The BikeBiz jobs board helped fill more than 720 positions in 2023, and listings are still on the rise. Here’s our latest top five…
Warehouse Operative/Mechanic – Pursue Boundaries
Pursue Boundaries is a UK-based sports hire company focused on top-quality sports equipment. Our portfolio of rental products includes ski wear, wetsuits, turbo trainers, bike boxes, bike trailers, paddle boards & much more. We are dedicated to offering affordable, flexible and sustainable options of quality products that help break the cost barrier into sport and activities, while promoting confidence to entry.
We are looking for a Warehouse Operative to lead our order preparation process. You will cover a range of responsibilities, with a focus on cleaning & maintaining our hire stock, packing it into boxes and labelling it accordingly, making sure each item is ready to go for our next customer.
You will work closely with the founding team to improve our processes and help us scale. Weʼre looking for a motivated all-rounder with an appetite for building a business from the ground-up. This is a ‘start-up’ environment where everyone mucks in. Direct experience isn’t necessary but a self-starter attitude, excellent organisational skills and a sense of fun is.
FixX is a community enterprise run by Working Young CIC that repairs second-hand bikes with young people in Hartcliffe. We are looking for an experienced, qualified bicycle mechanic that can help us develop our social enterprise. It is a varied role working in our community shop carrying out repair work to a high standard and refurbishing second-hand bikes for sale as well as teaching bicycle mechanics to our young people.
The ideal candidate will have great mechanical skills with a sound practical knowledge of the bike industry. The role involves developing our different income streams, promoting second-hand bike sales, repairs, training courses, and merchandise to make us non-grant dependent.
We are looking for a reliable professional that acts as a role model and inspiration for young people and volunteers. The right person will be a passionate individual keen to improve themselves and the organisation who can work alongside our workshop manager and youth worker developing our exciting community enterprise.
Customer Service Administrator – Chicken CycleKit
At Chicken CycleKit we continue to grow and 100 plus years on, we are still leading the market in all two-wheeled solutions from novice cyclist to professional racer. As we increase and develop our portfolio of world-renowned brands, we are creating a company that is forward-thinking, agile, passionate and focused on providing the best customer service and selling a wide-ranging portfolio of premium cycles and accessories.
Due to further expansion of the company, we are looking for an additional Customer Service Administrator. The successful candidate will be a result focused individual with great attention to detail. The role is all about providing an excellent customer experience, maintaining and reviewing existing relationships in an ever-shifting marketplace.
This role also provides a great understanding of the business and the opportunity to progress into more specialist roles of the business over time is likely. A background in the cycle or fitness industry would be a distinct advantage but not essential.
Bicycle Technician/Retail Assistant – Specialized Ruislip
Nestled near the heart of London, Ruislip’s Specialized Concept Store stands as the ultimate haven for cycling enthusiasts. Located just minutes from the A40, with access to the M40 and M25, we’re not only a prime destination for city cyclists but also conveniently situated near the Metropolitan Piccadilly, Central, and Chilterns train lines.
Specialized Concept Store Ruislip requires an experienced bicycle mechanic to work full time in our increasingly successful store, where the atmosphere is friendly, fun and professional. The successful applicant will be required to answer any customers technical questions and general shop duties as required including assembling, and selling quality branded mountain, road, leisure and children’s bicycles.
Applicants would ideally be: bike enthusiasts familiar with the Specialized brand, Cytech certificated or equivalent, experienced with sales, good communicators, tidy and organised, and self-motivated team players. In-depth product and service specific training is provided.
Senior Mechanic/Workshop Manager – Summertown Cycles
Here’s a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious senior mechanic or workshop manager. Summertown Cycles in Oxford is under new ownership and looking to make a name for itself as the best bike shop in the city, the county, the country! Having an efficient, reliable workshop is a key part of the plan.
Summertown Cycle sells and services a wide range of bikes. We also build to customer spec and are valued for our unbiased advice. Our clientele are friendly and affluent. We are passionately focused on delivering the best customer experience possible. We are a small team… it’s important we recruit team players who add something to the overall team dynamic.
We are looking for a hard-working, meticulous, experienced mechanic to work alongside our existing team – to teach and learn from them – who understands how to deliver brilliant customer service and also make money from building and servicing bikes. If you’ve got experience and ideas, we want to learn from you, and we’ll give you every opportunity to develop the workshop into whatever you want it to be.
