Vehicle Technician/Mechanic
| Posting date: | 14 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,000 to £40,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 December 2025 |
| Location: | Nursery Lane, Peterborough |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Peterborough Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
To perform maintenance and repairs on a variety of vehicles and plant. This role is crucial in ensuring that all vehicles and machinery operates efficiently and reliably to support our ongoing operations.
Able to cover and to carry out Mot tests on class 4,5 & 7 type vehicles, also to carry out Inspection Tests on Private and Hackney carriage Taxi vehicles.
Key Deliverables:
Full adherence and awareness of all aspects of Health and Safety, Legislation, Policies and Procedures, Equal Opportunities, Quality Assurance, Environmental Awareness and Data Protection.
Ensuring vehicle downtime is kept to a minimum.
Maintaining and repairing a variety of vehicles, including RCV, Cage Tippers, Mechanical Sweepers, and other waste industry specialist vehicles, plant, and equipment.
Performing diagnoses to identify problems using the latest specialist equipment where needed.
Maintaining the fleet as prescribed in the DVSA guide to roadworthiness standards, including everyday ad-hoc repairs.
Inspect and prepare all types of vehicles for MOT’s maintaining a 100% pass rate.
Ensuing all documentation, Work Orders, and service sheets are completed and returned to the workshop office for approval, signature and filing.
Requirements - Experience:
Experience maintaining and repairing all types of vehicles mentioned above.
Basic computer literacy skills.
Up-to-date competency for the repair of vehicles.
Diagnostic ability to identify problems, find solutions, and repair detected defects when required.
Up to date knowledge of DVSA road worthiness guide for HGV/ PSV vehicles
MOT testing experience with an OPTL – Successful candidate will be supported with training paid by the Company.
Requirements - Qualifications:
Educated to City and Guilds or NVQ Levels as appropriate.
Valid LGV Licence is desirable.
Valid PSV License is desirable.
A full valid UK driving license.
Hold a valid MOT licence
Able to cover and to carry out Mot tests on class 4,5 & 7 type vehicles, also to carry out Inspection Tests on Private and Hackney carriage Taxi vehicles.
Key Deliverables:
Full adherence and awareness of all aspects of Health and Safety, Legislation, Policies and Procedures, Equal Opportunities, Quality Assurance, Environmental Awareness and Data Protection.
Ensuring vehicle downtime is kept to a minimum.
Maintaining and repairing a variety of vehicles, including RCV, Cage Tippers, Mechanical Sweepers, and other waste industry specialist vehicles, plant, and equipment.
Performing diagnoses to identify problems using the latest specialist equipment where needed.
Maintaining the fleet as prescribed in the DVSA guide to roadworthiness standards, including everyday ad-hoc repairs.
Inspect and prepare all types of vehicles for MOT’s maintaining a 100% pass rate.
Ensuing all documentation, Work Orders, and service sheets are completed and returned to the workshop office for approval, signature and filing.
Requirements - Experience:
Experience maintaining and repairing all types of vehicles mentioned above.
Basic computer literacy skills.
Up-to-date competency for the repair of vehicles.
Diagnostic ability to identify problems, find solutions, and repair detected defects when required.
Up to date knowledge of DVSA road worthiness guide for HGV/ PSV vehicles
MOT testing experience with an OPTL – Successful candidate will be supported with training paid by the Company.
Requirements - Qualifications:
Educated to City and Guilds or NVQ Levels as appropriate.
Valid LGV Licence is desirable.
Valid PSV License is desirable.
A full valid UK driving license.
Hold a valid MOT licence