Service Centre Team Leader - Derriford

SWAST; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading ambulance service is seeking a Service Centre Team Leader to oversee maintenance operations across a large geographical area. This pivotal role involves managing a diverse team and ensuring high standards are met in fleet and equipment maintenance. Successful candidates will have opportunities for professional growth in an organization committed to excellence in patient care.

Benefits

27 days holiday entitlement, rising to 33 days

Pay enhancements for out of hours and overtime

Car leasing scheme

Free parking across trust sites

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Full driving license with no current endorsements.
• Significant experience managing staff.
• Experience in busy service centre or workshop.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of professional teams.
• Ensure vehicle maintenance meets service plans.
• Implement continuous improvement methodologies.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to detail

Communication

Continuous improvement

Education

HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

IOSHH health and safety qualification

Managerial or supervisory qualification

Job description

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Service Centre Team Leader - Derriford

The closing date is 17 June 2025

As a Team Leader you will guide and support a multi-disciplinary function enabling the safe and effective utilisation of our fleet and equipment across the South West. Our patients expect the highest standards of care and your role will be essential in ensuring this continues.

Main duties of the job

The Service Centre Team Leader is responsible for the day to day leadership of friendly, professional teams ensuring thatvehicle and equipment maintenance is carried out to the highest standards.

As a Team leader you will ensure that we meet the maintenance and service plans against agreed departmental KPIs and job cycle times.

The successful candidates will manage the implementation and delivery of a continuous improvement and workplace methodology for fleet maintenance activities.

You will demonstrate compassionate and collaborative leadership, supporting a diverse team, whilst having a keen eye for detail and a desire to help grow and improve the Fleet and Equipment service across a geographically large area.

About us

Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.

At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.

In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.

You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.

• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see attached the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• HND in Mechanical/Electrical or electronic engineering or equivalent/similar qualifications, OR knowledge demonstrated at equivalent standard gained through relevant experience/training
• Full driving license held for at least one year with no current endorsements.
• Vehicle Inspectorate Inspector standard
• Managerial or supervisory qualification
• IOSHH health and safety qualification
• Membership of a professional vehicle institution
• Significant experience of managing staff at all levels
• Experience of working in busy service centre, workshop or vehicle preparation sites unsupervised and with flexible/shift working patterns
• If test passed, or retaken, after 1/1/97 must hold a C1 to drive any A&E Ambulance
• Experience of developing and implementing policy
• Previous NHS ambulance experience
• Experience in carrying out vehicle/equipment maintenance/preparation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearplus shift premium and overtime