Bike Mechanic
Location: London, SW2 5DZ
Salary: £28,808 per annum plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Bike Mechanic in our London Cycle Hire team, you’ll play a vital role in keeping one of the world’s most popular cycle hire schemes running smoothly. Your work ensures bikes are safe, reliable, and ready for thousands of riders every day.
You’ll be part of a dedicated team making a positive impact on sustainable transport and helping communities move towards greener travel. Every repair and service you complete contributes to a cleaner, healthier future for London.

What you’ll do as a Bike Mechanic

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Carry out annual services and reactive repairs for the London Cycle Hire fleet, including e-bikes
• Perform quality control checks to ensure all bikes meet safety and performance standards
• Log work electronically and track part usage accurately
• Provide feedback to Operations Managers and the Workshop Team Leaders on trends, issues, and improvements
• Support pre-delivery checks for new bikes and decommissioning of old bikes
• Maintain compliance with health and safety standards and Serco policies

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Experience in a mechanical, engineering, or manufacturing environment
• A strong interest in bicycles and their components
• Ability to pass a competency test
• (Desirable) NVQ or City & Guilds qualification in Cycle Maintenance and Repair

A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays: Up to 25 days plus bank holidays
• Free Oyster card after completing probation.
• Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
 

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.