Chargehand

Full-time
Durhamvia Arriva CareersPosted Dec 16, 2025
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About this role

An excellent and rewarding job opportunity has arisen for a PSV Chargehand to join Arriva, based at our Darlington Depot.

What Arriva can offer you:

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£19.03ph (with the opportunity for overtime at 1.5 x hourly rate)

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39 hours per week

  • Permanent, full-time contract
  • Overtime availability
  • Free bus travel for you and a nominated member of your family residing within the same household
  • If you don't have a PCV licence, we teach you to drive a bus!
  • Access to the Arriva Village
  • Retail discounts and offers
  • Arriva Workplace Pension

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20 days holiday, rising to 25 after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays

The role will involve:

  • Servicing, maintenance and repairs to Arriva and DVSA standards
  • Continuous improvement of vehicle reliability

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MOT preparation, planned preventative maintenance campaigns and quality checks

  • Vehicle fault diagnosis and ensuring reliability and maintenance is kept to Arriva Standards (Higher than DVSA)

Requirements

  • Level 3 NVQ/IRTEC Qualification (Or equivalent)
  • Knowledge of PSV or HGV maintenance
  • Knowledge of engineering procedures and Health & Safety legislation
  • Inspection of vehicles for the scheduled maintenance
  • Desirable but not essential
  • Electrical circuits and systems knowledge
  • Desirable but not essential
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  • A full UK driving licence (6 points or less) - essential
  • Ability to be passed fit for a PCV pre-employment medical - essential
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  • APPLY NOW to join the Arriva team to help deliver our vision of providing clean, sustainable and reliable transport services to our customers for a greener future.

Before you apply

  • 1Which parts of your CV prove experience with this kind of role?
  • 2Which recent work examples would make your application stronger for this role?
  • 3What details from the original source listing should you confirm before applying?

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