Vehicle Maintenance Volunteer - Keep Vehicles Safe

Vehicle Maintenance Volunteer (Rolleston)

Are you into cars and vehicles? Would you like to use your knowledge of vehicle maintenance to help our busy Blue Cross teams? We're looking for volunteers with experience of maintaining vehicles to help keep our Blue Cross vehicles safe and reliable. Our cars and vans are a vital lifeline; carrying pets to vet appointments and to their new lives with their forever families. Those vehicles need regular basic checks and maintenance. Your skills and knowledge will save our teams valuable time so they can spend it helping more pets. If this sounds right up your street why not apply. This could be the start of some life changing journeys!

More about this role

Volunteer role

Vehicle Maintenance Volunteer

Volunteer manager

Volunteer Coordinator

Where you will be based

Centre

Why we want you

We're looking for volunteers with experience of maintaining vehicles to help keep our Blue Cross vehicles safe and reliable. Our cars and vans are a vital lifeline; carrying pets to vet appointments and to their new lives with their forever families. Those vehicles need regular basic checks and maintenance. Your skills and knowledge will save our teams valuable time so they can spend it helping more pets. Ideally you'll have a background in vehicle maintenance or mechanics and a desire to put those skills to good use by ensuring our fleet of vehicles is ready for anything.

What you will be doing

• Conducting checks around the vehicle including tyres, lights, mirrors, indicators, wipers and washers
• Checking for any signs of damage or visible wear and tear
• Checking instruments and equipment inside the vehicle including seat belts, alarms, horn and so on
• Checking fluid levels including washer fluid, radiator water, oil level and diesel
• Ensuring all safety equipment required is present including fire extinguisher and first aid kit
• Ensuring the vehicles are clean inside and out ready for transporting animals
• Completing necessary paperwork to record your observations

The skills you need

• Ideally some professional experience in vehicle maintenance but as a minimum experience in maintaining your own vehicle
• Full UK driving licence and comprehensive driving insurance
• Ability to work alone
• Organisational skills and good attention to detail
• Regular commitment and reliability
• Confidence to raise any issues or concerns with the team

What's in it for you

• You'll be joining a team of people passionate about animal welfare
• You'll join a team of great like-minded people
• Stay active and healthy
• Flexible volunteer role
• You'll be a specialist in your role

Disclaimer

Blue Cross holds inclusion as a core organisational value. We positively encourage applications from eligible volunteers regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. We actively embrace our differences and know that it is our differences that make us unique. You are very welcome at Blue Cross, without the need to hide any part of who you are.You will need to be able to demonstrate your knowledge of vehicle maintenance during the recruitment process for this role. You'll also need to complete a familiarisation process for each of the vehicles you'll be maintaining.

Hilda Archer Sanctuary, Dovecliff Road, Rolleston-on-Dove, DE13 9AU, United Kingdom