Maintenance Technician

Job description

Are you looking for a varied role, where you can use your practical skills to make a difference?

Do you enjoy carrying out every day practical maintenance tasks? Are you flexible, reliable and keen to be part of a friendly and supportive team?

If so, we would like to hear from you. We are looking for a reliable and proactive Maintenance Technician to support the day-to-day operation of our car park facilities. This role is essential in ensuring a safe, and fully functional environment for customers and staff.

As a Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for routine inspections, identifying faults, and carrying out basic maintenance tasks.

Permanent full time

Interviews to be held w/c 21st september 2026

Weekend working is required as part of the rota , a driving licence is required as part of the role

There is full information about the role below and attached, but if you would like an informal discussion, please call Troy Markwick on 07892 758534 or email troy. [email protected]

About the role

As a Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for carrying out general maintenance on council parking assets and equipment, ensuring they remain safe, reliable and fully operational. You will play a key role in maintaining high service standards and providing an accessible, inclusive and customer-focused environment for everyone.

Task

In the role, you will be working as part the Parking Services team, you will support the Transport Control Centre in delivering efficient parking and transport services. You will provide effective customer service carrying out routine inspections, identifying and resolving faults and assisting with the ongoing maintenance and improvement of car park facilities and equipment across the city.

As a Maintenance Technician, you will

• Conduct daily checks across car park areas, including entry/exit barriers, payment machines, lighting, signage, and safety systems

• have the ability to identify, report, and where possible resolve faults or maintenance issues promptly

• have experience of carrying out basic repairs and preventative maintenance tasks
• communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues, contractors and customers, ensuring issues are reported and resolved
• prioritise tasks, respond promptly to maintenance issues and manage workloads effectively
• maintain a professional and helpful approach, contributing to a positive experience for car park users and visitors.

• ensure the car park is clean, tidy, and free from hazards ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements

• monitor equipment performance and escalate more complex issues to the relevant teams or contractors
• respond to enquiries, requests and complaints from a wide range of customers, colleagues in a respectful and professional manner
• work collaboratively and inclusively as part of a supportive team

• Maintain accurate records of inspections, faults, and completed work

Benefits

The opportunity to work across a variety of locations in Brighton & Hove

Access to training and development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work life balance

Health and wellbeing support

Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

How to apply
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you've submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

AI advice for candidates
We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.

We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.

All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants' responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.

Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.