Bike Engineer — Creative Builds & Community Impact

Common Wheel; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Common Wheel in Glasgow is seeking a committed Bike Engineer to join our charity’s bike workshops. The role involves repairing and building bikes, including custom builds, and delivering hands-on training to participants in a supportive setting.

The successful candidate will combine practical bike repair skills with customer service and light IT/admin duties to help us extend opening hours and engage people recovering from mental illness.

Qualifications

• Experience in bike repair and customer service.
• Ability to use IT systems for admin tasks.
• Willingness to train participants and share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Repair and service bikes, including custom builds and re-cables.
• Provide friendly customer service in a bike workshop setting.
• Assist with wheel building, mudguard fitting and general bike maintenance.
• Support funders with administrative tasks and maintain workshop records.

Skills

Bike repair

Customer service

IT skills

Tools

Bike workshop tools

Job description

Common Wheel in Glasgow is seeking a committed Bike Engineer to join our charity’s bike workshops. The role involves repairing and building bikes, including custom builds, and delivering hands-on training to participants in a supportive setting.

The successful candidate will combine practical bike repair skills with customer service and light IT/admin duties to help us extend opening hours and engage people recovering from mental illness.