Parking Technician
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £26,000 to £29,777 per year |
| Additional salary information: | plus shift allowance of 7.5% |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, PO1 2BG |
| Company: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3296 |
Summary
Salary: Band 6 £26,073 - £29,777 per annum plus shift enhancement of 7.5%
Working Hours: Average 37 hours per week including, early starts, evenings, bank holidays, and some shift work.
Contract: Permanent
Our Team
The Parking Technical team sits within the Economy, Planning & Transport directorate. The team is made up of eight officers, four Technicians, two Assistant Technicians and two Cash collectors. The team work together to maintain the city's 300 parking machines, maintaining the cities pay and display car parks, ensuring they are safe and accessible to the general public.
Your new role
Working within the Parking Technical section you will be responsible for the maintenance of parking machines and other associated equipment. This is a very varied role which will require you to work flexibly as you will be working outside of normal core hours on a rota basis, to include weekends and public holidays.
The role will also involve assisting the Signage Technician with installation of signage which may include manual handling duties. You will also be responsible for the safekeeping and accounting of keys and money as directed by the Parking Technical Team Leader. A uniform will be provided and must be worn at all times whilst on duty.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be acquainted with working with street furniture i.e. signs/parking machines/phone boxes or similar and hold a G39 electric safety certificate or equivalent; or willing to undertake training to achieve G39 certification
You will demonstrate experience of maintaining machinery (i.e. parking machines, fax machines or similar). You will also have a background in mechanical/electrical engineering (low voltage) and knowledge of computer programming, xml files and scripts would be advantageous.
You will have the ability to carry out physical duties involved in the post such as moving parking machines/climbing ladders/installing signage. You will be able to work from a height to enable you to climb ladders/install signage etc.
You will be someone who has excellent interpersonal and customer service skills as you will be communicating with both internal and external customers. You will also have a proactive attitude to team working and be willing to support your colleagues as required. It is also essential that you have a full driving license as you will be required to drive council vehicles.
Please see the full job profile for all the details of the role.
What you'll get in return
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- A generous pension scheme which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- 27 days annual leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays, (pro rata for part time) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at popular high street retailers
- Discounted parking at the Civic Offices via a Park It card.
- Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans.
Please check out the link here to view the benefits of working with us!
https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
What next
Before applying please ensure you have the relevant qualifications that match the ‘who is the person’ in the job profile.
If you are shortlisted, we will invite you to spend a day with one of our Technicians, this will give you an idea if this is the role for you.
To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile HERE to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.
When completing your application please upload a cover letter covering the ‘Who is the Person’ points on the job profile giving examples of your experience and any transferrable skills. You are unlikely to be shortlisted if you do not include a cover letter.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.