Mobile PTO and Fleet Care Technician

Plantexpand Ltd; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Company pension

Company van and fuel card

Two paid staff events a year

On-call pay

Referral bonus

Job summary

Plantexpand Ltd in Maidstone is seeking a skilled vehicle technician to keep utility vans and light commercial vehicles safe, legal and working. You will operate from a fully stocked van, with the vehicle history in hand before you arrive and you will log every job on a tablet.

The role involves servicing PTO units, hydraulic power packs and tail lifts, diagnosing faults on site and performing on-site repairs, with end-of-day reports.

Qualifications

• A Level 2 or Level 3 vehicle qualification (IMI, City & Guilds or similar), or equivalent experience.
• Your own hand tools (specialist tools and diagnostics supplied by us).
• A full UK driving licence.
• Happy working on your own, out on site.

Responsibilities

• Service, inspect and repair utility vans and light commercial vehicles on customer sites in and around Maidstone.
• Service and repair PTO systems, hydraulics and body-fitted equipment.
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and hydraulic faults and fix them first time wherever you can.
• Carry out vehicle safety and compliance checks.
• Log every job on a tablet with photos, hours and parts used, close the job and raise follow-on repairs.

Skills

Vehicle maintenance

On-site work

Fault diagnosis

Tool use

Education

Level 2/3 vehicle qualification

Tools

Diagnostics equipment

Job description

Maidstone, United Kingdom | Posted on 28/09/2026

£41,000 to £45,000 + overtime + paid door to door + discretionary company bonus + on-call pay + company van and fuel card

Vans, PTOs and tail lifts around Maidstone. Fixed first time.

Keep the utility vehicles around Maidstone safe, legal and working, from the van itself to the power take-offs and body-fitted equipment that do the job on site. You'll work from a fully stocked van with the vehicle's history in your hand before you arrive. Plantexpand maintains the plant and vehicles behind the UK's water, power, gas and telecoms networks, working for national utilities, councils, government and operators of critical sites. Around 95% of our work is done on site, and we empower our engineers to fix first time, with an eight bay workshop, a planning team and our partner suppliers behind them.

What you'll work on

• Utility vans and light commercial vehicles
  
• PTO units and hydraulic power packs
  
• Tail lifts, vehicle-mounted cranes and winches
  
• On-board power, inverters and PTO-driven compressors
  

A typical day

• First thing: check your schedule and van stock, then head to your first site, arriving between 7am and 8am.
  
• Through the day: planned services and inspections on vans and their PTO and body-fitted equipment, finding and fixing faults on site.
  
• When it's needed: breakdowns and urgent repairs, and collecting parts when a job needs them.
  
• End of the day: finish your job reports on your tablet.
  

What you'll do

• Service, inspect and repair utility vans and light commercial vehicles on customer sites in and around Maidstone
  
• Service and repair PTO systems, hydraulics and body-fitted equipment
  
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical and hydraulic faults and fix them first time wherever you can
  
• Carry out vehicle safety and compliance checks
  
• Carry out LOLER thorough examinations on tail lifts, once you're qualified, on equipment maintained by another engineer
  
• Log every job on a tablet (photos, hours and parts used), close the job, raise follow-on repairs and talk directly to our service controllers
  

What you need

• A Level 2 or Level 3 vehicle qualification (IMI, City & Guilds or similar), or equivalent experience
  
• Your own hand tools (we supply specialist tools and diagnostics)
  
• A full UK driving licence
  
• Happy working on your own, out on site
  

Nice to have

• PTO, tail lift or vehicle-mounted hydraulic experience (training available for strong vehicle technicians)
  
• Mobile or roadside experience
  

Where it can lead

You can progress from technician to senior technician and supervisor, with cross-training into other disciplines.

Hours

Full time, Monday to Friday: 45 hours a week, plus 2.5 hours of paid meal breaks across the week. You are paid door to door, from when you leave home.

What you get

• £41,000 to £45,000 a year, plus overtime and enhanced overtime
  
• Discretionaryperformance bonus: paid quarterly, based on company targets
  
• £200 a week when you are on the on-call rota, plus enhanced overtime and call-out payments
  
• Company van no more than four years old, designed by our engineers and fitted with the major tools, diagnostics and parts for the job, plus a company fuel card (business use only)
  
• Company pension
  
• Two paid staff events a year and monthly recognition vouchers
  
• £2,000 for every engineer you refer who we hire
  

Ex-Forces and career changers with the right mechanical skills are welcome. Plantexpand is an Armed Forces Covenant signatory.