Main area: Fleet Maintenance
Grade Band: 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 278-VMTC-0424-CC
Employer: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Gatwick
Town: Gatwick
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/01/2025 23:59
Vehicle Maintenance Technician - Gatwick
Band 5
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.
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.
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, carrying 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.
Working for our organisation
* A minimum of 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.
Person specification
* NVQ level 2 experience.
* Motor trade experience necessary.
Driving licence
* Full UK
* C1 Driving licence
Please note: All positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post.
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, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.
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