Mechanic (Fixed Term Until April 2025)

5 hours ago


Porirua, New Zealand Porirua City Council Full time

The people of Porirua City are what makes ours a truly special place - we take pleasure in helping and caring for each other. We want everyone to feel welcome here, whether they’re visiting, living or working here. We’re looking for people who will help position our city as a welcoming, dynamic place to live, work and visit.

**About the role.**

Our council workshop team are vital to our success, they repair and maintain our council vehicles and equipment. This is a high trust role as the customer base varies from the Chief Executive and Mayor of the city to the daily operations team.

As part of this close-knit team, you’ll be tasked with:

- Carrying out mechanical repairs and maintenance on a wide variety of council vehicles and plant
- Conducting inspections and evaluations of vehicles and machinery or parts to identify issues
- Providing advice on the correct maintenance and preventive measures to vehicle or machine users
- Carrying out steel fabrication and welding as required to modify or repair vehicles and assets
- Performing minor steel fabrication work to assist other council groups in maintaining their asset’s

This is a fixed term role until 4 April 2025.

**About you**

This role offers a diverse range of daily activities and will keep you on your toes. You will need to be customer orientated, and a team player. Your sense of humour and ability to relate well to people means you'll fit right in.

You’ll need to show us that you:

- Are honest, hard-working and intuitive, and are always looking to help improve processes within the team
- Hold a trade certificate as an automotive technician
- Hold and maintain a current vehicle inspectors’ certificate of appointment
- Have good computer competency.
- Hold a minimum of a class 2 driver’s license
- Have extensive experience working on heavy diesel, gasoline, and electric/hybrid powered assets.
- Have extensive experience in fabricating and welding mild steel/ aluminium/ and stainless steel
- Have a strong focus on Health and Safety
- Are customer orientated, and a team player.

It would be fabulous if you have experience working across a variety of equipment such as tractors Trucks, light vehicles, small plant assets like mowers/ weed eaters and chainsaws.

**What you need to do now**

Come and join our hardworking Workshop team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Kelvin Cudby on 021 338 172 for more information.

Applications close on Thursday 12 September 2024.

Fixed Term Full Time

**Job no**:2024-5466

**Location**:Porirua

**Closing Date**:Thursday, 12 September 2024



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