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Form of workThis is an exciting opportunity to join our Fleet Team as a part of our Joint Emergency Transport Services (JETS) and play an important role in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police/Fire Service. Staffordshire Police and Fire Service seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police & Fire Service serves.
About the Opportunity:
Location: Based at Trentham Lakes, Stoke-on-Trent.
Salary: £29,874 - £35,982 + On call/standby allowance (salary is negotiable).
As an HGV Technician, you will play a crucial role in our Joint Fleet Team, ensuring that vehicles are maintained to the highest standards as outlined in our procedures, while adhering to Health and Safety policies.
Your duties will include performing inspections, repairs, and servicing on a range of Emergency Equipment & Fire Appliances, ensuring compliance with VOSA legislation.
You will also take part in a 24-hour Call Out Rota and Out of Hours Standby to support the entire fleet, with opportunities to supplement your salary. You will be part of a 1 in 8 rota, covering 12 hours during weekdays or 24 hours on weekends. A "standby" fee is provided for each 12-hour period, and call outs are compensated at 1.5 times the hourly wage rate.
The work schedule is flexible, alternating weekly between:
Monday to Thursday 9:00-17:00.
Friday 7:30-15:00 for all staff members.
This is a diverse role which includes analysis, diagnostics and road testing of vehicles. Technicians receive training and development from manufacturers, with opportunities to specialise and gain expertise or accreditation in specific or multiple brands. We offer developmental opportunities for you to progress to the highest scale and advancement to management level.
Our ongoing vehicle replacement programme ensures you work with modern equipment in a clean workshop, complete with excellent rest facilities, cooking equipment, hot water boilers, and outdoor seating. Transport is provided to staff members on call as they are not expected to use their personal vehicle for business purposes.
Based at Trentham Lakes, Stoke-on-Trent, you'll join a supportive fleet team. Our staff are collaborative and always ready to assist, answer questions, and provide support. . If you are interested and want to become part of a select team who maintain the emergency services fleet for fire and policing in Staffordshire, kindly apply. We look forward to meeting you!
Qualification essentials
• Full UK Car Driving Licence and a HGV Licence.
• Automotive City & Guilds or NVQ Level 2/3 or be able to demonstrate relevant experience and qualifications as a Technician/Mechanic
• Own Set of Tools
Please ensure that your CV tailors with the key requirements outlined in the role profile.
The deadline for application submissions are on Tuesday 25th June 2024 at 12 Midday.
Benefits of working for Staffordshire Police:
• Flexi time – flexible working as part of trust driven policing – allowing staff members to accrue banked hours of working to take as extra leave and allows staff to start and finish at earlier/later times if suitable.
• Cycle to work scheme
• New car salary sacrifice scheme
• Self-referral free physiotherapy
• LGPS Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
• Annual Leave Entitlement - starting at 28 days plus bank holidays
• Sick pay scheme
• Fostering friendly policy
• Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption
• No weekend working unless on-call
• Occupational Health services
• Staff associations
• Reward and Recognition
• Blue light Discount Card
• Staff restaurant at both Police and Fire HQ’s
• Free parking on site
As ‘One Force’ across Staffordshire, we know that Diversity and Inclusion help us improve our decision making, encourage creativity and embrace innovation so all our people can thrive.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit and achievements. We encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, gender, people who have a disability, those who are neurodiverse and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police Force we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.
For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk
