Vehicle Engineer

The Transport Team at St Helens Borough Council run a diverse fleet of vehicles, from car derived vans to 32t GVW HGV’s. Our Team of 9 vehicle engineer and 2 apprentices inspect, service, maintain and repair a fleet of over 200 vehicles including petrol, diesel and electric. As well as inspecting, servicing and repairing a large amount of Amenity horticultural and Grounds Maintenance plant and machinery.

The Authority currently has 70 vehicles on its Operator licence with provision for up to 90. We are also an DVSA MOT testing station for class 4 & 7 vehicles.

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Roles That Matter

We are seeking an enthusiastic vehicle engineer / technician / mechanic looking for a new opportunity or challenge in the motor industry, to join and help improve our team. The successful applicant will work as part of our team servicing and maintaining a wide range of plant, machinery and vehicles ensuring compliance with all statutory regulation. Along with supporting the operational services by the provision of vehicles and equipment to carry out their work.

Interested to Find Out More?

You are welcome to contact us for a chat before applying.

Please call or email, Andrew Sullivan, Fleet & Depot Manager on 07849 700091, andrewsullivan@sthelens.gov.uk.

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Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation.

The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

The council runs a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. Full details are available on our careers site.

You can review full Job Description and Person Specifications as attachments with this advert.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment. Application support is available on this careers site.

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