Vehicle and Motorcycle Technician (Winchester) - HC620389

TN United Kingdom; Winchester; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

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Vehicle and Motorcycle Technician (Winchester) - HC620389, Winchester

Client: Shared Services Partnership

Location: Winchester, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Transport Vehicle Technician - HC620389

Location: Winchester

Pay Grade: Scale 6, £36,247.00 - £38,329.00 per annum which includes a £4000.00 market supplement. Plus overtime opportunities.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week (The hours of work are Monday to Friday (08.00 - 16.30 Monday to Thursday and Friday 08.00 - 16.00).

Closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025 at 23:59 hours

We’re on the lookout for a friendly, enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals to join the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police Transport Department. Is this you?

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police Transport Department are seeking skilled highly motivated Vehicle Technicians to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining various vehicles. The Vehicle Technician should have a strong mechanical knowledge and excellent customer service skills to ensure internal customer satisfaction.

The successful applicant must be able to work under pressure and unsupervised on a variety of cars and vans, including vehicles fitted with police equipment. You must be capable of carrying out the repair process, from fault finding right through to completion, and all vehicle repairs and maintenance to our police fleet should be carried out to a high standard.

We currently have a vacancy at our Winchester workshop, where your vehicle maintenance and repair skills will be used to ensure the fleet is kept fully operational. You will be required to work on a variety of fleet vehicles, which includes high performance cars for teams such as roads policing and armed response, and vans for public order operations which may be used across the UK for mutual aid operations. As well as undertaking servicing and repairs and vehicle road tests, you will be required to carry out basic vehicle fits to ensure they are ready for police use.

What we offer you in return for your valued skills and commitment:

• Our team is family friendly and we pride ourselves on this.
• You will gain access to wellbeing services and there is an option to join our sports and social club.
• Our sports and social club offers opportunities to get involved with sport at a local and national level, also to take advantage of discounts at a range of local retailers and attractions across the county and a bit further afield.
• There is also the option of building up flexi time which can give you up to 13 days extra leave per year to use for time off for yourself, or to attend medical appointments or help with family commitments.
• You will receive continued professional development which includes attending MOT courses and refreshers, IMI Level 3 accreditation for electric vehicles (EV’s), plus we supply all tools and clothing including PPE you need for the role.

You will also be eligible to the following employee benefits:

• Competitive pay with the ability to progress through the salary range
• Family friendly policies supporting those with caring responsibilities
• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 24 days (pro-rata for part-time workers) in addition to public holidays, rising to 29 after five years’ service, then increasing to 30 days at 20 years’ service.
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• Opportunity to join the Hampshire Police Leisure and Sports Club and obtain a Blue Light Card, which both offer a range of shopping, holiday and leisure discounts and other benefits
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Long service and recognition awards
• Staff representation groups and networks

Further Information:

*Some employee benefits require a qualifying period of service

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Contact details for an informal discussion:

For an informal chat about the role, or for any queries, you can contact the Police Recruitment Team who can put you in touch with the fleet management team. Emailing [emailprotected] or you can call us on 023 80451611.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.

The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.