Salary Grade 2C – between £29,540 – £31,537 plus enhanced rates for shift pay, tool allowance, HGV driving licence allowance (if applicable).
36 hours per week Permanent Contract
About us
Salford City Council’s Vehicle Management Services provides maintenance to the council’s fleet of vehicles, including 26‑tonne refuse vehicles, road sweepers, vans and trailers. In order to deliver these essential services, we have a dedicated team who support all our front line vehicles. We also inspect all Salford’s registered private hire and hackney taxis twice a year.
We currently have two exciting vacancies within our Vehicle Management Services team to enable us to continue to build on our success and bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.
About the Role
Based at Turnpike Depot, Eccles, you will be an enthusiastic and talented Vehicle Mechanic with the drive to keep our transport fleet on the move and work alternating shifts. This is an opportunity to enhance your skills, carrying out maintenance on our fleet of HGV, light vehicles and specialised equipment.
Must hold a current driving licence (LGV category C desirable but not essential) and be trained to NVQ level 3 and/or City & Guilds (or equivalent) for light or heavy vehicles in a vehicle maintenance/repair environment.
You will work as part of a team supporting Vehicle Management Services at Turnpike Depot. The position offers continual training, good organisation skills, written and oral communication, customer care skills and access to a competitive salary, career development opportunities and a recognised pension scheme.
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Maintain and service all types of vehicles, particularly those in the council fleet, including inspections to DVSA standards.
- Carry out repairs and maintenance up to major overall standard on a wide range of vehicles and associated plant equipment, including municipal specialist equipment such as bin lifts, refuse compacting equipment and road sweepers.
- Operate all associated garage equipment including vehicle diagnostic reading, brake testing, exhaust gas analysing and diesel smoke testing equipment and other equipment that may be introduced to enhance service.
- Maintain and complete daily documents including job tickets, inspection sheets, test reports and timesheets.
About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you are passionate, strive to improve, respect others, take pride in getting things right, learn from mistakes, take personal responsibility for resolving issues and changing how you do things to make a difference. You are a dedicated professional with a good understanding of vehicle maintenance, enjoy working as part of a team, manage multiple tasks efficiently, and have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Comfortable handling data and customer queries.
For further information regarding the role please contact
We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.
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