Fleet Parts Specialist

EMAS Community Response Team; Northampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Holiday entitlement 27–33 days + bank

NHS Pension Scheme

Uniform provided

Training and development

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust in the Northampton area is seeking a highly organised Fleet Parts Specialist to join our Northampton workshop team. You will manage parts stock, source vehicle components including specialist emergency service parts, and handle purchase orders and goods receipting.

The role suits someone with strong computer skills and experience in the automotive trade, who can work independently or as part of a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Strong computer skills and experience in the automotive trade.
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to work independently and in a team.
• Adaptable, eager to learn and grow in a busy workshop environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain parts stock within the trust's vehicle maintenance system.
• Source a wide range of vehicle components, including specialist emergency service parts.
• Handle Purchase Orders, goods receipting, and allocate parts to maintenance jobs.

Skills

Computer skills

Automotive trade experience

Excellent communication

Adaptable

Eager to learn

Education

Maths and English GCSE/O Levels

C1 driving licence

Job description

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).

Job overview

An exciting opportunity is now available for a highly organised and detail-oriented Fleet Parts Specialist to join our dynamic Northampton workshop team!

Our Northampton workshop is a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a small dedicated and expanding team of skilled vehicle technicians.

If you’re looking to make a real difference and want to be part of a Fleet Team that plays a vital role in keeping emergency vehicles in top condition—helping frontline crews respond safely and effectively—then we’d love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

In this key role, you’ll take ownership of maintaining parts stock within the trust’s vehicle maintenance system, sourcing a wide range of vehicle components—including specialist emergency service parts—and handling Purchase Orders, goods receipting, and allocating parts to maintenance jobs.

We’re looking for someone with strong computer skills and experience in the automotive trade, who is adaptable, eager to learn, and ready to grow. Excellent communication skills are essential, along with the ability to thrive both independently and as part of a supportive team.

Working for our organisation

Working for us not only provides job satisfaction of knowing that what you do makes a real difference to our patients, but we offer a range of other great benefits too:

• Flexible approach to working patterns, we understand the importance of a work life balance and have a wide selection of rotas for part-time and full-time staff
• Holiday entitlement of 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus public bank holiday entitlement (pro rata for part time).
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working, career and salary progression and annual personal development review.
• Uniform will be provided where this is a requirement of the role
• Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes and cycle to work.
• An exceptional place to work to provide with high-quality emergency care to save lives and make a difference to people
• A first-class employer, promoting equality, diversity and inclusion of our employees. We are a Rainbow Accredited organisation, and a Veteran Aware and Disability Confident employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on this job opportunity please ensure you download the attached Job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full clean driving licence
• Qualification in Maths and English to O' Level GCSE standard
• C1 driving Licence

Experience

• Two years driving experience
• Experience in Ambulance workshops
• Additional previous relevant work experience

The East Midlands has a lot to offer:

Making a Difference

Action Packed Roles

Support and Belonging

Accessibility

If you have any accessibility requirements at any point during the recruitment process, then please contact the recruiting manager.

If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.

Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer,committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns. Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you. If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.

Our Vision -Respondingto patient needs in the right way,developingour organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, andcollaboratingto improve wider healthcare.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.

Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (Al l spent and unspent convictions must declared).

If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £46.88.

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