Expert Technician

If part time and/or term time, the full time salary quoted (based on 37hrs) will be pro-rata'd accordingly

Hourly Rate : £18.96 - £21.43

Contract Hours 37 hours

We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced and motivated Expert Fleet Technician to join our vehicle maintenance team based at our Trostre Depot in Llanelli.

The Council operates a large and diverse mixed fleet, including refuse collection vehicles, vans, light commercial vehicles, minibuses, plant equipment and specialist operational vehicles. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a varied and challenging environment, helping to ensure our fleet remains safe, reliable and available to deliver essential services to communities across Carmarthenshire.

As an Expert Fleet Technician, you will be responsible for the providing specialist knowledge and experience to diagnose and repair complex and challenging vehicle faults. Working as part of a professional workshop team, you will help maintain high standards of vehicle availability, safety and compliance.

Applicants should possess a Level 3 NVQ in HGV maintenance and repair. A HGV licence is essential for this role.

This role will be based at our Trostre Workshop in Llanelli but there will be a requirement to travel to the other workshops as and when required. There will be an opportunity to work regular Saturdays. For an informal discussion please contact Antonia Jones

Level 2 - You will need a basic level of conversational Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level.

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We’re proud to offer a range of benefits to our staff. Please note that the examples shown are just some of what may be available, and eligibility can vary depending on your role or contract type. For instance, certain benefits may not apply to casual workers .

• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing addition annual leave
• Access to staff health and wellbeing support
• Personal development and career progression
• Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle-to-work scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies

We adopt an ‘anonymous recruitment’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made.

We are committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Sharing your equality monitoring data allows us to assess the impact our recruitment and employment policies and practices have and gives us the opportunity to improve them where possible. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the essential criteria and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Every employer in the UK must carry out a Right to Work check before a new employee starts work. This is a legal requirement under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and applies to every worker, regardless of nationality.

All applicants will be asked about their nationality and whether they are legally allowed to work in the United…