Workshop Supervisor

Grade H scp 27 £39,481 to scp 31 £43,149

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week
Essential qualification: NVQ Level 3 in Motor Vehicle Studies (Light and Large Goods Vehicles) or City and Guilds Level 3 (Light and Large Goods Vehicles)

Essential requirement: full driving licence
Interview date: to be confirmed
For further information about this role, contact: [email removed]

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The Role

Are you looking for a long and successful career with good work-life balance?

Bolton Council is seeking Workshop Supervisor for our Vehicle Maintenance Workshop, to join our dedicated team responsible for maintaining the council’s fleet. You will lead and supervise the day-to-day operations of the vehicle workshop, ensuring the effective maintenance, repair, and compliance of the organisation’s fleet.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a supportive environment, ensuring high standards of safety, service delivery, and cost-efficiency, where your skills will support the continuous improvement in fleet operations and help to keep essential services running smoothly.

this role is eligible for tool allowance which can be discussed late at the interview stage.

About You

You’ll be an experienced and motivated Motor Vehicle Technician with a minimum of 4 years as skilled Motor Vehicle Technician and supervisory experience is desirable. Ideally, you’ll also have experience of working on a variety of heavy goods vehicles with good diagnostic and problem-solving skills.

You’ll have a passion for delivering high-quality work and you’ll be an effective member of the team who takes pride keeping the fleet mobile and operational.
Good organisation, written and oral communication skills, and the ability build productive partnerships and relationships in problem-solving are essential.

You’ll be required to have a flexible approach to working hours and be able to cover different shift patterns over the working week (Monday to Friday).

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact [email removed]

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