Job Description
An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Mechanic to join our Fleet Maintenance team on a permanent basis.
NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.
If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.
Position Details
The Mechanic role is responsible for the service, maintenance, and repair of the Glasgow City Council fleet of vehicles to DVSA and Health and Safety standards and for the completion of all relevant associated paperwork. You will also attend breakdowns as and when required.
A current knowledge of vehicle systems, including electric vehicles, and the legal requirements with regard to vehicle condition to MOT standard is essential. As are good communication, organisational, diagnostic/report writing skills, the ability to work to tight time schedules, to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
An essential requirement of this role is to be a fully qualified Mechanic who has completed a recognised apprenticeship to C&G, Scotvec, or equivalent standard; however, applications from candidates who are due to complete a qualification that meets these requirements within the next 3 months will be considered.
A current UK driving licence is also an essential requirement of this role, and this must be an LGC Category C licence or you must be willing to gain this within the first 12 months of employment.
Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.
Contract Details
Weekly Hours: 37 hours per week
Work Pattern: rotational 2-shift system of:
* Dayshifts (8am – 4:30pm Monday to Thursday and 8am – 1:30pm Friday) and
* Backshifts (1pm – 9:30pm Monday to Thursday and 12noon – 5:30pm Friday).
Operational hours are subject to review and may change.
Annual Salary: £32,204.87 - £36,151.72 on an incremental scale
Additional Payments: In addition to the annual salary the role attracts a working context & demand (WCD) payment of £960 per annum, and a non-standard work pattern/hours (NSWPH) payment of £2,249 per annum.
Benefits of working with us
Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package.
Leave Entitlement
These include 182 hours paid annual leave, rising to 203 hours after 5 years’ service, as well as an 87.5 hours paid public holidays each year.
For staff working Monday – Friday, this works out as a starting annual leave entitlement of 26 days, rising to 29 days, and 12.5 days’ public holidays. For staff working a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern it works out as 18 shifts, rising to 20 shifts, and 9 shifts for public holidays.
These amounts are the full-time equivalent, and will be applied pro-rata for part-time appointments, and appointments made during the leave year which runs January – December.
Other Benefits
Details of some other staff benefits, including our contributory pension scheme, can be found here. Whilst details of our conditions of service and policies are available here .
For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: .
Please note this is a re advertisement and previous applicants should not re-apply.
Application Packs
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There are also a number of Accessibility Tools compatible with the myjobscotland website which may assist you with your application. More information on these can be found at https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/accessibility-statement.
Further Information
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
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