Parking Equipment Technician

Southampton City Council's Parking Services Team are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable team worker to carry out maintenance and repair of the Council's parking and toll plaza infrastructure.

This is a important role in ensuring that the Parking and Toll Bridge services remain operational at all times. Team members will frequently need to show initiative in identifying and resolving complex and varied faults such as may occur with all equipment and do so in a timely manner.

The role includes a wide variety of duties, including servicing and repairing faults with parking and toll plaza equipment, resolving signing and lining defects, carrying out car park audits, responding to customer queries, raising orders for new equipment and servicing requirements and working with contractors to deliver new parking restrictions. A flexible approach is required to meet changing needs and tight deadlines.

Parking Equipment Technicians will work outside in all weathers and alongside the general public, with excellent customer service skills required.

You will need a full clean driving licence in order to drive our vehicles and will also be required to undergo a DBS check as part of the pre-employment checks. The role requires the use of your own vehicle and post holders qualify as Contractual Car Users.

Parking Equipment Technicians work a rota to ensure cover is maintained at weekends and on Bank Holidays. The role includes lone working during weekends and Bank Holidays., You will work a 37-hour week and your basic leave entitlement is 26 days annual leave per year (not including bank holidays), with an additional 12 days TOIL [Time Off in Lieu] giving a total balance of 38 days leave. The basic leave level of 26 days leave increases to 29 days after you have completed 5 years of continuous service. Other employee benefits range from childcare vouchers and discounted travel to money off at selected restaurants, shops and salons.

• Please note that appointments are usually made at the bottom of the salary scale.


• This post requires a DBS check.


• For any posts that require a DBS check, if you have lived outside the UK within the last 5 years, you will be required to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct or a police certificate from the country/countries you have resided in. Kindly note that this is at the expense of the candidate, as well as any costs involved for translating into English.
  
  Southampton City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. It is committed to delivering services to ensure they are happy, safe and have opportunities to reach their goals as responsible members of our community. We believe it is always unacceptable for a child, young person or adult to experience abuse of any kind, and recognise our responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. We are committed to following safe practices to ensure this and expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. This commitment is reflected in all our recruitment and selection practices.


As a Corporate Parent we are actively aiming to support all our children in care (looked after children) and care leavers. Any applicants who are children in care or care leavers, who meet the essential criteria for the post applied for, will be guaranteed an interview.

You can be confident of a rewarding career, with a competitive salary, job security and a wide range of employee benefits including generous annual leave and career progression opportunities in return for your dedication to bettering the lives of Southampton's residents.

We'll provide:

• Access to the Hampshire Local Government Pension Scheme


• Interest free travel loans and discounts.


• Employee Support Services.


• Employer pension contributions


• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave