Vehicle Maintenance Officer

Vehicle Maintenance Officer - Swansea - 20 hours per week (7am -11:15am) - Monday to Friday, We are currently seeking a Vehicle Maintenance Officer to support with the upkeep of our company vehicles in our unique children’s residential home and school based in Mumbles and Gowerton.
Dan Y Coed, supports young people with Autism and complex associated needs and is based in West cross, Mumbles and Ty Trafle school in Gowerton.
A day in the life of a Vehicle Maintenance Officer with Orbis Education and Care Involves:

- Maintenance on all company vehicles and ensuring weekly safety checks are completed
- Actioning and ensuring all MOT and services are booked in.
- Ensuring general cleanliness of vehicles and maintaining high standards
- Assist service engineers and or sub-contractors to deliver effective utilisation and in understanding their responsibilities in managing their day to day performance.
- Proactively offer up to date information to the homes and Service Support Managers in relations to ongoing works
- Raising Purchase Orders for parts required
- To drive children and young people to various educational, recreational and social activities as requested by Management Team
- Assisting children and young people in accessing the community facilities, attending school and appointments; driving either the Company vehicle or Company Mini Bus

To be a successful Vehicle Maintenance Officer with Orbis Education and Care, you’ll need, At Orbis Education and Care we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our staff. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.

Car drivers are essential for this role due to the nature of the responsibilities
- Preferable experience working with vehicle safety checks and maintenance
- Knowledge & understanding of general Health & Safety issues
- Good administration & organisational skills
- Ability to maintain up to date records of vehicles, MOT’s & car parts
- Customer service skills, ability to make calls / emails to report issues with vehicles
- Ability to maintain relationships with third party businesses