Bike Mechanic

**Location**: Penton Depot
**Job type**: Permanent, full-time
**Working Hours**: 40 hours per week. Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm
**Salary**: £27,830 per annum + excellent benefits
London Cycle Hire, or Santander Cycles, is the largest cycle hire scheme in the UK and regularly records over 1 million hires a month. The Scheme is available 24/7, 365 days a year. We operate more than 12,300 bikes, 2,000 eBikes and over 800 bike docking stations across London. We help Londoners get around quickly and easily in the most environmentally friendly way possible. The scheme recently expanded to Southwest London so now you can saddle up anywhere from Shepherds Bush to Canary Wharf and Wandsworth Town to Camden Town.
As the Bike Mechanic, you will be responsible for carrying out repairs, services, quality control and any other bicycle maintenance tasks at our dedicated Bicycle Workshop, ensuring that the correct volume of bikes are available for hire in London and are safe for all users. You will sometimes be required to help the on-street team in distributing repaired bikes and dock maintenance.
This role directly impacts the number of roadworthy bicycles that are available for service users across London
You won’t be doing this alone either. Our team is made up of professional, friendly, and supportive teammates, including managers who began their careers with Serco as Bicycle Mechanics who now hold Team Leader, Supervisor, Operations Manager and Contract Manager titles.
We are dedicated to the ongoing development and career progression of our Bicycle Mechanics, with outstanding training opportunities made available to you, along with the chance to undertake additional qualifications. These include, but are not limited to, Health & Safety courses, Team Leader and Management training and a supportive management team who will provide guidance and advice to ensure you achieve all that you want to with Serco.
What do I need to do the role?
To be considered for a position within our team, you should have excellent Bicycle Maintenance knowledge, or extensive working experience in this field and be willing to undertake formal training as part of your probation period should you be successful.
Why Serco
**A place you can make an impact**: The nature of our business means you will do interesting work that matters - delivering essential services that touch people’s lives.
**A place for you**: We are a motivated team who will encourage you and help you to succeed. You’ll have the resources you need to do your job in a diverse and supportive environment.
What we offer
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
- Interesting, varied, and enjoyable work
- A company that recognises your contribution

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
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At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.