London Mechanic Part Time (3 days pw week covering White City/Hoxton/Battersea)
Zedify are looking for a cycle mechanic to look after our fleet of electric cargo bikes and trikes working from our White City, Hoxton & Battersea hubs from 10.30am to 6.30pm 3 days per week
About Zedify:
Zedify is shaking things up in the logistics sector by transforming the way first and last-mile deliveries are done in cities. Our tech-enabled cargo bike-first model helps enhance brands, reduce cost and is over 90% lower carbon than the next best alternative. We are founded on a mission to make cities cleaner, healthier and more liveable for everyone. Our passionate, driven team is made up of seasoned operations experts, brilliant developers, and high performing product and growth teams. With some great financial backers, and during a period of significant growth, we’re at an exciting stage. To help us navigate growth alongside our goals we’re on the hunt for two additional Mechanics to support our London hubs.
About the role:
As a mechanic at Zedify, you will play a critical role in ensuring that our fleet will always be up to standards for our riders to carry out their deliveries. Your mechanic team are the point of reference for the fleet across the London hubs. You will be responsible for servicing and repairing bikes, both in the hubs and at times out in the field, while learning to become an expert in our specialist bikes.
What will you be doing?
Follow a service schedule of regular preventative maintenance on our fleet to minimise Off The Road issues
Using our fleet management system, keep effective records of maintenance and repairs made so that these repairs can be assessed and referenced by the hub manager, London Maintance Manager and central fleet team
Communicate effectively any problems that arise with the bikes to the Depot Manager, and report any concerns
Maintain the inventory of parts and tools required to maintain the fleet
Travel between hubs to support as required via a rota system. Majority of time will be spent in Battersea, White City and Hoxton
Travel out to bikes out in the field if required for urgent maintenance issues or to retrieve bikes if not repairable on site.
Maintain tidy and organised workshops
What skillset do you ideally need?
Essential criteria - you must be:
Creative, methodical and curious
Meticulous approach to organisation and cleanliness
Dynamic and hardworking
Physically fit and strong
Comfortable riding a range of bikes in an urban environment
Prepared to work unsupervised for long periods of time and able to use own initiative
Punctual, trustworthy and very reliable.
Essential criteria - you must have:
Demonstrate professional experience in maintaining and repairing bikes
Ability to problem solve light engineering issues
Basic knowledge of electrical systems
Good communication with a friendly and approachable manner
A positive attitude
A genuine desire to help make our cities better places to be
Desirable attributes – you should have at least some of these:
A professional bike maintenance qualification
At least 1 years experience as a bike mechanic in a professional capacity
Experience working on electric bikes with understanding of low voltage battery systems
Experience working on cargo bikes
Wider engineering skills/qualifications eg welding
Bikeability Level 3 qualification
Current first aid certificate
Health
You will need to be physically fit as the job includes:
Heavy lifting & handling
Being able to communicate effectively over a phone (speaking & hearing)
We promote equal opportunities and a workplace where each individual can contribute and realise their full potential. By working actively to embrace diversity, we can enrich every discussion and decision at Zedify and bring our purpose to life. Our goal is to help create a workplace where everyone feels welcomed and included, and treated fairly and respectfully.
What we offer:
Access to ONSI for store discounts and employee wellbeing services, including counselling.
Hourly rate of pay of £14.00 per hour/£15.68 inc holiday pay
- Department
- Operations
- Locations
- Zedify Battersea (London), Zedify White City (London), Zedify London
- Hourly salary
- £14
About Zedify
Zedify is on a mission to transform urban logistics and create the cleaner, healthier, more liveable cities of the future that are better for everyone.
We’re building a system for deliveries that is fit for the future and better in all ways; zero emission at core (no offsetting here), intuitive & flexible (a wonderful customer experience) and better for people (no gig economy for us).
We're backed by some great impact investors and are innovating at every step.
We currently operate in 10 UK cities and have a fast expanding network of hubs.
London Mechanic Part Time (3 days pw week covering White City/Hoxton/Battersea)
Zedify are looking for a cycle mechanic to look after our fleet of electric cargo bikes and trikes working from our White City, Hoxton & Battersea hubs from 10.30am to 6.30pm 3 days per week
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