Vehicle Technician

Royal Mail; Coventry; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and shift allowances

Pension scheme

23 days holiday + bank holidays

Annual training plan

PPE provided

Employee discounts

Environmental Fleet Award 2024

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Royal Mail is recruiting a Vehicle Technician at Coventry Workshop on a permanent contract. You will work on a variety of vehicles from light vans to heavy goods vehicles, using your IMI Level 2 qualification and your own toolkit.

The role offers a structured training plan that could lead to IMI Level 3, with opportunities for progression and overtime payments up to £70k including overtime. You'll rotate shifts over a 39.5 hour week.

Qualifications

• Qualified mechanic to IMI Level 2 or equivalent.
• Own toolkit for standard repairs.
• Full manual UK driving license; HGV/FLT licence would be advantageous.
• Flexible to service demands; rotating shift pattern and team support.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections, diagnostics, maintenance and repairs on a range of vehicles, trailers and mechanical equipment.
• Use your own toolkit to undertake routine maintenance and repair of heavy goods vehicles.
• Access specialist tooling and shared equipment in our modern, fully equipped workshops.

Skills

Vehicle maintenance

Diagnostic procedures

Tool use

Flexibility

Team collaboration

Education

IMI Level 2 in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

Tools

Vehicle diagnostics tools

Workshop equipment

Manual tools

Job description

With a Fleet of over 49,000 vehicles, including traditional fuel and electric vehicles, LCVs and HGVs, maintaining our vehicles is a true team effort. We're investing in modernising our fleet, giving you the opportunity to work on a variety of makes and models. There's never been a better time to join Royal Mail as a Vehicle Technician.

A bit about you

Qualified mechanic: you're fully qualified to an advanced level (IMI Level 2 in Heavy vehicle maintenance & repair or equivalent). You've got your own toolkit for standard repairs.

• You’ll perform a full range of inspections, diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures on a range of vehicles, trailers, and mechanical equipment.
• You’ll use your own personal toolkit to undertake routine maintenance and repair heavy goods vehicles.
• You’ll also have access to specialist tooling and shared equipment in our modern, fully equipped workshops.

• Varied vehicle experience: Proven Vehicle Technician experience working on a wide range of vehicles, for example LCV / HGV.
• Valid UK driving license: You hold a full manual UK driving license, HGV/FLT licence would be advantageous.
• High working standards: you take pride in your work and do what is necessary to make sure the job is done effectively.
• Flexible to service demands: you're able to work on a flexible shift rota. You're always willing to support your team where necessary.

We offer the opportunity to upskill through a fully funded structured training programme, leading to an industry-recognised equivalent IMI Level 3 qualification and progression within the company, including salary.

Royal Mail is something special, a well-loved brand people can rightly be proud of. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don't, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. Our people are at the heart of our business and are integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

Are you looking for stability and variety in your next move? Join the largest, and greenest, fleet operator in the UK and take on a new challenge in a commercial vehicle workshop environment.

We're recruiting an IMI Level 2 qualified mechanics at Coventry Workshop on a Permanent contract, with the potential to earn up to £70k including overtime.

Working Hours: Full time

• 39.5 hours per week. Rotating 3 week shift pattern; example rotation week 1 : working between 06:00
• 14:30 Tuesday
• Saturday, week 2: working between 13:00
• 21:30 Monday to Friday week 3 : working between 06:00
• 14:30 Sunday to Thursday

What's in it for you?

• Salary: £35,428 plus a shift allowance of £87.58 per week when working the 13:00
• 21:30 shift or £131.38 weekly shift allowance for the Night Shift.
• Additional weekend supplement on Saturday (£41.68 per shift) and/or Sunday (£83.36 per shift) is applicable.
• 22.5 days annual holiday (plus bank holidays), rising with service and with the option to purchase more.
• An excellent company matched pension scheme and financial benefits.
• The chance to develop your career, including a customised annual training and development plan.
• PPE and image clothing supplied (including overalls and steel toe capped boots).
• Exclusive discounts on shopping, tech, travel, days out and socialising for you and the family.
• The chance to work for the Environmental Fleet of the Year 2024.