Motor Vehicle Technician

Motor Vehicle Technician

Band 5

Job overview

Motor Vehicle Technician

Location: Factory Road, Blaydon

Salary: £32535.00-£38445.00

Full time permanent position

Do you want the opportunity to make a huge difference every day?

Due to our ever-expanding fleet, we are now looking for another Motor Vehicle Technician to join our Highly skilled team of technicians at our Blaydon workshops!

NEASUS employs approximately 70+ staff across our Blaydon, Sunderland, and Equipment and Hygiene Workshops.

Ideally, you will have experience of maintaining and repairing complex vehicles incorporating tail lifts, electrics, carnation systems, using computer diagnostic systems and have experience with hybrid/electric fleet vehicles.

The successful candidate must: 

• Maintain a high standard and focus on safety and quality!
• Have excellent attention to detail!
• Have own toolbox and tools.

Experience working on Mercedes, Renault, Fiat commercial vehicles and Trailers would be an advantage but not essential!

In return we offer great rates of pay and a great range of Benefits. 

If you feel this is an opportunity for you and want to know more, please contact Ronald Watson Workshop Manager, [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: Although advertised on NHS Jobs, this contract is with NEASUS and not NHS.

Main duties of the job

1. Service and repair vehicles.
2. To carry out comprehensive in–depth electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic diagnosis of vehicle systems.
3. To provide instructional support to workshop colleagues.
4. To maintain own skill levels to the highest possible standard maintaining awareness of current and future technology used in the maintenance of the current vehicle market.
5. Liaise with NEASUS manager relating to any long-term vehicle concerns and ensure that all work is carried out in full and followed up until resolved.
6. To keep work area and protective clothing clean, tidy, and fit for form and function whilst also upholding the company image.
7. Observes a personal duty of care for the equipment and resources used in the course of work.
8. Carry out road tests on vehicles as and when required.

Working for our organisation

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full duties and responsibilities for this role.

Person specification

Work Experience/ Achievements

Essential criteria

• The post holder must be experienced in maintaining Cars, CDV’s, Passenger Service Vehicles and Goods vehicles up to 7.5 Tonnes

Knowledge/ Educational Achievements

Essential criteria

• The post holder must be a fully qualified motor vehicle technician.
• You will have attained a recognised level of certification i.e. City & Guilds Motor Vehicle Technician or NVQ level 2 or equivalent
• The post holder must have specialist knowledge of motor vehicle electrical systems & mechanical components
• Comprehensive knowledge of a range of computer-based vehicle diagnostic systems and the ability to analyse and interpret the information presented by the systems to determine the most appropriate repair option.
• Have the ability to diagnose all other vehicle faults without access to diagnostic equipment
• Knowledge of vehicle legislation & Health & Safety Legislation and to be able to demonstrate what PPE is required whilst carrying out their duties

Desirable criteria

• Level 3 NVQ/C&G
• NEBOSH Certificate
• Knowledge of tail lift systems, their operation and repair
• LOLER testing experience
• Experience of working with a Vehicle Fleet Management Systems
• Experience of vehicle carnation systems, ideally blue light systems
• Experience of working in a fleet management environment
• Experience in trailer repairs