Leicester Workshop
Job type: Permanent contract
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 2 qualified mechanics at Leicester Workshop on a Permanent contract, with the potential to earn up to £60k including overtime.
Working Hours: Full time - 39.Shift pattern; week 1 & 2 13:30 - 22:00 Monday to Friday and week 3: 13:30 - 22:00 Monday to Thursday and Saturday 06:00 - 14:00.
You will be required to work 1 in 3 Saturdays (with a weekday day off).
Salary: £34,000 plus a weekly shift allowance of £84.Additional weekend supplement on Saturday (£40 per shift).
~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.
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.
Qualified mechanic : you’re fully qualified to an advanced level (IMI Level 2 in Light or Heavy vehicle maintenance & repair or equivalent). 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, HGV/FLT licence would be advantageous.
Flexible to service demands : you’re able to work on a flexible shift rota. We offer the opportunity to upskill through a fully funded structured training programme, leading to an industry-recognised equivalent IMI Level 3 qualification and progression within the company, including salary.
Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.
Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.