Vehicle Maintenance Technician - Chertsey
Band 5
Main area Fleet Maintenance Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week) Job ref 278-VMTC-1224-CC-A
Site Chertsey workshop, Ottershaw. Town Chertsey Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/04/2025 23:59
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.
Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.
Job overview
* Contract- Permanent Full time 37.5 hours/week
* Band 5 - £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
* Location- Chertsey
We have an exciting opportunity for a Vehicle Maintenance Technician at our Chertsey workshop.
You will be a part of a friendly team working on a rota basis supporting operations. The ideal candidates will need to be flexible and able to work on weekends and bank holidays. There will be an additional unsocial payment for unsocial hours worked. Our workshops are open 7 days a week from 6am – 8pm. This post has a cost of living allowance.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will:
* Service, repair and maintain a diverse fleet of vehicles and specialist ambulance equipment to emergency use standards, using the requisite skills and expertise in line with current Health and Safety legislation.
* Working on a large fleet of Mercedes Sprinter & Vito, Fiat Ducato, Skoda, DAF and Iveco vehicles used by the Ambulance Trust, you will carry out all types of work on our ambulances and service vehicles. If successful, you will be given main dealer training.
* Examine, inspect and report thoroughly on the condition, roadworthiness or safety of any vehicle or equipment, including testing and use of diagnostic techniques.
* Regularly communicate technical information with line managers, colleagues, other SECAmb staff by phone and e-mail to arrange appointments and prepare vehicles for Ministry Testing at Class IV and VII as per the Ministry of Transport testers manual.
* To recover any broken down or immobilised vehicle or equipment in a safe manner without a risk to staff and public or additional damage to SECAmb property in accordance with accepted legislation.
The successful candidates will have sound experience in vehicle maintenance, fault diagnosis and have experience of applying company policies in respect of safety and maintenance practice and standards.
Working for our organisation
* A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
* Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
* Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
* Access to occupational health and counselling services.
* Back up buddy App.
* Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidates will have sound experience in vehicle maintenance, fault diagnosis and have experience of applying company policies in respect of safety and maintenance practice and standards.
Please refer to the Job description attached for more details on the role.
Person specification
* NVQ level 2 experience.
* Motor trade experience necessary.
Driving licence
* Full UK.
* C1 Driving licence.
Job history
* Currently in motor trade.
* History if out of motor trade for a period.
Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
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