SENIOR TYRE TECHNICIAN

Our client , Wigram Logistics Ltd  are currently looking for a senior tyre technician with strong hands-on experience across passenger, commercial, and heavy vehicles, who are confident working with complex tyre systems and wheel alignment technology including heavy trucks & trailers.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity, offering varied work across a diverse client base.

Role details

• Location: Auckland

• Hours: 40 hours per week

• Pay rate: $35 – $45 per hour, depending on experience and capability

• Work may include evenings, weekends, and public holidays, based on operational needs

Key duties and responsibilities

• Inspect, assess, and service tyres for light vehicles, commercial fleets, and heavy machinery including trucks and buses

• Carry out tyre fitting, removal, replacement, and puncture repairs in accordance with safety and manufacturer standards

• Complete casing checks, retread evaluations, pressure adjustments, and routine tyre maintenance

• Safely handle and install heavy-vehicle wheel assemblies using appropriate lifting and workshop equipment

• Perform wheel alignment and balancing on both light and heavy vehicles, ensuring accurate specifications and safe operation

• Identify and resolve vibration issues, alignment faults, and uneven tyre wear

• Diagnose tyre-related performance concerns, structural defects, and operational risks

• Calibrate and reset tyre and wheel-related systems 

• Provide clear explanations to customers regarding repair options, warranties, compliance requirements, and recommended services

• Prepare accurate job estimates and cost quotations

• Maintain professional, customer-focused communication at all times

• Follow workplace health and safety requirements, particularly when working with heavy tyres and machinery

• Operate hoists, alignment machines, and workshop tools safely and correctly

• Keep the workshop clean, organised, and compliant with safety standards

• Share technical knowledge and provide guidance to junior team members as required

• Consistently apply industry best practice and quality control standards

Skills and experience required

•  a minimum of three years’ relevant industry experience

• Proven experience working with petrol vehicles, commercial fleets, and heavy vehicles

• Strong understanding of heavy-duty tyre systems, including industrial, radial, bias-ply, tubed, and tubeless tyres

• Competency in tyre diagnostics, repairs, balancing, wheel alignment,and calibrationn

• Experience with chemical and vulcanised tyre repair processes

• Ability to identify tyre wear patterns and assess safety or performance risks

• Solid knowledge of safe handling procedures for heavy vehicle tyres and equipment

• Strong communication skills and accurate record-keeping ability

• Welding ability would also be very beneficial

• Willingness to undergo a pre-employment drug test

• Clean criminal record

• A commitment to high standards of workmanship, safety, and customer service