Skilled Engineer for Thames Travel
Are you a skilled bus engineer looking for a rewarding career?
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Engineer to work within our team. Our Engineering team. The role involves inspection, diagnosis and quality repair work to our fleet of company vehicles and ensuring that this is done to Company and Department of Transport standards.
You will be required to work 40-50 hours per week on a shift rota basis, 05:00-15:30 and 13:30-00:00. You will also be required to work 1 in every 3 weekends.
Job Location: Thames Travel Depot, Collett, Didcot OX11 7ET.
Our salary starts at £22.15 per hour increases to £25.47 per hour during weekend shifts.
The post attracts benefits of free travel, contributory pension, childcare vouchers scheme, lifestyle discount scheme, employee assistance programme, 20 days holiday plus an allowance of 8 days per annum which may or may not be taken on a public holiday.
Thames Travel is looking for a skilled Engineer to work within our Engineering team. The role involves inspection, diagnosis and quality repair work to our fleet of company vehicles and ensuring that this is done to Company and Department of Transport standards.
The successful applicant must be able to work unsupervised and have experience of working with PCV or HGV vehicles. The ideal candidate will have an ability to stay calm under pressure, to prioritise workload and to work to a high degree of accuracy unsupervised. You must be good team player and be able to communicate appropriately at all levels.
- A City and Guilds, Level 3/ NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent, is essential
- Full driving license
- PCV license (desirable)
If you would like to request a full job description, or to apply, please submit a short covering letter detailing why you believe you have the skills for this role, along with your CV to the HR Team, Admin Office, Oxford Bus Company, Cowley House, Watlington Road, Oxford OX4 6GA or to [email protected].