Job Title: Vehicle and Motorcycle Technician - HC620979
Location: Fareham
Pay Grade: Scale 6, £36, # - £38, # per annum which includes a £4000.00 market supplement. Plus overtime opportunities.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week (The hours of work are Monday to Friday (08.00 - 16.30 Monday to Thursday and Friday 08.00 - 16.00).
Closing date: Monday 5th May 2025 at 23:59 hours
We’re on the lookout for a friendly, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police Transport Department. Is this you?
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police Transport Department is seeking skilled, highly motivated Vehicle Technicians to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining various vehicles. The Vehicle Technician should have strong mechanical knowledge and excellent customer service skills to ensure internal customer satisfaction.
The successful applicant must be able to work under pressure and unsupervised on a variety of cars and vans, including vehicles fitted with police equipment. You must be capable of carrying out the repair process, from fault finding right through to completion, and all vehicle repairs and maintenance to our police fleet should be carried out to a high standard.
We currently have a vacancy at our Fareham workshop, where your vehicle maintenance and repair skills will be used to ensure the fleet is kept fully operational. You will be required to work on a variety of fleet vehicles, which includes high-performance cars for teams such as roads policing and armed response, and vans for public order operations which may be used across the UK for mutual aid operations. As well as undertaking servicing and repairs and vehicle road tests, you will be required to carry out basic vehicle fits to ensure they are ready for police use.
As part of the role, you will get opportunities to support local and national events.
What we offer you in return for your valued skills and commitment:
* Access to wellbeing services and the option to join our sports and social club.
* Flexi time which can give you up to 13 days extra leave per year.
* Continued professional development including attending MOT courses and refreshers, IMI Level 3 accreditation for electric vehicles (EV’s).
* All tools and clothing including PPE needed for the role.
You will also be eligible for the following employee benefits:
* Competitive pay with the ability to progress through the salary range.
* Family friendly policies supporting those with caring responsibilities.
* Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 24 days (pro-rata for part-time workers) in addition to public holidays, rising to 29 after five years’ service, then increasing to 30 days at 20 years’ service.
* Local Government Pension Scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
* Opportunity to join the Hampshire Police Leisure and Sports Club and obtain a Blue Light Card.
* Employee wellbeing support.
* Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
* Long service and recognition awards.
* Eye test vouchers.
* Staff representation groups and networks.
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Contact details for an informal discussion:
For an informal chat about the role, or for any queries, you can contact the Police Recruitment Team who can put you in touch with the fleet management team by emailing police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk or you can call 023 80451611.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance while meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full-time, part-time or flexible working basis.
The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes.
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