Vehicle Maintenance Technician

Location: Central Service Depot, Altona Road x 1 Permanent Salary: Scale 6, NJC Spinal Column Points 20-24, £32,597 - £35,412 per annum pro rata (plus employer pension contribution) Deliver better lives for all, whilst enhancing your career. These are the things we hold dear at Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council; We want to create opportunities for strong, healthy communities, and business growth. Our success will create new opportunities for individuals, families & communities. As a member of the Operational Services Team the postholder will be required to: Be responsible for the effective and efficient maintenance of the Council's entire vehicle fleet including refuse vehicles, commercial trucks, light vans, tractors, heavy plant and grounds maintenance equipment. Diagnosing, repairing and maintaining heavy commercial plant/vehicles including servicing and preparation for PSV's and MOT's, periodic vehicle safety checks, preventative maintenance and daily response maintenance/repairs The post holder will assume other delegated duties appropriate to the post reasonably assigned by management. The application form will only be available online. Applications for this post will be channelled exclusively through the Council ITRENT Web Recruitment system therefore application forms in hard copy will not be available to candidates. However, the Council will consider any requests for an application to be made in hard copy and will provide alternative arrangements where possible, for example access to a computer. The Council is committed to providing people with disabilities the opportunity to compete fairly for jobs. If you have any special needs or requirements with regard to any stage of the recruitment process please contact the HR&OD team at via email or telephone .