Job Summary

Grade 7: £38,313.51 (£19.86 p/h) – £43908.14 (£22.76 p/h) Hours: 37 hours per week Location: Hilton Depot, Bishopbriggs

Working Hours

The role operates on a rotating shift pattern:

• Dayshift: Mon–Thu (06:30 – 14:30), Fri (06:30 – 14:00)

• Backshift: Mon–Thu (10:00 – 18:30), Fri (06:30 – 11:30)

The Role

We are looking for a qualified and experienced HGV Mechanic to join our fleet workshop team at the Hilton Depot.

You will be responsible for the routine maintenance and repair of the Council’s entire vehicle and plant fleet. Reporting to the Workshop Co-ordinator, your day-to-day duties will involve servicing, safety inspections, and general repairs to industry standards.

Working for a Council means variety. You won’t just be doing HGVs, you’ll work on cars, vans, sweepers, tractors, and specialised plant equipment.

The priority is to ensure all work is completed to a high standard, always keeping our fleet roadworthy and safe.

Please note that this position involves a compulsory standby element meaning the successful candidate will be required to participate in an emergency call-out rota (Callout payments not included in basic salary).

In addition to the basic salary, there will be opportunities for overtime to meet operational demands.

PVG/Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

Website

www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk

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