Mechanic in Haywards Heath

Location: Haywards Heath, West Sussex, GB, RH16 1UA

Salary: £22.22ph (£46,215 p/a) plus excellent benefits including 25 days’ annual leave, matched pension and more!

Schedule: 40‑hour week - Monday to Friday, open to flexible working hours

As a Workshop Mechanic in our team, you’ll repair, maintain, and inspect all Serco commercial vehicles within our fleet maintenance facilities, in accordance with the Driver Vehicle and Standards Agency (DVSA) “Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness”. You’ll play a key part in keeping our fleet safe and reliable. This is a hands‑on role where you’ll use your expertise to carry out inspections, identify and repair faults, and ensure all vehicles meet DVSA standards.

What you’ll do as a Workshop Mechanic

• Perform maintenance inspections and repairs on all vehicles presented.
• Identify vehicle faults and repair as necessary.
• In consultation with the Workshop Supervisor, ensure all safety inspections are planned at least six months in advance, including all vehicle statutory obligations.
• Ensure all brake tests are completed as required.
• Conduct vehicle test drives after repairs have been completed to verify the vehicle is roadworthy.
• Ensure the workshop is kept clean and well organised to ensure workplace safety.
• Complete all inspection and repair documentation, either manually or electronically, after any work has been completed on the vehicle.
• Work outside of normal working hours when operationally required.

Does this sound like you? You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Full industry‑recognised qualifications (City and Guilds / NVQ Level Three in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair).
• Experience of maintaining large fleets.
• Cat C Driving Licence.
• Experience working on specialist hydraulic systems.

As well as checking eligibility to work in the UK, you will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

What we offer

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco‑managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging.

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.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all.

As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.

For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

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.