Grantham Nub News highlights the best jobs in and around our town in our recently-improved Jobs Section.

Every seven days or so, we also feature a job in greater detail through a Job of the Week article.

In this instalment, we have an amazing opportunity from Halfords who are seeking an auto technician at their Grantham branch.

The company said of the vacancy:

"This is a permanent position based in our Grantham store.

The core hours are 20 per week to cover the following;

Saturday 10am-3pm, Monday 10am-2pm, Wednesday 12pm-4pm and Friday 10am-3pm.

A Halfords team is a special team, made up of people who are passionate about our products and services and obsessed with giving our customers the very best experience. We're specialists at what we do – our teams give practical solutions, as well as advising on the very best products to meet our customers' needs, fitting a range of products to our customers' cars and bikes.

Our Auto Technicians are technically skilled as well as being experienced at giving great customer service, ensuring we wow every Halfords customer. This role is critical in delivering a great customer experience, providing a wide range of expert vehicle fitting services across car parts and technology. Carrying out most of this work yourself, you will also oversee the training of other members of the team. This work is carried out in our car park to the highest quality standards, and your expertise at practical problem solving and working quickly and efficiently will ensure our customers never want to shop elsewhere! Ideally, you already have experience in a retail or automotive/mechanic environment, but if you can demonstrate expert practical skills and experience of tailoring your approach in a customer focused sales environment, we can help you with the rest.

We look after our colleagues as well as we look after our customers so whether you have ambitions to progress on to a management role in our shops, or elsewhere across the Group of Halfords companies, we will help you to fulfil your potential.

To be successful in this role you will need:

Technical knowledge and expertise in fitting car parts and technology, including stereos and dash cams

Experience of giving customers the right solution for their needs

An interest in our range of products and services

The ability to communicate with all types of customers and colleagues

The ability to understand customer needs

A proactive approach to helping customers

Experience of delivering great customer service, ideally in a retail or automotive environment

Problem solving skills

Experience of working towards and achieving sales targets

Experience of planning and prioritising

Experience of sharing expertise with others

Availability to work on a rota basis, including weekends

As well as holiday and contributory pension, you can expect to enjoy:

Colleague discount of up to 25% across the Group

Performance related bonus

Life assurance

Uniform

Fantastic deals across a range of other retailers, travel providers, and more

Employee Assistance Programme offering advice and support

Trade Price Bike Scheme

Option to join our Share Save and Cycle2Work schemes Join the UK and Ireland's leading retailer of automotive and cycling products and be part of our success story in getting the nation safely back on the move."

To find out more about other vacancies in the area, visit our jobs section HERE .