Location: Stores Road
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity to come and join our driven and friendly team here at Derby City Council. No day is ever the same with a diverse and interesting fleet of specialist plant to work on. The successful applicant will enjoy a market leading annual leave package with a strong focus on work life balance. There is also an extensive employee Local Government benefits package, including access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
The successful applicant must be willing to go on a callout standby rota covering out of hours breakdowns, with a standard call out fee and overtime pay for every call out received.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Plant Technician, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
You will be part of a hardworking and dedicated team, to carry out the repair, maintenance and diagnostics of large and small plant and associated equipment. This may include electrical and hydraulic systems along with some welding and fabrication work.
You must be willing to go on a callout standby rota covering out of hours
breakdowns, with a standard call out fee and overtime pay for every call out received.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…
City and Guilds Level 1,2 and 3 or equivalent NVQ Standard in Maintenance & Repair along with relevant, previous experience working on Plant & Equipment.
Experience of specialist vehicles such as Tractors & Ride on Mowers would be desirable but not essential
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
Interviews will be held: Dates to be Confirmed, Stores Road Depot, Stores Road, Derby, DE21 4BD.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download and complete the attached Declaration Form and send it to
[email protected] along with your CV. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to
[email protected] , however, this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at
[email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
