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About the Role

Iron Mountain is seeking a skilled and reliable Vehicle Maintenance Engineer to join our Fleet Maintenance team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the operational readiness, safety, and compliance of our specialised fleet of collection and shredding vehicles. You will work closely with our team of dedicated transport professionals and drivers to keep our operations running smoothly, safely, and without breakdown delays.

Responsibilities

Execute routine servicing, safety inspections, preventative maintenance, and pre-inspection preparations for annual Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Ministry of Transport (MOT) testing on Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and Large Goods Vehicles (LGVs).
Service, repair, and optimise onboard heavy-duty shredding machinery, hydraulic systems, and automated loading mechanisms to ensure safe and efficient mobile asset destruction.
Utilise advanced diagnostic software to identify and resolve complex mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and 12v/24v auto-electrical faults across both the truck chassis and shredding control panels.
Maintain meticulous service records, defect sheets, and inventory logs while strictly adhering to health and safety regulations to ensure all machinery guards and safety cut-offs function perfectly.
Provide rapid response to vehicle and machinery issues to minimise client delays and safely return drivers to their routes.

Requirements

Proven experience working on commercial trucks (HGVs and LGVs) within a fast-paced workshop environment.
Strong technical knowledge of heavy hydraulics, pneumatics, auto-electrics, and mechanical fault diagnosis.
A valid United Kingdom driving license (a HGV/Class 2 license is highly preferred).
Demonstrated problem-solving abilities, a proactive approach to vehicle safety, and basic welding or fabrication skills (preferred).
The ability to successfully pass a standard background and security screening, as required for handling secure assets.

Skills

Heavy hydraulics
Pneumatics
Auto-electrics
Mechanical fault diagnosis
Basic welding
Basic fabrication

Location

United Kingdom

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Professional

Education Level

National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3
City & Guilds equivalent in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

Salary/Compensations

Competitive compensation

Benefits

Generous paid time off
Annual holiday allowance
Flexible work choices
Alternative work options
Comprehensive health plans
Wellness plans
Retirement plans
Continuous learning opportunities
Professional development pathways

About the Company

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries.
We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts.
Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics.

Equal Opportunity

See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.