Fleet Driver- Cumbria

Job overview

Fleet Driver / Workshop assistant – Fleet Operations

Location –Cumbria

37.5 Hours per week average

Shift allowance applicable (approximately 12.5% USH uplift on top of basic salary)

Basic Salary: £24937 to £26598 per annum (AFC Band 3)

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Fleet Driver / workshop assistant to join the team at our Wallasey workshop facility.

The role of NWAS Fleet Driver / workshop assistant is to provide a logistical solution for NWAS vehicles movement around the Trust to meet workshop requirements. Effective personal time management and planning are a key element of the role. On site support at Fleet workshops also sees daily operational requirements including general workshop assistant duties encompassing but not limited to vehicle decommissioning decal removal, general workshop assistance, and associated cleaning duties.

The successful applicant must hold a full UK driving license with full category C1 entitlement.

Main duties of the job

Working in a modern workshop environment, our Fleet Driver / workshop assistant role benefits from significant levels of training, job satisfaction, and an opportunity to progress their current skill sets and CPD whilst being supported by a dedicated management team structure, ensuring our teams have everything available to maximize vehicle throughput, reduced workshop delays and minimal supply chain frustrations.

With over 1185 vehicles across the entire NWAS Fleet, each day offers variety.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Operational requirements for the workshops cover 365 days per year via a rotating shift pattern which attracts an additional salary uplift of approximately 12.5% on top of the basic salary banding.

Further benefits include enrolment into the NHS pension scheme, access to discounted NHS car hire schemes, secure on-site parking facilities, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers and much more.

If all of this is of interest, and you wish to learn more, then simply follow our link to the application process.