Skilled Mechanic

About us

Salford City Council’s Vehicle Management Services provides maintenance to the council’s fleet of vehicles, including 26‑ton refuse vehicles, road sweepers, vans and trailers. In order to deliver this essential service, we have a dedicated team that supports all our front line vehicles. We also inspect all Salford’s registered private hire and hackney taxis twice a year.

Based at Turnpike Depot, Eccles, you will be an enthusiastic and talented vehicle mechanic with the drive to keep our transport fleet on the move, and be willing to work alternating shifts. This is an opportunity to enhance your skills, carrying out maintenance on our fleet of HGV, light vehicles and specialised equipment.

You must hold a current driving licence (LGV category C is desirable but not essential) and be trained to NVQ level 3 and/or City & Guilds (or equivalent) for light or heavy vehicles in a vehicle maintenance/repair environment.

You will work as part of a team to support Vehicle Management Services based in Turnpike Depot. The position offers continual training to enhance skills and knowledge. You need to be organised and have good written and oral communication skills, and customer‑care skills. In return you will receive a competitive salary, access to career development opportunities, a recognised pension scheme, enhanced rates for working shifts, a tool allowance and an HGV driving licence allowance (if applicable).

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• You will maintain and service all types of vehicles in the council’s fleet, including inspections to DVSA standards.
• You will carry out repairs and maintenance up to major overall standard on a wide range of vehicles and associated plant equipment, including municipal specialist equipment such as bin lifts, refuse compacting equipment, road sweepers and tail lifts.
• You will operate all associated garage equipment such as vehicle diagnostic reading facilities, brake testing equipment, exhaust gas analysing equipment, diesel smoke testing equipment and any other equipment introduced to enhance service.
• You will maintain and complete daily documents including job tickets, inspection sheets, test reports (e.g., brake test and exhaust emissions) and daily timesheets.

You will hold a current MOT class 4 qualification or be willing to work towards one.

Your style and approach will reflect our values: you are passionate about what you do, always striving to improve, valuing and respecting others’ contributions, working together to deliver a better service, taking pride in getting things right the first time, learning from mistakes, and taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do to make a difference. You are a dedicated professional with a good understanding of vehicle maintenance, enjoy working as part of a team, can manage multiple tasks efficiently, and have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and are comfortable handling data and customer queries.

For further information regarding the role please contact al