Plant /Vehicle Technician

London Borough of Hounslow; Greater London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

London Borough of Hounslow is seeking three Plant/Vehicle Technicians to join our Vehicle Fleet Management Team. You will carry out vehicle inspections and repairs to DVSA standards, including HGV vehicles, with opportunities for training.

The role requires a Level 3 HGV mechanical qualification, good record-keeping, and the ability to work in a busy team on a split shift. Interviews will be held in October 2026. Salary band £41,133–£43,680 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience inspecting vehicles to DVSA standards, including HGVs.
• Proven ability to complete inspection and repair documentation.
• Willingness to undergo training and development.
• Basic DBS check required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out vehicle inspections and repairs to DVSA standard including HGV.
• Maintain accurate service and inspection records.
• Work within the Vehicle Fleet Management Team to keep council vehicles compliant.

Skills

HGV/LGV knowledge

DVSA standards

Documentation accuracy

Team collaboration

Willing to train

Education

Level 3 HGV mechanical qualification

Job description

Plant /Vehicle Technician x 3

Job details

Salary £41,133 - £43,680 per annum. Package Permanent, Full-time, 36 hours per week. Date posted 01/09/2026 Job reference R0007411 Attachments Role Profile - Plant - Vehicle Technician.pdf

Job description

About us at Hounslow We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Our Benefits If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. about these here.

About The Role Working within the Vehicle Fleet Management Team Carrying out vehicle Inspections and repairs to DVSA standard including HGV. Opportunities for good training and experience

About The Team You’ll Be Working In Vehicle Fleet Management (VFM) is a small experienced team aiming to provide vehicles and compliance to a wide variety of light and heavy goods vehicles. Our aim is to retain compliance of vehicles to a high standard to ensure council services are operational with minimal disruption to residents and their expectations. Reporting to the Head of Fleet.

About You

• Can work within a busy team, being flexible and work a split shift pattern
• Enthusiastic to learn, progress career & attend training
• Good extensive knowledge of HGV and LGV defect finding & repair to DVSA standard.
• Level 3 HGV mechanical qualification
• Able to complete inspection & repair documentation and keep good records in line with O Licence and DVSA standards

Essential for The Role: Basic DBS about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!

When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

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Interviews for this job will be held during October 2026.