Vehicle Technician - Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service

Vehicle Technician - Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service

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

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 Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.

Experience & Qualifications Required

• 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

Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service Can Offer You

• Potential to earn additional overtime for out-of-hours on-call availability
• Working hours: Monday to Thursday 08.00 - 17.00, and Friday 08.00 - 16.00 (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.

For an informal discussion, please contact Dave Howlett, Fleet Manager, or Tom Bunce, Workshop Manager, on .

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 type: Full-Time