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Equipment Technician

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Equipment Technician

£28770

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Tipton Green, Sandwell

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 5 days ago, 14 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: b2cc7e6d88a24b9bad68be68ec685b51

Full Job Description

Sandwells Prevention Stores delivers and maintains services equipment and assistive technology, to enable the people of Sandwell to live as independently as they can within their home environment.,

  • Delivery, installation, and collection of equipment from around the borough.

  • Providing advice on equipment supplied by Joint Prevention Stores.

  • Dealing with professionals and members of the public who visit Joint Prevention Stores.

  • All candidates must hold a full valid driving license and have the use of a cars

  • Literacy Level 2 qualification or equivalent as a minimum.

  • LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations)

  • PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) Qualified

  • Manufacturers/Suppliers Qualification for servicing and maintaining and installing equipment.

  • You will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.

    As an important front-line service, working alongside a range of Health & Social Care Services, we are looking to recruit an Equipment Technician. Successful candidates should have experience of working in a fast-paced environment and good communication and IT skills.

    In Sandwell, we care about each other, and it is our community that makes us proud to call this place our home.


    • Were down to earth and proud of our heritage as a powerhouse of the industrial revolution, and this history is still evident today in the unique and distinct character of our towns and neighbourhoods.

    This year marks the 50thanniversary of Sandwell Council, when our six towns were brought together under our current boundaries.

    Sandwell is at the heart of the West Midlands, and we have a young, diverse and rapidly growing population. Were proud of the diverse communities that bring so much to our borough. Our borough is full of wonderful green places, like our much-loved Sandwell Valley Country Park.

    Together we can deliver a great future for Sandwell and change peoples lives for the better.

    The service operates 7 days a week (standard hours), including Bank Holidays and successful candidates will be required to work on a rota basis with each post holder required to work one weekend in every six.

    Hours:

    37 hours per week (on a rota basis as above)