JETS - Heavy Vehicle Technician

This role is based at Trentham Lakes, it is a Grade F role starting salary (£29,874 - £35,982)

About the Opportunity

As a Heavy Vehicle Technician, you will be a key member of our Joint Fleet Team. Working to maintain vehicles to the highest possible standards as set out in our standards and procedures whilst complying with our Health and Safety standards and policy.

You will be expected to carry out inspections, repairs and servicing across a variety of vehicle makes and models & Fire Appliances, checking vehicles comply with any and all DVSA legislation.

Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service pride themselves on a modern fleet and have a healthy vehicle replacement programme that continually runs throughout each year. There is no requirement for customer reports and video inspections and no warranty work is completed in house. You will be working in a modern, clean and tidy workshop with excellent rest facilities including cooking equipment, hot water boilers and outdoor seating areas.

You will be required to participate in 24hr Call Out Rota and Out of Hours Stand By duty to support the whole fleet, where there is opportunity to earn a top up to your salary. As a Heavy Vehicle Technician, you will be on a 1 in 8 rota, covering either 12 hours in the week or 24 hours at a weekend. An on-call “standby” fee is paid for each 12-hour period you are covering and any call outs are paid at 1.5 hourly wage rate. Transport is provided to staff members on call as they are not expected to use their personal vehicle for business purposes.

This is a diverse role which includes analysis, diagnostics and road testing of vehicles.  All of our technicians are provided with relevant manufacturer training and development to further their career portfolio. We offer opportunities to specialise and develop expertise / accreditation within a specific brand or across multiple brands.

The Team based at Trentham Lakes, in Stoke on Trent are a collaborative and caring team that work as one to ensure Police and Fire colleagues are maintained to a high standard to keep Staffordshire Safe.

If you want to become part of a select team who maintain the emergency services fleet for fire and policing in Staffordshire then we look forward to meeting you.

Flexible working as part of a weekly alternating work pattern of;

Monday to Thursday 9:00-17:00.

Friday 7:30-15:00 for all staff.

The deadline for application submissions is 12:00 Midday on Friday 8th March 2024

Please ensure that your CV must cater to the key skills on the role profile

About You

In order to be successful, you must possess the following:

• A relevant formal qualification in Automotive City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3
• Relevant experience as a Technician/Mechanic
• Own Set of Tools
• Full UK Driving Licence & HGV Licence.

We are looking for someone who shares our team and organisational values and can work confidently either as part of a team or independently.

Qualification essentials

• Automotive City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 or be able to demonstrate relevant experience and qualifications as a Technician/Mechanic
• Full UK Car Driving Licence & HGV Licence.
• Own Set of Tools

Benefits of working for Staffordshire Police:

• Flexi time – flexible working as part of trust driven policing
• Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
• Annual Leave Entitlement - starting at 28 days plus bank holidays
• Sick pay scheme
• Fostering friendly policy
• Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption
• No weekend working unless on-call
• Occupational Health services
• Staff associations
• Reward and Recognition
• Blue light Discount Card
• Staff restaurant at both Police and Fire HQ’s
• Free parking on site

“Staffordshire have a strong commitment to equality and diversity in our people, within the organisation and in the services we provide to our communities.

We want to reflect the communities we serve and one way we can try to achieve this is through a 'positive action' approach.

Positive action is activity which helps employers identify and remove barriers and issues to the recruitment, retention and progression of people who identify with underrepresented groups of the Equalities Act 2010 (i.e. LGBT+, ethnicity, disability), whilst still employing people on merit.

Click here to register your interest in being involved in positive action opportunities and support; Positive.action@staffordshire.pnn.police.uk “