Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £33,366 to SCP 28 £37,938 plus pension, tool allowance and enhanced rates where shift pattern applicable
Hours Per Week: 36 hours per week plus additional contracted hours during November to March
Base Location: Tame Street Depot, Tame Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1ST
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
Based at Tame Street, Stalybridge, you will be responsible for supervising a small team of dedicated HGV mechanics/fitters, you will also be an enthusiastic and talented HGV vehicle mechanic with experience of working on plant machinery.
Your duties will include the prioritisation and allocation of work and ensuring the performance and safety of all workshop staff.
Also you will be required to participate in the out of hours winter call out (stand-by) arrangements for the Councils winter gritting service. To ensure a break down and repair service is in place during the winter months.
This is an opportunity to utilise, and further develop your existing supervisory and technical abilities, and to carry out routine maintenance, testing, diagnostic and repair work to our large fleet of HGV’s, light vehicles, plant and specialist equipment.
About You
You should be organised, have good written and oral communication skills, be customer focused, hold a current driving licence (LGV Category C desirable) and trained to NVQ Level 3/City &Guilds (or equivalent) in a Heavy Vehicle Maintenance/Repair discipline.
In return you will receive a competitive salary, have access to professional development opportunities, ongoing training and be given the option to join a recognised pension scheme, also all employee benefits schemes, all whilst working on a flexible three day/36 hour week working pattern.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 2462 or steve.lloyd@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: DPT441
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