Vehicle Maintenance Technician - Gatwick
Band 5
Main area: Fleet Maintenance
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 278-VMTC-0424-CC
Site: Gatwick
Town: Gatwick
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/01/2025 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 aim to continually improve.
Job overview
* Contract: Permanent Full time 37.5 hours/week
* Band: 5 - £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
* Location: Gatwick
We have an exciting opportunity for a Vehicle Maintenance Technician at our Gatwick 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.
* Work on a large fleet of Mercedes Sprinter & Vito, Fiat Ducato, Skoda, DAF and Iveco vehicles used by the Ambulance Trust; 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, and 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.
* 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.
* 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 of 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.
Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination. For patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt.
Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions.
The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.
We are committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.
Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.
The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you’re applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.
Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact recruitment@secamb.nhs.uk stating the vacancy reference number.
Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.
Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.
Should you require any further information, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy.
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