Mechanic (Vehicle)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Chwefror 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Mawrth 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Leicester, LE9 3GE |
| Cwmni: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 4636 |
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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Croft Highways Depot, Arbor Road, Croft. LE9 3GE
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £31,074 - £33,294 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus Market Premia (10% of top of grade)
Working Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 2nd March 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC - In person
About the Role
As a Mechanic in Fleet Services your role will be to service and repair of vehicles and trailers in a safe, efficient, and economic manner. Some of your main duties will include.
• Driving and manoeuvring motor vehicles as necessary, recovering defective or damaged vehicles, carrying out the full range of technical checks and diagnostic test required for light & heavy goods, and passenger transport vehicles.
• Observing, recognising & reporting on mechanical and electrical vehicle, component, or systems defects, or impending failure, assessing, recording and/or costing the repair (as appropriate).
• Carrying out routine inspections, service and MOT of all vehicles in the LCC fleet according to the schedules issued by the Fleet & Workshop Manager, and accordance with prescribed quality standards, utilising specialist services as required.
• Examining vehicles, reporting verbally or in writing, (as dictated by Senior Mechanic) upon the condition, roadworthiness, and safety.
• Carrying out both mechanical and electrical repairs and/or adjustments as required, under the instruction of the Senior Mechanic to the prescribed quality standards.
• Interpreting & implementing technical service instruction data, and manufacturers’ modifications.
maintaining a personal tool kit, special tools, and equipment in a good, safe, secure condition.
• As the nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours, you will need to be prepared to work outside of normal working hours an undertake departmental standby rota responsibilities.
• You need to have a valid driving licence and able to provide own transport.
Why work for us?
• No Shift Pattern.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Overtime available, where required.
• Large Variety of Equipment (Cars to 32T Hook-Loaders and Trailers)
• Access to Digital Maintenance Systems including Auto Data and R2C.
• Training Package available (e.g. HGV Training / EV / MOT)
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Hold a Level 3 qualification in either Light or HGV Vehicle Mechanics or an equivalent alternative.
- Have experience working in a fleet workshop or garage.
- Understand H&S Policy and how it applies to you and staying safe.
- Have evidence of diagnosing mechanical faults and the use of electronic diagnostic equipment.
- Have good written and verbal communications, liaison, and negotiation skills, be able to work effectively as part of a team and be able to plan, organise & prioritise work within tight time scales.
- Be able to respond confidently to customers and colleagues with understanding and diplomacy whilst maintaining an objective and professional stance. You can remain calm and positive in challenging circumstances, and you can cope with fluctuating workloads whilst meeting specified time deadlines, cost, and quality targets.
- We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
This role is a “Safety Critical Post” and, consequently, subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures. A copy of our Substance Misuse Policy and Procedure is available upon request.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Richard Glet, Workshop Manager
Telephone: 0116 3055403
Email: Richard.Glet@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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