Parking Technician

Portsmouth City Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the UK seeks a full-time Parking Technician responsible for maintaining and repairing parking machines. The role involves physical tasks such as working with street furniture, and requires G39 electrical certification and relevant engineering experience. Strong interpersonal and customer service skills are essential. This position may require after-hours work, including weekends and holidays, and a driving license is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining and repairing parking machines or similar equipment.
• Background in mechanical/electrical engineering.
• Ability to handle physical duties, such as climbing ladders and moving equipment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair parking machines and associated equipment.
• Assist with the installation of signage.
• Safeguard and account for keys and money.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service skills

Mechanical/electrical engineering knowledge

Knowledge of street furniture

Education

G39 electric safety certificate or equivalent

Tools

Hand held power tools

Job description

We are looking for a Parking Technician (Within Parking Technical) on a full time, permanent basis. You will be part of a team that work together to maintain the city's 291 parking machines, maintaining the cities On-Street and Off-Street Parking Machines.

The Team

The Parking Technical team sits within the Economy, Transport and Planning directorate. The team is made up of Seven officers, three Technicians, two Assistant Technicians and two Cash collectors. The team work together to maintain the city's 291 parking machines, signage and cash collections as directed by the Parking Operations Technical Supervisor or Team Leader

The role

Working within the Parking Technical section you will be responsible for the maintenance and repair of parking machines and other associated equipment. This is a very varied role which will require you to work flexibly as you will be also working outside of normal core hours on a rota basis, to include weekends and public holidays.

The role will also involve assisting the Signage Technician with installation of signage which may include manual handling duties, also the cash collectors. You will also be responsible for the safekeeping and accounting of keys and money as directed by the Parking Operations Technical Supervisor and Team Leader. A uniform will be provided and must be always worn whilst on duty.

Who is the person

You will have working knowledge of street furniture i.e. signs/parking machines/phone boxes or similar and hold a G39 electric safety certificate or equivalent; or willing to undertake training to achieve G39 certification.

You will demonstrate experience of maintaining and repairing machinery (i.e. parking machines, fax machines or similar). You will also have a background in mechanical/electrical engineering and knowledge of computer programming, xml and Text files would be advantageous.

You will have the ability to carry out physical duties involved in the post such as moving parking machines/climbing ladders/installing signage/Lifting cash boxes. You will be able to work from a height to enable you to climb ladders/install signage etc.

You will be someone who has excellent interpersonal and customer service skills as you will be communicating with both internal and external customers. You will also have a proactive attitude to team working and be willing to support your colleagues as required. It is also essential that you have a full driving license as you will be required to drive council vehicles.

Please see the full job profile for all the details of the role

Essential Criteria

You must give details in the personal statement section of the application form of your experience of maintaining and repairing machinery e.g. parking machines, fax machines etc. As well as using hand held power tools.

You must also give details of your relevant engineering qualification or relevant work experience in this field.

What next

If you are shortlisted, we will invite you to spend a day with one of our Technicians, this will give you an idea if this is the role for you.

Our recruitment process

We anonymise applications during application & shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered.

As part of your application, we ask that you complete a personal statement, this statement is crucial and is where you must demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the job against each of the points described in the'Who is the Person'points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal .We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact [e-mail] or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800