Salary: *GBP*32,061per annum rising to *GBP*34,434 per annumBasis: Full timePackage: 37 hours per week, Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Holiday allowance of 25 days plus public holidays on joining.Contractual Hours: 37Region: CentralJob Category: Technical

Job Description:

Internal only

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the Transport and Engineering Workshops team to repair and maintain the Service’s vehicle fleet, plant and equipment.

We have a large fleet of vehicles and operational appliances that are used to protect and support the community both operationally at incidents and whilst undertaking prevention activities.

The Transport and Engineering Workshops team undertake all servicing and maintenance to ensure all vehicles comply with legislation and Service best practice. This is integral to ensure all our appliances remain ready for operational deployment when needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• To carry out servicing, repair and maintenance of vehicles, appliances, plant and equipment, in accordance with the vehicle servicing schedule to ensure the availability of Service assets.
• To carry out the installation, maintenance and diagnosis of vehicle electrics covering areas such as communications, alarm, charging, electromagnetic retarding, auto gearbox, ABS, LDW and ESP Systems and have knowledge of CAN systems to ensure Service assets always remain operational and available.
• To provide standby/On-Call out of hours cover on a rota basis as the ‘on call’ Duty Technician to carry out essential repairs on vehicles or plant to ensure operational appliances are always available
• To ensure that job cards, booking forms and other records are completed and that all spare parts used are properly recorded to ensure assets are correctly accounted for.
• To notify the Workshop Manager of deficiencies, faults or damage to vehicles, or any items found which require replacement to ensure work plans can be altered according to Service priorities.
• To carry out minor body and paintwork repairs to vehicles and appliances to maintain value for money and minimise the time operational appliances are unavailable.
• To assist in the movement of fire appliances and ancillary vehicles to any Service or other premises as required, maintaining operational availability.

About you

You will have:

• City and Guilds Motor Vehicle Technician Part II, or equivalent qualification.
• Undertaken a recognised apprenticeship or period of training in motor vehicle engineering.
• Full manual driving licence for category B (car) with no pending issues.
• Significant experience in commercial vehicle maintenance with a sound understanding of the issues involved in maintaining and repairing light goods vehicles.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in the installation, maintenance and diagnosis of vehicle electrics covering areas such as communications, alarm, charging, electromagnetic retarding, automatic gearboxes, ABS, LDW and ESP and CAN Systems.
• Excellent organisational and co-ordination skills, self-motivated and a team player, able to prioritise and work unsupervised to an appropriate standard within deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills oral and written.
• Ability to use Microsoft Windows based software packages to record work activities, training records and undertake communications.
• An understanding of and commitment to Health and Safety in the workplace.

For more details about the key responsibilities and essential criteria required for the role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Next steps

If this role is of interest, please visit our website for further information and to make a formal application. We ask that you include your full career history and reference your skills and experience in line with the job description and person specification within your application and supporting statement.

Closing date: Thursday 5 March 2026

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 11 March 2026

In this role you will have to provide Standby/On-Call out of hours cover as Duty Technician on a rota system (evenings, nights and weekends).

This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2023. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act.

The appointment will be made subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance at the level required for the role.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safer recruitment, and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People and all staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is an equal opportunities employer that welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we encourage applications from those who have served, are serving, or are part of a military family. Your skills and experience are valued here.