Vehicle Maintenance Technician - Chertsey

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Chertsey is hiring a Vehicle Maintenance Technician to join their team. You will service and maintain a diverse fleet, ensuring vehicle safety and compliance with health legislation. Candidates need experience in vehicle maintenance and should be willing to work flexibly, including weekends. The role comes with a range of benefits including NHS pension scheme and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days’ holiday

Tools provided

Uniform & PPE provided

Personal and professional development

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Access to occupational health services

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Sound experience in vehicle maintenance and fault diagnosis.
• Experience applying company safety and maintenance policies.

Responsibilities

• Service, repair, and maintain a diverse fleet of vehicles.
• Inspect and report on vehicle safety and roadworthiness.
• Communicate technical information with team members.
• Recover broken-down or immobilised vehicles safely.

Skills

Vehicle maintenance

Fault diagnosis

Health and Safety legislation knowledge

Communication skills

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Vehicle Maintenance Technician at our Chertsey workshop.

Responsibilities

• Service, repair and maintain a diverse fleet of vehicles and specialist ambulance equipment to emergency use standards, using the requisite skills and expertise in line with current Health and Safety legislation.
• Work on a large fleet of Mercedes Sprinter & Vito, Fiat Ducato, MAN TGE, Skoda, DAF and Iveco vehicles used by the Ambulance Trust, carrying out all types of work on ambulances and service vehicles. If successful, you will be given main dealer training.
• Examine, inspect and report thoroughly on the condition, roadworthiness or safety of any vehicle or equipment, including testing and use of diagnostic techniques.
• Regularly communicate technical information with line managers, colleagues, other SECAmb staff by phone and e‑mail to arrange appointments and prepare vehicles for Ministry Testing at Class IV and VII as per the Ministry of Transport testers manual.
• Recover any broken‑down or immobilised vehicle or equipment in a safe manner without a risk to staff and public or additional damage to SECAmb property in accordance with accepted legislation.
• Vaccination: This front‑line role requires SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID‑19) vaccination unless medically exempt.

Qualifications

The successful candidates will have sound experience in vehicle maintenance and fault diagnosis, and experience of applying company policies in respect of safety and maintenance practice and standards.

Vaccination Policy

Following the revision of national legislation, the Trust requires staff in patient‑facing positions to be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front‑line staff. Information on your vaccine status will be requested as part of the recruitment process.

Equality and Inclusion

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family‑friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under‑represented groups.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people – including those with long‑term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes – including the interview – are fair and equitable. We’re committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offering ongoing support, including any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

Working Hours & Conditions

You will be part of a friendly team working on a rota basis supporting operations. The ideal candidate will need to be flexible and able to work on weekends and bank holidays. There will be an additional unsocial payment for unsocial hours worked. Our workshops are open 7 days a week from 6 am – 8 pm. This post includes a cost‑of‑living allowance.

Benefits

• NHS Pension Scheme
• A minimum 27 days’ holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• All tools provided
• Uniform & PPE provided
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award‑winning wellbeing hub
• Back‑up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money‑saving deals.