Senior Mechanic

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Are you passionate about cycling, sustainability, and getting your hands dirty? Bike Club, leading the charge in children's bike subscription services, is hunting for a dedicated Senior Bike Mechanic to rev up our operations for our UK cyclists. The Senior Mechanic will work to keep those wheels turning, ensuring bikes are serviced and ready to roll out.

Bike Club Introduction

At Bike Club, we offer subscriptions for children's bikes that grow with your kids. Families pay a monthly fee, and when their children outgrow their bikes, we exchange them for a larger size. We refurbish the used bikes and make them available to other families. It's sustainable and hassle-free.

With over 80,000 bikes, we are the second-largest bike rental network globally, and the largest in the children's bike sector. With over $50 million in funding, we are rapidly expanding across Europe. While our headquarters is in the United Kingdom, we are already active in Germany, Austria, Spain and the Netherlands.

About the Role

Based in Rainham, London, the Senior Bike Mechanic will be a crucial player in ensuring Bike Club's ongoing triumph and operational finesse.

Your responsibilities include meeting daily bike production targets, ensuring bikes meet our quality standards, reporting issues to the Operations Team, and maintaining a clean and organised workshop.

You'll also support team member onboarding and prioritise health and safety procedures. Let's pedal this adventure together!

What You'll Do

• Meet daily targets: Produce a minimum of 25 new or 20 refurbished bikes.
• Ensure bikes meet BC quality standards during preparation.
• Adherence to operational workflow and proactively share new ideas to create efficiency and improvements
• Follow all health and safety procedures, including maintaining tidiness in the workshop.
• Report quality control issues to the Operations Team.
• In addition, there will be a further opportunity to earn a productivity bonus of 10%. Paid monthly. To achieve this, we expect 25 rebikes or 30 new bikes per day.

Your Mission
• • . Ensure production of a minimum of 100 rebikes or 125 new bikes per week.
• Encourage mechanics to keep common areas clean and organised.
• Sharing ideas on increasing efficiency of processes
• Aim for a 98% fault-free rate for bikes sent to members.

What You Bring

• Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with team members and stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills to efficiently manage tasks and responsibilities.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills to address challenges effectively and find innovative solutions.
• Dedication to upholding and promoting health and safety standards in the workplace.

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional days accrued for each year worked.
• 3% pension contributions.
• £30/month discount towards Bike Club subscription and products.
• Cycle scheme.
• Nursery Benefit.

Why Bike Club?

Come aboard and make a real difference in our Rainham warehouse, where passion meets purpose every day. Join our dynamic team as we revolutionize family cycling and sustainability together.

Ready to take your career into a higher gear with Bike Club? We're keen to pedal forward with you on our team!