Role: Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) Technician
Salary: Grade G £33,143 - £36,363 per year
Location: Stores Road, Derby
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Looking for a workshop where you're valued, supported and can enjoy a great work-life balance?
Join Derby City Council and enjoy a varied role maintaining an essential fleet, with industry-leading annual leave, fully funded HGV training and genuine opportunities to progress your career.
We're looking for an LCV Technician to join our friendly, professional and highly skilled Fleet Services team. No two days are the same as you'll work on a diverse fleet ranging from car-derived vans and light commercial vehicles to minibuses, pathway sweepers and small plant equipment.
Unlike many workshop environments, we offer a role where you can enjoy a challenging and rewarding career without compromising on time with family and friends. Alongside an excellent work-life balance, you'll benefit from one of the most generous annual leave packages available, long-term job security and excellent career development opportunities.
We'll provide all specialist tools, PPE and safety equipment. (Applicants are required to provide their own personal tool kit.)
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:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- 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
As an LCV Technician, you'll become part of a dedicated workshop team responsible for maintaining a wide range of Light Commercial Vehicles and associated equipment.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Servicing, maintaining and repairing Light Commercial Vehicles.
- Carrying out diagnostics and fault finding.
- Repairing electrical and hydraulic systems where required.
- Maintaining high standards of workmanship, compliance and vehicle safety.
- Helping to ensure the Council's essential fleet remains safe, reliable and available for service.
You'll also participate in an out-of-hours standby rota covering vehicle breakdowns. A standby allowance is paid for being on call, with overtime paid for every call-out attended.
Develop Your Career
We're committed to investing in our technicians and supporting career progression.
If you'd like to broaden your skills, we'll fully fund your training to become an HGV Technician, including gaining your HGV Category C driving licence.
There are also excellent opportunities to progress into supervisory, management and Fleet Management roles through the Council's succession planning programme.
About You
To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have:
- City & Guilds Levels 1, 2 and 3 (or equivalent NVQ) in Light Commercial Vehicle Maintenance and Repair.
- Previous experience maintaining and repairing Light Commercial Vehicles.
- Strong diagnostic and fault-finding skills.
- A positive attitude and commitment to delivering high-quality workmanship.
- A willingness to participate in the out-of-hours standby rota.
Experience working on tippers, tail lifts, hydraulic systems or specialist fleet equipment would be advantageous but isn't essential, as training can be provided.
Ready to Apply?
If you're looking for a secure role with excellent benefits, varied and interesting work, outstanding training opportunities and the chance to build a long-term career, we'd love to hear from you.
Join a team that values your skills, invests in your future and helps keep Derby moving.
Please submit your application via the Derby City Council website.
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: at Stored Road Depot, Stores Road Derby. DE21 4BD
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to Adrian Ball [email protected]. 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 ourguidance 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/
