Motor Vehicle Technician

Lancaster City Council are looking to appoint an energetic and motivated individual to join the Vehicle Maintenance team within Environment & Place to contribute to making our fleet as well maintained as possible. The individual will need to be hard working, take pride within their work and have a passion for making improvements.

We have already launched several exciting initiatives which we know will contribute significantly to the future ambitions of the Council. These include the use of electric vehicles, the refurbishment of refuse collection vehicles, taking on private work and MOTs.

To help support our exciting plans for the future, we are seeking a highly motivated and driven Motor Vehicle Technician to work within Lancaster City Council’s Vehicle Maintenance Unit to deliver a first-class service to both the council and private customers. Based at the White Lund Depot in Morecambe, this post has the responsibility for looking after and maintaining the council’s fleet, so they remain in a good serviceable condition for front-line services.

Your new role

As a Motor Vehicle Technician working within the Vehicle Maintenance Unit, you will be maintaining the Vehicles and equipment used by front line services that are essential to the upkeep of the district and the health and wellbeing of its residents. The Vehicle Maintenance Unit team also carry out over 600 Taxi tests a year, plus private servicing repairs and MOTs. We are looking to recruit a motivated individual who will be able to work as part of a team, whilst using their own initiative to get the job done.

This post is a permanent position. Based at the Vehicle Maintenance Unit at the White Lund Depot you will be working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday on a shift pattern basis. Current shift patterns are Monday to Thursday 07:00-15:00 and 08:30-16:30 and Friday 07:00-14:30 and 08:30-16:00. Shift patterns may be adjusted in the future in accordance with the working practices and requirements of the service.  You will also be required to provide out of hours vehicle breakdown cover, which will include evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays, on a shift rota basis.

What you need to succeed

For this role, it is desirable you have a NVQ Level 3 in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (or equivalent). Ideally you should have previous experience in a similar role and experience of vehicle electrics, hydraulic and pneumatic systems would be desirable. You must be a creative thinker who can deliver at a pace and think outside the box.

You must be able to work on a shift rota basis, if necessary, in accordance with the needs of the service.

You may be required to undertake Standby duties to cover out of hours work.   

The successful applicant will be subject to a basic clearance with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

A full current UK driving licence is essential. As a result you will be required to sign up to the authorised external DVLA driving licence validation organisation that we use to manage and monitor our employees driving licence data. 

You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

For full details of the experience & qualifications required for this role, please see the attached job description/person specification.

Our Benefits

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.

At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve, and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.

Previous applicants need not apply