The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the Job Descriptions/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.
Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Are you an experienced Vehicle Technician looking for a stable, rewarding role with excellent benefits, ongoing training, and real career development opportunities?
RCT Fleet Services is looking for a skilled, motivated, and reliable technician to join our busy workshop team based at Treforest Industrial Estate. Working on a varied and modern fleet — from small vans to heavy refuse collection vehicles — no two days are the same.
As part of our Fleet Services team, you’ll play a vital role in keeping essential frontline vehicles safe, compliant, and operational for the local community.
The Role
Reporting to the Workshop Chargehand, you will:
- Carry out inspections, servicing, maintenance, and repairs in line with current DVSA regulations
- Diagnose and repair faults across a diverse fleet of vehicles
- Help ensure vehicles are maintained to the highest safety and operational standards
- Work collaboratively within a supportive and professional workshop environment
Working Pattern
This is a full-time, 37 hour per week position operating on a two-shift rota:
Week 1
06:00 – 14:00 Monday to Thursday
06:00 – 13:30 Friday
Week 2
13:30 – 21:30 Monday to Thursday
11:30 – 19:00 Friday
The role also includes participation in an on-call rota, with additional pay enhancements.
What We Offer
We value our employees and offer a strong benefits package, including:
- 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years’ service
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- On-call allowance of £273.66 per week when on-call
- Ongoing professional development and technical training
- Support to gain your HGV driving licence
- Opportunities to upskill through vehicle inspection courses
- Employee benefits including discounted gym membership and mobile phone offers
- Secure, long-term employment within a respected local authority service
This post is GR9 with a market supplement to help attract the right candidate.
Location
Tŷ Glantaf, Unit B23
Taffs Fall Road
Treforest Industrial Estate
Pontypridd
If you’re passionate about vehicle maintenance, enjoy working as part of a dedicated team, and want to build your career within a progressive fleet operation, we’d love to hear from you.
For any further information please call Jonathan Treeby on 07795 391701 or Dave Meazey on (01443) 827353.
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.
Care Experienced Leavers – Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of the Council’s corporate parenting role it is committed to supporting its care experienced leavers. This means anyone who has spent time within the care system at any point in their life. We encourage applications from individuals who are care experienced to enable them to access employment, education, experiences and volunteering opportunities.
The Council will guarantee an interview for any care experienced leavers who wish to take part in the scheme who meet the essential criteria for the role.
