Vehicle Technician Within Fleet

About Hertfordshire Constabulary

The constabulary employs over 3500 officers and staff and 500 PCSO's and specials. We are a modern, proactive and flexible police force. We put the communities we serve first and are there for victims when they need us most.

We are now hiring for a Vehicle Technician to help maintain a fleet of nearly 700 vehicles to the highest standards.

It is important to us that we represent our local communities within Hertfordshire.

Everyone at Hertfordshire Constabulary takes personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish.

Why join Hertfordshire Constabulary?

By joining us as a Vehicle Technician you will receive a vast range of opportunities and benefits. Some of these include:

Starting pay of £31,296 rising with service up to £39,813 including discretionary, plus 2 spinal column points for shift allowance.
£1500 per annum tool allowance.
37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, optional weekends when required.
Weekly shift rotation.
Week one 06:00-14:00 Mon-Thurs, Friday 06:00-13:30
Week two 13:30-21:30 Mon-Thurs, Friday 13:00-20:30

Flexible working requests can be made.

Annual leave allowance of 25 days – rising to 29 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
Local government pension scheme
Opportunities for development and further study
A great Employee Assistant Programme providing free and confidential counselling, financial and legal advice.
Long Service Awards
Blue Light Card
Force Lottery – purchase shares and win prizes.
Cycle 2 Work scheme
Employee Welfare Fund
Access to Unison
And more!

What does the Vehicle Technician role involve?

You will be working within a team of 12. We are a united team and this role is important to us as it gives a great sense of pride knowing we are doing our part to keep Hertfordshire safe. Every day is different whatever your role in policing, so here’s an overview of your day-to-day responsibilities:

You will be servicing and maintaining vehicles to manufacturers/VOSA standards.
Diagnosing/fault finding on vehicles and Unique Police equipment.
Keeping up to date with all paperwork/job cards.
Plan and prepare vehicle equipment installations.
General housing keeping.
Attend external and online training courses when required.
Liaise with management/stores to reduce vehicle downtime.

Are you the right person for the Vehicle Technician position?

It is important to us that we hire someone with the right values and attitude that align with ours. Whether officer or staff, we are serving the public, and the policing Competency and Values Framework underpins everything we do. We are also looking for you to:

Have great attention to detail.
Be proactive and use your initiative.
Take a solution-focused approach to any query or task.
Be a team player.
Relevant City and Guilds Level 3, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
Ability to design, plan and prepare vehicle equipment installations.
Experience in use of computerised Vehicle diagnostic equipment.
Full UK Driving Licence

If you think this could be the role for you, we encourage you to apply today. If you have any queries, you can contact the recruitment team via recruitment@bch.police.uk

For Further Information:

To reach the hiring manager contact Kevin Pedder via Kevin.pedder@herts.police.uk or 01707 354384 or 07590 450418

Some may find the application process daunting, Please feel free to contact Kevin for any assistance required to complete the application, or any general questions.

Additional Information

All internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period to apply for this role.

Internal applicants within Hertfordshire Constabulary, should upload either a CV or provide relevant skills, experiences and qualifications on Word/PDF document.

This vacancy is live to those at risk of redundancy and will remain open to redeployees until the conditional offer stage throughout the recruitment process. Redeployees will take priority over other applicants at any point during the recruitment process up until conditional offer. If a redeployee is successful and accepts an offer, they will remain on their home force’s terms and conditions.

As a Disability Confident leader, we take personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. If you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the position you are applying for, you will be entitled to an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’.

It is recommended that you download and store a copy of the role profile as this will no longer be available once the advert has closed.