Vehicle Technician

This Fire Service has an exciting vacancy for an HGV Vehicle Technician. This role is based in the workshop at their Headquarters - in Aylesbury - where they are committed to providing an excellent, modern, and agile Fire & Rescue Service for the community.

Vehicle Technician

Job reference: VAC000452

Location: Aylesbury, Bucks,

Salary: £46,173 to £46,880 gross per annum (including guaranteed overtime and tool allowance), plus potential to earn additional overtime for out-of-hours on-call availability.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-Time, 39 hours per week

Package: Local Government Pension Scheme Good Annual Leave Entitlement Employee Benefits Employee Assistance Programme Occupational Health Onsite Gym Facilities

About The Employer:

The Service serves a population of more than 800,000 in the Southeast of England. Around 400 Firefighters operate from 17 Fire Stations from the outskirts of London to the South Midlands. They employ around 100 specialist support staff, from ICT to Fire Prevention. They are a diverse, welcoming community - will you join them?

The Service is only as good as its people. When their employees are engaged and supported, the Service thrives. This why they support flexible and hybrid working.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be an experienced, fully qualified HGV Vehicle Technician, joining a team responsible for the servicing, repair, and maintenance of the fleet of emergency vehicles, plant, equipment, and light vehicles that support the Service.

Experience & Qualifications Required

Essential - Experience and Qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience of servicing, repairing, and diagnosing faults on light commercial and heavy vehicles, within a professional Workshop environment
• NVQ Level 3 Heavy Vehicle qualification (or equivalent e.g. City and Guilds)
• Full driving licence, ideally with category C entitlement (LGV)
• Experience in electrical fault finding on vehicle CAN systems

Desirable - Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience of welding and associated equipment
• Vehicle and tool hydraulics
• Self-motivated - able to work on own initiative to high standards of work
• Live within 30-minutes of travelling time to Aylesbury
• IRTEC accreditation

The Service Can Offer You

• Potential to earn additional overtime for out-of-hours on-call availability
• Working hours: Monday to Thursday , and Friday (no weekends, other than on-call rota call-out)
• No shift working
• 25 days holiday, increasing to 30 days with five years' service + bank holidays
• Opportunity for training and development by means of onsite and residential training courses

You will be required to take part in the emergency on-call rota one week out of seven, attracting a standby rate of £352 per week completed. You will initially be mentored by another team member, usually for the duration of the six-month probationary period.

Application closing date: 27th September 2026

Interested?

To apply, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions.

The Service is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from people of any colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability are welcome.

If there are any adaptions or adjustments we can make to help you in your application, or with our recruitment process, this can be arranged.

Everyone who works with the employer is required to have a DBS check.

No agencies please.