You’ll have the opportunity to showcase your technical skills by performing a variety of tasks, from emergency repairs to routine maintenance, all while adhering to manufacturer and Trust standards. Your expertise will include welding, fabrication, and general upkeep of workshop equipment, alongside maintaining our high Health and Safety standards. You’ll also play a key role in mentoring apprentices and collaborating closely with colleagues across departments, fostering a supportive environment that promotes growth and safety. If you’re ready to make a meaningful difference while working within a diverse and dedicated team, we’d love to hear from you.
The post holder will work on the Fleet Night Mobile Van, attending repairs at both static and roadside across London.
The post holder is primarily employed to provide emergency repairs and routinemaintenance of the NHS Trust's fleet of over 1000 emergency and non-emergencyvehicles.
The post holder is required to carry out efficiently, and to the required manufacturers and Trust standards, the servicing, repair and maintenance of a range of vehicles from ambulance and non- ambulance service vehicles to Light Commercial and Heavy Goods vehicles and cars from various vehicle manufacturers.
The post holder undertakes maintenance and repair work on vehicles andvarious items of specialised equipment as per accreditation, carrying out welding (arc/mig/ gas) and fabricating work and reproduce / fabricate, construct the part that is nolonger available as required and where appropriate, seek advice on the specification ofthe part to be produced to ensure that it is fit for purpose and meets Health and Safetyrequirements. Also includes general maintenance of workshop equipment, tools and awareness of Health and Safety.
About us
The post holder is responsible to the Workshop Night Manager for day-to-day work allocation and supervision, (but be able to make own decisions in the absence of a Workshop Manager) and is accountable to senior Managers in the Fleet Department.
Close liaison is required with Workshop colleagues, and also with staff from other departments and suppliers on occasions. To work alongside colleagues, providing support and training as necessary to cascade technical training and updates on many different aspects of the vehicle and the vehicle conversion. This would include the training of apprentices.
For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.
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