Job opportunity: Workshop Mechanic
Vacancy reference
ECR000602
Salary
Grade 8, £34,434 to £37,280 per annum
Shift and tool allowance up to £2,000 pa
Hours
37 hours a week
Contract
Permanent
Location
Kutton Lane Depot, Newcastle-under-Lyme
About the job
Your role would involve carrying out planned and preventative maintenance along with diagnostic fault finding and reactive repairs to a wide variety of fleet vehicles from tractors to ride-on mowers, to collection freighters.
With sound health and safety knowledge you’ll also have good IT skills, experience of vehicle electrics, and hydraulic systems. MOT experience and taxi inspections are also part of this key role, so good customer skills are, too.
Supporting essential services, it’s important that you’re a team player with a flexible outlook.
If you're looking for an improvement in your work life balance, look no further. We operate a days-only shift-based system. This makes it easy to do more with your children, have extra family time, make use of our discounted gym membership, or simply have more time for the other things you enjoy. Only on the rare occasions where we have to reschedule services would you be required to work at weekends, although we do work on bank holidays and have an on-call service.
This is an opportunity to join a service with great career prospects, as we like to invest in our staff and provide opportunities for other training. We’re looking at new ways to fuel our vehicles, and already trial HVO. In the future we expect to use electric and hydrogen vehicles; a whole new area needing well-trained teams with ‘green skills’ and we will invest in that.
The culture here is all about getting the best out of our team by providing a range of benefits to everyone.
We offer training to progress careers and learn more skills, all in exchange for working in a key support role and making a positive impact every day.
We expect good teamwork, and focus on being accountable, respectful of everybody, and achieving our goals.
Apply now to join us!
Requirements
- You’ll have completed a recognised apprenticeship or have lots of motor industry experience with light and heavy vehicles, and hold a clean LGV license with category 3 entitlement.
- You’ll be experienced in both roadside and workshop repairs.
- If you don’t already have a IRTEC HGV qualification you’ll be prepared to work towards one within an agreed period.
Why work for us?
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a borough with big ambitions. We’ve already started our transformation, however, we still need to find better ways of doing things because we are determined to do the very best we can for our communities.
If our vision is to be the best, then we need the best people working for us. Our people are at the heart of what we do and have the freedom to innovate, grow and develop. We recruit people who share our vision and values; people who have the drive to deliver our ambitious council plan.
Our historic borough is a place of marked contrasts. We are the home of a world class University at Keele, a leading light known internationally for its research and sustainability record, which stands side by side with former mining communities including some which register amongst the most deprived areas in the country. Our borough is also a mixture of urban centres, affected by some of the same social issues facing our neighbouring city, Stoke-on-Trent, but also outstanding rural landscapes in our less populated villages. Our plans and priorities aim to address the needs of all our communities.
Our People offer
We reward our people with a competitive range of benefits including;
- access to the local government pension scheme
- minimum 24 days annual leave plus 5 extra days after 5 years' service
- flexible working options and family friendly policies
- local and national high street discounts
- free car parking
- wellbeing support including £12.50 per month Jubilee2 membership
- green travel scheme including cycle to work and electric car salary sacrifice
- free employee 24 hour employee assistance and counselling services, flu vaccination service and health checks
- development and training opportunities
Contact
Want an informal chat about whether this job is for you? Contact David Kitchen on david.kitchen@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk or call 07483 449660
Closing date
5pm on 31 July 2026
Should we receive a large number of applications, then this post could close sooner than the date stated.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date.
Interview date
12 August 2026
While we value diverse backgrounds and experiences, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Applicants must be able to prove they have the Right to Work in the U.K.
Supporting documents and information
Download the job description and person specification
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the interview or assessment process please contact our People team (humanresources@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk)
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is committed to the employment and career development of disabled people, armed forces and care leavers. As such we offer an interview guarantee scheme where you meet the minimum criteria for the role. By minimum criteria we mean you must provide us with evidence in your application and supporting information which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of skills and experience defined in the person specification and as indicated by the Disability Confident symbol.
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