What's involved with this role: Temporary Motor Vehicle Mechanic Reference no: Oldham 0009 7659 / 1 Pay Rate: up to £14.77 per hour PAYE depending on experience 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 4 months City: OLDHAM Responsible to the Workshop Manager for the inspection and testing of vehicles to the required standards of the Council and the Department of Transport. Undertake the maintenance and repair, to a range of vehicles and machines and plant equipment, to the required quality standards, in an efficient and cost effective manner. Key Responsibilities: Responsible for testing in accordance with D.O.T testers manual: a) Hackney carriage and private hire vehicles b) Private motor vehicles, dual purpose vehicles c) All Council owned vehicles Complete all documentation and paperwork in relation to tests, as required by the Fleet Managers and D.O.T Control the inspection and maintenance of the division’s test equipment and ensure the accuracy of the inventory. Carry out random checks on completed or partially complete work for quality assessment purposes and to take appropriate action to prevent / minimise recurrence of sub-standard work. Ensure that safe working practices are observed in accordance with departmental policies and provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act. Monitor the standards of vehicle examination by other Council examiners Undertake planned service and safety inspections of vehicles and equipment. Diagnose faults, recommend and undertake cost effective repairs Repair of vehicles/equipment as instructed. Carry out auto electrical repairs. Qualifications: City & Guilds Part 1, 2 & 3 in (Motor Vehicle Technology) or equivalent qualification. LGV Class C licence Department of Transport MOT Examiner for Vehicles classes III, IV and V Knowledge: Knowledge of electrical systems on vehicles, machinery and plant Knowledge of the departments quality systems Knowledge of MOT Requirements. Experience: Experience of undertaking service and safety inspections of vehicles and equipment. Experience of carrying out welding and fabrication, auto electrical, vehicle and equipment recoveries and repairs. Experience of diagnosing and repairing vehicle hydraulic equipment & electrical systems. Experience of carrying out MOTs for Vehicle Classes III, IV and V and completing associated paperwork Ideally, at least 12 months experience of working on commercial vehicles and some small plant Skills & Abilities: Ability to maintain test equipment to the standard as required by legislation. Able to work with Health and Safety guidelines Ability to work with minimum supervision repairing and servicing vehicles to manufacturer's standards and times Ability to display a calm, tactful and responsible attitude. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please