need to employ a mechanic for a full time role....HELP
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Hi,
The background is that I'm investing in a new premise on the East Sussex/West Sussex border between Lewes and Haywards Heath.
3000sqft to include a dynocell, 3d alignment bay and 2 service bays. Stores, shop and offices are split between ground floor and mez floor.
My knowledge is electrical, ECU's and rolling road tuning. I can weald spanners etc. but the whole idea is to delegate.
I don't want a straight from college chap, the cars I work on and market place dictates some previous experience and knowledge. But I'm unsure if I should be contacting recruitment agencies or putting an ad in the local paper...
From my point of view they've got to be cost affective, without needing a good poking every 90 minutes to get going again. But with that I'm planning on investing in specialist training to bring them up to the level of knowledge required for the bulk of my current workload.
How would you go about it? Where should I look? How much should I be looking to pay?
Many thanks,
Dan
The background is that I'm investing in a new premise on the East Sussex/West Sussex border between Lewes and Haywards Heath.
3000sqft to include a dynocell, 3d alignment bay and 2 service bays. Stores, shop and offices are split between ground floor and mez floor.
My knowledge is electrical, ECU's and rolling road tuning. I can weald spanners etc. but the whole idea is to delegate.
I don't want a straight from college chap, the cars I work on and market place dictates some previous experience and knowledge. But I'm unsure if I should be contacting recruitment agencies or putting an ad in the local paper...
From my point of view they've got to be cost affective, without needing a good poking every 90 minutes to get going again. But with that I'm planning on investing in specialist training to bring them up to the level of knowledge required for the bulk of my current workload.
How would you go about it? Where should I look? How much should I be looking to pay?
Many thanks,
Dan
Don't use agencies, a tiny ad in the paper will get plenty of applications (and several agencies will contact you too). None of the mechanics I know use agencies anyway, so I've no idea what level of skill such a person would have.
On pay: You won't get a competent mechanic for less than £18k pa, for someone with experience and manufacturer training you'll need to set aside £20k+ if you want them to hang around.
On pay: You won't get a competent mechanic for less than £18k pa, for someone with experience and manufacturer training you'll need to set aside £20k+ if you want them to hang around.
I wouldn't bother with agencies because the dirty secret is in this economic climate, you only need them if you literally don't have the time to read applications yourself. You don't need their overpriced 'we will find you applicants with our amazing advertising' b
ks, a simple ad in the paper will do it.
Far be it from me to tell you how to run your business but it is a little hard to really gauge what you want here. You say you don't want someone straight from college but at the same time you seem to be saying you're looking to do this on the cheap and intend to essentially train someone to your standards. Can't really have both, even in todays market. Someone worth more money will clear off the moment a job opens up elsewhere.

Far be it from me to tell you how to run your business but it is a little hard to really gauge what you want here. You say you don't want someone straight from college but at the same time you seem to be saying you're looking to do this on the cheap and intend to essentially train someone to your standards. Can't really have both, even in todays market. Someone worth more money will clear off the moment a job opens up elsewhere.
It's not that I'm afraid of paying good money, the budget is there for it.
I just don't want to get an idea of pay levels before looking much further.
There's already people I have in mind but they're asking massively varied figures, without any notable knowledge difference.
The training will be offered for the dyno and more specific parts of the work, I didn't mean to come across as wanting to cut corners.
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys and all that...
I just don't want to get an idea of pay levels before looking much further.
There's already people I have in mind but they're asking massively varied figures, without any notable knowledge difference.
The training will be offered for the dyno and more specific parts of the work, I didn't mean to come across as wanting to cut corners.
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys and all that...
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