# Roadside Mechanic

About First Bus: Are you ready to advance your career with one of the UK's leading bus operators? Join a forward-thinking company that embraces cutting-edge bus technology, from innovative mobile apps to environmentally friendly vehicles. We are passionate about delivering passenger journeys that are sustainable, comfortable, and efficient. We are at the forefront of innovation in the industry, connecting communities and shaping the future of public transport. Position: Roadside Mechanic Location: Caledonia Depot G42 7BH - covering breakdowns across Glasgow Contracted Hours: 37.5 per week Working Hours: 5 days over 7 on a rotation of early and late shifts Pay Rate: £14.50 per hour Do you have a keen interest in mechanics, perhaps a level 2 SVQ/NVQ in vehicle repair & maintenance? Enjoy driving and want to learn more? This role offers great learning and development for anyone looking to further their career in engineering. The purpose of a Roadside Mechanic is to attend, assess and repair minor vehicle breakdowns on the roadside in order to get the vehicle safely back to the depot for full repair. It's an important role within our engineering team and allows us to keep vehicles movi

- **Id**: 3827429
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/first-bus-roadside-mechanic>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T18:53:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T05:55:48Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2938
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Public Transport

## Company

- **Id**: 1767914
- **Name**: First Bus
- **Domain**: firstbus.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/firstbus>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 11
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 14
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 38000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T18:53:36Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 89
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.891
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:23, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 38000
- **Is top pay**: no

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