Quality Technician - Fleet Services
Job Title: Quality Technician - Fleet Services
Salary: The starting salary is £43,294, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £40,366 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £42,071. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Belvedere and Ponton Road
About Fleet Services
The police vehicle fleet is an important physical asset. It enables officers and staff to do their job, carries key equipment required, and provides safe transportation for the public / prisoners.
The role of Fleet Services is to keep the Met mobile, ensuring we can detect, respond to, and prevent crime whilst building public trust and confidence. Fleet Services are committed to leading with innovation, responsibility and environmental consciousness, striving for a fleet that is safer, smarter and cleaner, with a focused approach as follows:
1 - We will manage responsibly to deliver an excellent service and achieve value for money
2 - We will deliver strategies to manage the fleet efficiently and effectively
3 - We will deliver a fit-for-purpose, flexible and available fleet
The complex needs of modern policing requires a wide range of vehicle types. We operate a fleet of over 5,200 assets on the road and river, as well as over 1,000 pedal cycles. London is the most complex and diverse city in the UK, and our fleet is reflective of that. We currently have over 220 different types of vehicles supporting all operational commands including armed response vehicles, HGVs, patrol cars, motorbikes and pedal cycles.
Customers can be broadly grouped into three strategic pillars – Frontline Policing, Met Ops & Performance, and Counter Terrorism / Specialist Operations. Collectively this covers pan London requirements as well as national CT responsibilities.
The overall fleet requirements and volumes are owned and governed by operational leaders at the Strategic Fleet Board. Operational teams are accountable for the volume of fleet required to undertake their roles, and Fleet Services support and enable effective decision making through provision of information and technical / industry knowledge.
Key responsibilities
- Quality Processes and Procedures – assist the team lead with development, maintenance and improvement of quality processes and procedures that will apply across MPS workshops and into suppliers
- Quality Inspections - Complete Quality inspections and other investigations on vehicles and equipment regularly, working with staff members that have conducted the work. Complete Quality inspections and other investigations on vehicles and equipment at supplier locations (PSPs, body shops)
- Coaching and Guidance - Visit PSP and Body shops to inform, coach and guide on the standards that need to be adhered to and the quality checks that will be conducted. Provide technical information to support this as required
- MOT Testing - Maintain MOT tester status and keep up to date with all industry standards so that these can be checked as part of the overall quality controls
- Inspections and Investigations - Assist with SII inspections and other investigations, helping to identify and record issues that may have occurred on certain vehicles.
- Data, information and reporting - Complete relevant documents and reports and ensure data is recorded correctly and accurate. Ensure that others have completed their information correctly on MPS systems and reports. Raise issues with team lead where this has not occurred
- Wider asset assurance - Assist the Maintenance and Quality team with activities relating to asset assurance of the Fleet, on and off MPS sites, travelling where required
- Development / training - Take responsibility for personal development and keep up to date with relevant standards and legislation.
- Support colleagues - Transfer knowledge and skills to apprentices / less technical staff.
- Ensuring that vehicles are fit for the arduous roles that the police perform, this role monitors and enforces the standards to which the vehicles are maintained.
- You will use you experience and skills to ensure that vehicles maintained internally and externally are fit for purpose and that repairs are of the highest standard.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 4th September 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 1 week after the closing date.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 1 week after hiring manager review.