JETS - Light Vehicle Technician

Staffordshire Police; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Staffordshire Police as a Light Vehicle Technician in Stoke-on-Trent, where you will play a crucial role in maintaining a diverse fleet of vehicles. This permanent position offers excellent benefits including generous holiday entitlements, flexible working options, and opportunities for training and development. The successful candidate will have a solid background in vehicle maintenance and the chance to further enhance their skills within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement of 28 days (plus bank holidays)

Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme

On Call payments

Free Parking

Tool Allowance

Access to health and wellbeing support

Training and development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Union support

Access to Staff Networks

Qualifications

• Experience in repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, including light commercial types.
• Qualified to carry out MOT testing preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct inspections, repairs, and maintenance on the fleet of vehicles.
• Ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
• Participate in on-call rota and respond to emergency repairs.

Skills

Vehicle Maintenance

Repair Skills

Education

Qualified in Vehicle Repair

MOT Testing Qualification

Job description

JETS - Light Vehicle Technician

Grade F - £31,296 - £37,692

Contract Type - Permanent

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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.

Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.

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About The Opportunity

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our Joint Engineering Transport Services (JETS) team as a Vehicle Technician, predominantly working on light vehicles.

Based in our Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham workshop, you will have the opportunity to directly contribute in making the County of Staffordshire Safer whilst working with a wider team at JETS. In addition, you could be attending any of our sites for both Staffordshire Police & Fire to carry out the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the Fleet of vehicles under JETS remit.

The post holder will have experience in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, including cars, light commercial vehicles. Working in a modern clean safe workshop environment with great road networking links, having access to the latest equipment to maintain and service the mixed fleet of varied manufacture models and vehicle types (ICE, Hybrid & EV).

The post holder, where required, will have the opportunity to keep up to date and further upskill their knowledge and skill sets as we invest in our staff, providing both bespoke in-house and external training to be able to service and maintain the fleet of vehicles appropriately, utilising specialist manufacturer courses and in addition providing personal development training via accredited bodies.

We Offer An Excellent Package Including

• Generous holiday entitlement of 28 days (plus bank holidays),
• Excellent work-life balance working of 37hrs per week (early finish on Friday),
• Additional ‘On Call’ payments,
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme,
• Personal Protective Equipment & Clothing provided,
• Free Parking,
• Tool Allowance.
  
  

The post holder will be required to support and be part of the year-round on call rota, currently covering a rota based on 1 in every 8 days, bringing additional ‘on call’ payments for the post holder, in addition to the post holders’ annual salary.

Ideally, but not essential, the post holder shall be fully qualified to carry out MOT testing to DVSA standards.

Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile.

The competency level for this role is a Level 1

Please ensure that your CV tailors to the key requirements outlined in the role profile

Closing date: Friday 20th June 2025 at 12 Midday

In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
• Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
• Flexible / Agile Working
• Sick pay scheme
• Fostering friendly policy
• Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
• Access to health and wellbeing support
• Eye care vouchers
• On site Gyms
• Staff associations
• Reward and Recognition
• Blue light Card
• Flexible working options
• Training and development opportunities
• Car lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free Parking at selected sites
• Onsite catering facilities
• Access to Staff Networks
• Union support
• Financial products and services
  
  

To find out more information about JETS, kindly watch this video below:

Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.

We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.

For more information on Positive Action please email the team on [e-mail] any Recruitment queries please email [e-mail]

Please Note If You Are Successful At Interview And Commence Pre-employment Checks This Will Include Vetting, Please See What This Involves And The Process Via The Below Link

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