an advantage.
17th edition electrically qualified.
10 Ton forklift licence.
Approved known consigner status.
Long periods of time travelling worldwide are required for this role.

Benefits We demand the best from our people. So it’s only right we reward them with the best benefits. That’s why we offer a competitive package, including: life assurance, private medical cover, 25 days holiday, on-site gym, and subsidised restaurant facilities.
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My friends son worked in the for Mercedes based at the same place in Brackley,did his apprenticeship through them as a race car mechanic and has now left to join Honda…

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I have known several friends who work or have worked for the team based at Brackley, they treat all employees great. What I don’t understand is why you posted this ? You should keep it to yourself and apply.

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Those who know anything about working for a top flight motorsports team . . . Are able to name their favourite airport waiting lounge :slight_smile:

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Pat, I am a lot of thing’s, some of them unrepeatable, but a mechanic I am not, I have only a vague idea how an engine works, and what’s more I do not have the slightest interest either, if a truck or car I am driving refuses to go, I get on the phone and send for a greasy little man in a flat hat to come along and hit it with hammers or, whatever they do, till it goes again, of course I do the basics oil, water, lights etc, unless the people I worked for were knob’s then I did not bother, if it ran out of oil tough, and anyway I retired nearly two years ago now, something the trucking industry probably breathed a sigh of relief over, I was never in it because I was a Tarmac Junkie or cab happy, I was in it only for money to pay the rent nothing more, I did two nights out in 30 years and then only because I could not avoid them, I am 64 next month and my licences all start to run out soon, and as I never intend to get in a truck again it does not matter, I admire the blokes on here who work the hours they do, and staying in cab’s all week so if I see what look like decent jobs I post them. here’s another.

HGV Class 1 Driver
Treasure Transport Services Ltd - Grantham NG32
Job Summary

We are currently looking for HGV (Class 1) Drivers to join our general distribution and tanking team, It is essential that the applicants have a Class 1 licence and are happy to have nights out tramping for some vacancies. The ideal applicant must be reliable, hard working and safety conscious.

The candidate must hold a current digital tacho card and an upto date Driver CPC.

Treasure is a friendly independently owned award winning company that offers a modern fleet of cabs, uniform and competitive rates of pay. The successful HGV / LGV/ C+E Class 1 driver will have:

A full HGV (Class 1 ) licence
Excellent communication skills at all levels towards both customers and colleagues
Have good geographic knowledge of UK roads
Have a positive, can do attitude and be of smart appearance.
Be flexible as you will be required to drive a variety of vehicles and work additional hours when necessary
We will offer you:

Ongoing Driver CPC
Full company uniform
Paid guaranteed hours
Company pension scheme
Mobile phone
If you have a CV great send us a copy to or call 01476 594263 and ask for Tony Barnes to discuss your experience to date.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £155.00 to £228.00 /week

Qualifications and Skills

C+E licence

DCPC

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £155.00 to £228.00 /week

I am assured that is a typo about the wages and it is £155.0 to 228.0 PER DAY…worth a look anyway.

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I actually walked into Treasures transport office about 8 years ago to enquire about a job with them, after being studiously ignored for a few minutes one of them deigned to lift his head and bark at me “what do you want?”. My response was “to ram a screwdriver through your eye you fat ignorant Wayne Kerr” before turning around and walking out.

Now perhaps I caught them on a bad day, perhaps that was normal, I have no idea. I just know that I would not consider them if they were the last company on Earth.

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Blunder Man:
Pat, I am a lot of thing’s, some of them unrepeatable, but a mechanic I am not, I have only a vague idea how an engine works, and what’s more I do not have the slightest interest either, if a truck or car I am driving refuses to go, I get on the phone and send for a greasy little man in a flat hat to come along and hit it with hammers or, whatever they do, till it goes again, of course I do the basics oil, water, lights etc, unless the people I worked for were knob’s then I did not bother, if it ran out of oil tough, and anyway I retired nearly two years ago now, something the trucking industry probably breathed a sigh of relief over, I was never in it because I was a Tarmac Junkie or cab happy, I was in it only for money to pay the rent nothing more, I did two nights out in 30 years and then only because I could not avoid them, I am 64 next month and my licences all start to run out soon, and as I never intend to get in a truck again it does not matter, I admire the blokes on here who work the hours they do, and staying in cab’s all week so if I see what look like decent jobs I post them. here’s another.

HGV Class 1 Driver
Treasure Transport Services Ltd - Grantham NG32
Job Summary

We are currently looking for HGV (Class 1) Drivers to join our general distribution and tanking team, It is essential that the applicants have a Class 1 licence and are happy to have nights out tramping for some vacancies. The ideal applicant must be reliable, hard working and safety conscious.

The candidate must hold a current digital tacho card and an upto date Driver CPC.

Treasure is a friendly independently owned award winning company that offers a modern fleet of cabs, uniform and competitive rates of pay. The successful HGV / LGV/ C+E Class 1 driver will have:

A full HGV (Class 1 ) licence
Excellent communication skills at all levels towards both customers and colleagues
Have good geographic knowledge of UK roads
Have a positive, can do attitude and be of smart appearance.
Be flexible as you will be required to drive a variety of vehicles and work additional hours when necessary
We will offer you:

Ongoing Driver CPC
Full company uniform
Paid guaranteed hours
Company pension scheme
Mobile phone
If you have a CV great send us a copy to or call 01476 594263 and ask for Tony Barnes to discuss your experience to date.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £155.00 to £228.00 /week

Qualifications and Skills

C+E licence

DCPC

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £155.00 to £228.00 /week

I am assured that is a typo about the wages and it is £155.0 to 228.0 PER DAY…worth a look anyway.

I worked in the industry before moving here, not for an F1 team but I drove around pulling a hospitality unit mostly for Ford and Jaguar, I worked with a lot of F1 teams and personally got to know many in the industry, I would play pool with Eddie Jordan in The Bull in Towcester before his team went from Formula Ford / 3 to F1, I asked him once “EJ, give me a job driving a transporter ?”
“No chance Pat, we are friends and if I employ you or any other friend one day we will have a disagreement and I will sack you, end of friendship” :laughing:
Working with an F1 team is dam hard work as you can see when you watch those guys change wheels in a pit stop, it’s a great life but you have to be prepared for some hard ■■■■, I also had an acquaintance with Ron Dennis and he could be a nasty piece of work. One day you have a dream job and the next you are unemployed.

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Or you could do both :smiley:…

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I might well have spotted you at some point as I did F1 in Hungary, Belgium and Italy this year :wink:

Not part of a F1 team though, just moving and building this:

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mrginge:
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I might well have spotted you at some point as I did F1 in Hungary, Belgium and Italy this year :wink:

Not part of a F1 team though, just moving and building this:

I hope they give you an unlimited supply of booze mate all that waiting around can be a killer sometimes ay :wink:

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SouthEastCashew:
I hope they give you an unlimited supply of booze mate all that waiting around can be a killer sometimes ay :wink:

We do OK :wink:

I found with F1 it’s plenty of waiting around mixed with racing about when it’s one weekend after another. This year they had the calendar bolloxed by Austria > Silverstone as we needed to swap drivers at Dover. Belgium to Italy was fun as well as we needed the bar in Monza for midday Tuesday so it was a manic Sunday after the race to get it down the road ASAP.

Should be fun next year as they have added the French and German GP’s so I think its nine in total im going to next year.