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Vehicle Technician

Cardiff

Posted 31/10/2024

£38,114 per annum

Top Reasons to Apply
  1. Are you looking for stability and variety in your next move? Join the largest, and greenest, fleet operator in the UK and take on a new challenge in a commercial vehicle workshop environment.
  2. You’ll perform a full range of inspections, diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures on a range of vehicles, trailers, and mechanical equipment. 
  3. We offer excellent company matched pension scheme and financial benefits, the chance to develop your career, including a customised annual training and development plan.
Job Description

Are you looking for stability and variety in your next move? Join the largest, and greenest, fleet operator in the UK and take on a new challenge in a commercial vehicle workshop environment.

We’re recruiting an IMI Level 3 qualified mechanic at Cardiff Workshop on a Permanent contract, with the potential to earn over £50,000 per annum including overtime.

Working Hours: Full time  - 39.5 hours per week (rotating shift pattern; week 1: 06:00 - 14:30, week 2: 07:00 - 15:30 and week 3: 13:30 - 22:00). You will be required to work 1 in 3 Saturdays (with a weekday day off)

What’s in it for you?

  • Salary: £38,114 plus a shift allowance of £84.06 per week when working the 13:30 - 22:00 shift.
  • Additional weekend supplement on Saturday (£50 per shift) is applicable.  
  • 22.5 days annual holiday (plus bank holidays), rising with service and with the option to purchase more. 
  • An excellent company matched pension scheme and financial benefits.
  • The chance to develop your career, including a customised annual training and development plan. 
  • PPE and image clothing supplied (including overalls and steel toe capped boots).
  • Exclusive discounts on shopping, tech, travel, days out and socialising for you and the family.

The chance to work for the Environmental Fleet of the Year 2024.

A bit about the role

With a Fleet of over 49,000 vehicles, including traditional fuel and electric vehicles, LCVs and HGVs, maintaining our vehicles is a true team effort. We’re investing in modernising our fleet, giving you the opportunity to work on a variety of makes and models. There’s never been a better time to join Royal Mail as a Vehicle Technician.

  • You’ll perform a full range of inspections, diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures on a range of vehicles, trailers, and mechanical equipment. 
  • You’ll use your own personal toolkit to undertake routine maintenance and repair light / heavy goods vehicles.
  • You’ll also have access to specialist tooling and shared equipment in our modern, fully equipped workshops.

A bit about you

  • Qualified mechanic: you’re fully qualified to an advanced level (IMI Level 3 in Light or Heavy vehicle or equivalent). You’ve got your own toolkit for standard repairs.
  • Varied vehicle experience: Proven Vehicle Technician experience working on a wide range of vehicles, for example LCV / HGV.
  • Valid UK driving licence: You hold a full manual UK driving licence.
  • High working standards: you take pride in your work and do what is necessary to make sure the job is done effectively.
  • Flexible to service demands: you’re able to work on a flexible shift rota. You’re always willing to support your team where necessary.

Interested? Click ‘Apply Now’ to make sure you don’t miss out of this fantastic opportunity.

Trust is the foundation of everything we do at Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and build trust from the start of your journey with up. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide you your interview questions in advance. This ensures you can present your best examples. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

Royal Mail takes pride in our diverse employee network groups, which actively promote belonging and foster a positive work environment. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion means that we’re passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

Royal Mail Group
Company Information

Royal Mail is something special – a well–loved brand people can rightly be proud of. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. Our people are at the heart of our business and are integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations. 

We’ve got a big part to play in bringing people together, and we have a proud history of connecting the UK. We celebrate diversity by recognising that all people have different needs and are able to contribute in different ways. We promote behaviours and working practices which recognise and value the difference between people and help them to fulfil their potential.

Key Facts
  • Head Office:

    1 Barnby St,
    London NW1 1AA

  • Nearest Train Station:

    Euston Railway Station

  • Nearest Bus Stop:

    Euston Bus Station

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