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Permanent and 12 month Fixed Term Positions – 37.5 Hours
The Scottish Ambulance Service Fleet Department maintain a fleet of 1,450 emergency response, scheduled care, support vehicles and equipment nationally through in our own dedicated specialist maintenance facilities and partner services.
Working efficiently to the highest standards, successful candidates will join an experienced team working in a busy vehicle maintenance workshop environment in the Glasgow and Motherwell Workshops providing the preventative maintenance, servicing and repair of all vehicles and equipment in the West Central area.
The post holder will be a qualified mechanic with evidenced experience of the maintenance, diagnostics and repair of mechanical and electrical systems found on modern cars and light commercials. Specialist knowledge of complex electrical systems and electric vehicles would be advantageous.
Candidates should offer flexibility, responding when required to pressures relating to vehicle maintenance and repair demands, in the workshops or field.
Candidates must hold a full driving licence (any appointment will be remain conditional on attainment of C1 entitlement). A sound working knowledge of diagnostics, computers, software programmes and e-mail is essential.
Posts are available as permanent and twelve-month positions working 37.5 hours Monday to Friday. A rotating ‘On Call’ pattern of weekend Saturday and Sunday will be part of the post responsibility, with occasional overtime and public holiday working.