Horticultural Engineer - Peffer Place
- Location:
- 2 Peffer Place Edinburgh, EH16 4BB
- Salary:
- £30,751 - £36,312 per year
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 36 hours per week
Job Description
Place
Horticultural Plant and Maintenance Engineer
Fleet & Workshops
Salary: £30,751 - £36,312
Hours: 36 per week
The City of Edinburgh Council are looking to recruit a Plant Maintenance Engineer with experience in maintaining and repairing of Plant machinery and equipment associated with parks and greenspace including ride on grass cutting equipment as well as various handheld machines.
This is a new position that has been developed to support the maintenance team for the emerging introduction of electric powered equipment used to maintain our cities greenspace including electric strimmers, leaf blowers, hedge cutters and pedestrian grass cutters. It is imperative therefore that individuals interested possess experience and ability in this line of work.
If you've got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you.
In return we can offer:
- Starting salary of £30,751 rising to £36,312 on a contract of 36 hours per week.
- 27 days annual leave plus public holidays rising to 35.
- Access to a lucrative defined benefit company pension scheme.
Please see attached documentation for further information about the role.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
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