Job advert
JETS - Light Vehicle Technician
Grade F - £31, - £37,
Contract Type - Permanent
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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.
Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.
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About the Opportunity
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our Joint Engineering Transport Services (JETS) team as a Vehicle Technician, predominantly working on light vehicles.
Based in our Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham workshop, you will have the opportunity to directly contribute in making the County of Staffordshire Safer whilst working with a wider team at JETS. In addition, you could be attending any of our sites for both Staffordshire Police & Fire to carry out the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the Fleet of vehicles under JETS remit.
The post holder will have experience in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, including cars, light commercial vehicles. Working in a modern clean safe workshop environment with great road networking links, having access to the latest equipment to maintain and service the mixed fleet of varied manufacture models and vehicle types (ICE, Hybrid & EV).
The post holder, where required, will have the opportunity to keep up to date and further upskill their knowledge and skill sets as we invest in our staff, providing both bespoke in-house and external training to be able to service and maintain the fleet of vehicles appropriately, utilising specialist manufacturer courses and in addition providing personal development training via accredited bodies.
We offer an excellent package including:
1. Generous holiday entitlement of 28 days (plus bank holidays),
2. Excellent work-life balance working of 37hrs per week (early finish on Friday),
3. Additional ‘On Call’ payments,
4. Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme,
5. Personal Protective Equipment & Clothing provided,
6. Free Parking,
7. Tool Allowance.
The post holder will be required to support and be part of the year-round on call rota, currently covering a rota based on 1 in every 8 days, bringing additional ‘on call’ payments for the post holder, in addition to the post holders’ annual salary.
Ideally, but not essential, the post holder shall be fully qualified to carry out MOT testing to DVSA standards.
Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile.
The competency level for this role is a Level 1
Please ensure that your CV tailors to the key requirements outlined in the role profile
Closing date: Wednesday 9th April at 12 Midday
In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:
8. Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
9. Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
10. Flexible / Agile Working
11. Sick pay scheme
12. Fostering friendly policy
13. Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
14. Access to health and wellbeing support
15. Eye care vouchers
16. On site Gyms
17. Staff associations
18. Reward and Recognition
19. Blue light Card
20. Flexible working options
21. Training and development opportunities
22. Car lease scheme
23. Cycle to work scheme
24. Free Parking at selected sites
25. Onsite catering facilities
26. Access to Staff Networks
27. Union support
28. Financial products and services
Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.
Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link: