Careers
Join the Colin Appleyard family
Below you will find a list of positions currently available across the Colin Appleyard group. We are always on the look out for experienced main dealer staff so even if a vacancy is not advertised, please feel free to forward your CV for us to take a look at.
Be part of a winning team
How would you like to be part of a great team within a secure, successful business with lots of future opportunities? One which is family owned and family run and prides itself on creating a friendly working environment for all its staff? One where you are a name and not a number? And one which provides all of the following
- 28 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing with length of service
- statutory life insurance and pension scheme
- staff discounts and preferential rates on everything we sell
- employee benefits scheme offering you savings across a range of high street stores, supermarkets and holidays etc
- inclusion in the company’s profit-share scheme
- the opportunity to contribute to the future of the company at regular 'think tank’ meetings and at our annual company meeting
- the opportunity to be rewarded for being a top performer and or team player at our annual ‘Appy Awards’
- subsidised group Christmas parties
Available Positions
Service Advisor
at our Suzuki (Bradford) dealership
- We are looking for an Aftersales Advisor to join our team. We are looking for a person who has a minimum 2 years’ experience a similar role, with excellent customer service skills and knowledge of dealer management systems. The role is at our Suzuki Car Dealership in Bradford.
Key Tasks:- Advising customers of costs of repairs and work to be undertaken
- Make customers aware of additional products and services available to them
- Seek to obtain referrals for customers’ families and friends
- Initiate service documentation, job card production and update customer records and follow-up systems
- Record customer prospect details accurately and in accordance with Data Protection Acts
- Advise customers on parts enquiries and availability of parts
- Document all warranty work as per manufacturers’ requirements and dealership policy
- Update customer and vehicle history files to ensure total accuracy
already have experience in this role
be friendly and approachable with good communication skills
be an excellent team-player, well organised, and reliable - Please apply by email to Johnathan Scarth, Group Aftersales Manager via [email protected]
Service & Diagnostic Technician
at our Suzuki (Huddersfield) dealership
- We are looking for a Service and Diagnostic Technician to join the team at our Suzuki dealership in Huddersfield. We are looking for a person who ideally has a minimum 4 years plus experience or 2 years post-apprenticeship experience with a Franchise Dealer.
Our chosen candidate:- Will be a skilled, competent and reliable vehicle service and diagnostic technician with ideally a minimum 4 years experience (or 2 years post-apprenticeship experience) with a Franchise Dealer
- Will work to the highest standards
- Will preferably hold a manufacturer’s qualification
- Will be capable of successfully investigating and diagnosing and resolving faults, carrying out service and repair work and working to minimum quality and safety standards, keeping detailed and accurate records
- Would ideally be MOT test qualified
- Will have a full UK driving licence (preferably clean)
- Please apply by email to [email protected], or in writing to Caroline Bond, Colin Appleyard Ltd, Cornmill Garage, Halifax Road, Keighley, BD21 1AH.