Light Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester

Bluetownonline Ltd; London; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a skilled Light Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester to join their Transport, Fleet, and Workshop Team. The role involves inspecting, servicing, and maintaining modern vehicles while ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements. With a focus on work-life balance and generous leave entitlement, this full-time position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Discounts on various products and services

Generous leave entitlement

Nest pension scheme

Access to health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Minimum City & Guilds Part 3 or IMI level 3.
• IRTEC registration required.
• Full UK driving Licence essential.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, service, and maintain vehicles.
• Attend breakdown callouts.
• Ensure excellent customer service.

Skills

Vehicle maintenance standards

Technical expertise

Teamwork

Education

City & Guilds Part 3

IMI level 3 in motor vehicles studies

Job description

Job Title: Light Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester

Location: East Suffolk Services Limited, Ufford, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 6ET

Salary: £38,293 per annum (plus overtime)

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

Working Hours: 40 hours per week (generally Monday-Friday)

Closing date: 11.30pm, 24 July 2025.

Interview date: week commencing 4 August 2025.

Are you a skilled and hard-working mechanic looking for a new opportunity with a great work-life balance? If so, we may have an opportunity for you!

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join East Suffolk Services' Transport, Fleet and Workshop Team as a Light Vehicle Technician / MOT tester. You'll be more than a box-ticker; you'll be the unseen guardian of every journey, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

• Working on a brand-new fleet of modern vehicles
• No night shifts
• Only 3 fixed Saturday shifts a year (that's right, just 3)
• Consistent Monday to Friday working - 8-hour days, real-life work balance while respecting your time, valuing your expertise, and giving you the space to breathe.

Your role:

As part of our Workshops Team, you will inspect, service, maintain, diagnose, and repair vehicles, to ensure they are fit for purpose and meet health and safety and legal requirements.

You will also attend breakdown callouts and ensure all internal and external customers receive excellent customer service.

What you will need:

• Have a minimum of City & Guilds Part 3 or IMI level 3 in motor vehicles studies qualification
• Excellent knowledge of vehicle maintenance standards required and be IRTEC registered
• You will be a hard-working team player who can work on their own initiative, using their technical expertise to make sound judgments.
• A Full UK driving Licence is an essential requirement of this role.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don't meet all of the essential requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

Here are some of the main benefits:

• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.
• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 32 days a year, increasing to 35 days after 5 years' service)
• Nest pension scheme
• A wide variety of staff support networks, including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.

To find out more:

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Toby Chapman, Workshop Manager.

Closing date: 11.30pm, 24 July 2025.

Interview date: week commencing 4 August 2025.

How to apply:

Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification

Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).

Please click on the APPLY button and you will be redirected to the Company's careers page.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Automotive Technician, Light Service Technician, Auto Mechanic, Vehicle Maintenance Technician, Automotive Service Engineer, MOT Tester, MOT Mechanic, MOT Engineer may also be considered.