Storekeeper (Vehicles)

£31,926 - £33,957 per annum.

Permanent, Full-Time, 36 hours per week.

Planning & Environment

16/02/2024

R0006344

About us at Hounslow

We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Our Benefits

If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits.

About The Role

The Vehicle Fleet Management division is seeking to appoint a Store Person - Vehicles.

To provide an efficient vehicle and plant parts service to Vehicle Fleet Management ensuring vehicle downtime is kept to a minimum and to be always cost effective.

To work effectively as part of the Council’s Chief Executive Directorate, delivering corporate objectives through the work of the Vehicle Fleet Management Service.

To promote a philosophy of putting service user needs first at every opportunity and to put in place management arrangements that work to action this.

About The Team You’ll Be Working In

As part of the Vehicle Fleet Management (VFM) team we ensure provision of effective Fleet support to the Head of Vehicle Fleet Management and services, maintaining filing systems confidentiality in line with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Goods vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002.

We accurately and skilfully undertake the repair of various types of vehicles, whilst detecting and diagnosing any additional faults, enduring that all work is completed safely and to the Council’s and customers complete satisfaction. To undertake service and repair work on all types of vehicles in a safe and economical manner achieving the highest possible standards of workmanship. Carry out repairs to any vehicle within Vehicle Fleet Managements authorisation to DVSA standards.

Carry out any other reasonable task which may arise from time to time and bring to the attention of the Head of Vehicle Fleet Management any matter which could be detrimental to the wellbeing of the Council.

About You

1.Ability to maintain the cleanliness of vehicle parts stores and bulk oil stores.

2.Ability to understand and interpret risk assessments and method statements.

3.Ability to monitor stock, checking incoming goods and maintain numerical administrative records to a high degree of accuracy. Whilst using ICT systems and hardware to receive and manage daily work schedules.

4.Ability to communicate effectively with a positive approach to solving daily vehicle responsive repair works.

5.Ability to resolve problems with regards to parts using own initiative.

6.Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:

Knowledge of statutory legislation regarding health & safety within a vehicle parts stores operation and to demonstrate good, practicable knowledge of a vast range of specialist vehicles and plant and relevant part requirements.

Knowledge of relevant fire legislation, COSHH, and risk assessments and can undergo the relevant training with regards to the purpose of the job

Knowledge of claim procedures for vehicle part warranties and vehicle part credits.

Excellent level of numeracy and literacy to complete a range of forms and reports as required to meet financial deadlines .

Knowledge of stores systems, including computerised systems, with experience of using computers for input and retrieval of data, using Fleet Management software packages including Microsoft packages and stores systems.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!

When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:

Email:[email protected]

Telephone:0208 583 5431

Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 26th February 2024.