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Anglian Water Services • Ipswich | Suffolk | United Kingdom

Park Assistant/Bike Mechanic - Casual

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £12 per hour
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Casual Park Assistant/Bike Mechanic at Alton Water

0 Hour Contract / £12.60 per hour

Time to gear up. Join the adventures at Alton!

Alton Water has been supplying clean water to the local area for over 50 years. But did you know it’s also a fantastic family day out?

Whether it’s a slow stroll in nature, cycling across our 8-mile country cycling track, or visiting our Cafe for a cuppa, there’s something for everyone at Alton.

What will you be doing?

At Alton Water, we offer bike rentals and tours for our guests, and we need an enthusiastic and skilled Bike Mechanic / Park Assistant to keep our fleet in top shape.

As a Bike Mechanic, you’ll play a key role in providing our guests with safe, reliable bikes for exploring the park and beyond. You’ll be responsible for all aspects of bike maintenance, repairs, and quality checks.

In addition to the above, you may also be required to work in the visitor centre, support with weddings and community events, as well as helping across our Watersports Centre and Cafes as needed, ensuring a smooth, fun, and safe experience for all park guests.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about cycling and thrives in a fast-paced outdoor environment!

We are offering a flexible contract with hours that work around your current commitments.

What does it take?

  • Cytech Level 1 qualification

  • We are looking for customer-focused individuals to provide first-class customer service to all our visitors

  • Experience of working in a customer facing outdoor role would be desirable

  • You’ll help us maintain a clean and safe environment

  • Most importantly you’ll show flexibility and a willingness to learn about all aspects of our activities

  • Due to our remote location, you will require access to your own transport

As a valued member of the team, you are entitled to these fantastic benefits:

  • Flexible hours

  • Company Induction, Uniform and Training

  • Free parking at all our water parks

  • Discounts across our water parks – including our Watersports Centre and Cafe’s

We are offering a flexible contract with hours that work around your current commitments, ideally being available to work during school holidays and weekends, which are our busiest time.

For more information about our season's opening hours, visit the Anglian Water Parks website here.

Company benefits

25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Cinema discounts
Company car
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 6% - you pay in 6%, we pay in 12%
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Fertility treatment leave
Further education support
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Hackathons
Health assessment
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
In house training
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Interest free loans
Learning platform
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Mental health platform access
Mentoring
Neo-natal leave
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
Professional subscriptions
Religious celebration leave
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Volunteer days
Work from anywhere scheme – Available to those employees whose work can be done fully remotely
Paid fostering leave – 5 days paid

Working at Anglian Water Services

Company employees

6500

Gender diversity (male:female:non-binary)

66:33:1

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