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Apprentice HGV Technician (Mercedes-Benz)

Rygor Auto, Heathrow Truck

Wages paid at apprentice national minimum wage

40 hrs per week (Mon-Fri) with a 30-minute unpaid break each day

Your Role

If you are looking to work with the UK's largest Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealership, who has been announced as a Great Place to Work for three years running, look no further!

We are seeking a dedicated and driven individual to join Team Rygor and grow through our apprenticeship programme. As part of our team, you'll be surrounded by experts who are passionate about what they do. We are committed to investing in your career and skill development, ensuring that you'll have access to continuous training and support as you grow within the company.

Role Level on the Rygor Career Journey Map: AT1 , Apprentice or Trainee

You are an emerging talent in the business, learning through courses and from your colleagues to be the future of the business.

What’s it like to be part of Team Rygor?

“Rygor is a great place with equal opportunities for everyone and they are Rewarding, Reliable and Respectful and choosing Rygor to grow your career is something no one can regret.”- Patrick, Technician

️ Skills & Behaviours Required for this Role:

Resilience - A resilient person is someone who has strong coping skills and can draw on these when life presents challenges.

Motivation - To ensure personal and team success, being motivated is essential and is a key part of your role and it is part of being a brilliant team player.

Time Management- Ability to prioritise and complete tasks within timeframes to meet customer demands.

Our Values & Behaviours

We’re looking for incredible team members who share our values and can add to our culture. Values are shared beliefs that guide our decision-making, culture is how we function as a group and how we live our values as individuals. You can read more about our values and the behaviours on our website.

Rewarding

I am grateful. I am courageous. I am curious.

✔️Reliable

I am honest. I am attentive. I am trustworthy.

Respectful
I am inclusive. I am resilient. I am kind.

Application & Interview Support

If you need support with your application, we encourage you to explore our new Career Hub—a free resource designed to help you reach your career goals. The Career Hub offers valuable guidance on crafting standout applications, excelling in interviews, and providing support for those re-entering the workforce. Additionally, you can watch, and practice example interviews to ensure you’re fully prepared to ace yours! You can access the site here.

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they are 100% qualified. As long as you are experienced for the role and hold the necessary qualifications, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t feel like you meet all our requirements. We want to know about your passions, achievements, learning and growth. If this role excites you, start a conversation with us!

Benefits for you:

A day off for your Birthday
Business close 24 December and 27 December in 2025, so you can enjoy your time off over the festive period.
20 days of annual leave per year plus Bank Holidays
Dedicated and experienced expert mentors for one-to-one on-site support
Access to Rygor’s in-house, award-winning Training and Development Programme –with access to support like our Self Development Journal, ongoing and additional training opportunities, and lots more!
A full yearly apprentice events calendar - to recognise and reward dedication and hard work, and to enable apprentices to meet together and build professional relationships.
Rygor’s established Reward and Recognition Programme, including our annual Group Awards, ‘just because’ treats, and a birthday cake on your first Rygor birthday!
Technician’s toolbox and tools awarded upon successful completion of year one.
Plenty of physical and mental wellbeing support resources, offered through Rygor’s award-winning Wellness Programme. This includes the opportunity to take part in all our Team Rygor activities and events – often in conjunction with our Charities of the Year Programme.
Four times death in service benefit
Branded uniform and boot allowance.
Working for an official Great Place to Work™️ and UK Best Workplace for three years running!
Working for a Best UK Workplace for Wellbeing
Working for a UK Best Workplace for Development.
Recipients of the Bronze Award under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Auto-enrolment pension
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay policies
Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP and 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion)
Mental Health First Aiders
Toolbox insurance
Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities
Long service recognition and increased annual leave after 5 completed years or service.

About Rygor Auto

We are an award-winning multi-franchise Dealer group, with branches across England, offering extensive coverage for customers throughout the M5, M4 and M42 corridors.

Our business has developed and gone from strength to strength in recent years. We have invested in extensive renovations of our sites across the country and continue to open new sites too; including a brand-new branch in Reading, which opened in January 2023 and a new Mercedes-Benz passenger car site, which opened in Heathrow in the Spring of 2024.

We have multiple industry and network awards under our belt and provide exceptional customer service. What’s more, we are officially a Great Place to Work™️ three years on the run, meaning we really do have a great company culture which embodies our values of Rewarding, Reliable and Respectful.

✅ Hiring Process

We shortlist CVs online, so make sure to include information about yourself that makes you stand out.
You will receive a short screening call with our People Team. If successful, you will move on to the next step in the process.
Come to site and meet the team, have a tour, and let’s have a chat so we can get to know each other better. Your interview will include a chat with the hiring manager and potentially an interview task. ‍
If your application is successful, we’ll be excited to make you an offer

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

At Rygor, we're committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are an award-winning community of professionals from all walks of life, and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. It's essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise.

Support - If you need to make reasonable adjustments to our process, please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make the adjustments that may be required.

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