Role Overview
The Logistics Technician (ECU Education) plays a vital operational support role within the Emergency Capabilities Unit, ensuring that all specialist equipment, vehicles, and resources are maintained, safe, and ready for use in training and emergency preparedness activities. The post holder manages a fleet of vehicles and a wide range of specialist educational and operational equipment, ensuring they are fully functional, compliant with safety standards, and available for both planned training delivery and rapid deployment when required.
This role combines logistics coordination, technical equipment management, and operational support. Key duties include conducting safety checks, maintaining asset registers, coordinating stock control, supporting procurement processes, and ensuring all equipment is cleaned, decontaminated, and prepared to meet infection prevention and control standards.
Working closely with internal teams and external suppliers, the Logistics Technician provides specialist advice on logistics and equipment management, supports major incident exercises, and facilitates the movement of equipment across sites and nationally. The role involves hands‑on physical work, including manual handling, warehouse operations, and driving vehicles (including larger vehicles where required).
Key Responsibilities
* Managing all EPRR vehicle safety checks and vehicle maintenance programmes.
* Inspecting and maintaining safety‑critical equipment and specialist equipment.
* Providing specialist logistics advice to various internal user groups.
* Managing equipment and vehicles in line with national Vehicle/Equipment Data Sheets.
* Facilitating the movement of specialist logistics to locations throughout the ECU site and nationally.
* Managing the cleaning and decontamination of specialist equipment.
* Updating and monitoring equipment inventories and maintaining an asset register.
* Coordinating the availability of key specialist logistics throughout the ECU site and nationally.
* Supporting procurement processes and technical evaluations of new equipment.
* Supporting the response to Major and Significant exercises.
* Ensuring specialist equipment is ready for Educational Delivery and meets the needs of learners and tutors.
About the NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities Unit (ECU)
The principal aim of the NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities Unit is to support the delivery of patient care and improved clinical outcomes in a range of challenging environments across England. The unit supports NHS Trusts and partner agencies to provide an effective response to the major and complex incidents defined within the UK's National Risk Register.
Host by the London Ambulance Service and commissioned by NHS England, the NHS ECU is the national centre of excellence for emergency preparedness, resilience, and response across England's ambulance services. It builds on over a decade of operational expertise, clinical leadership, and innovation.
The NHS ECU operates from the Fire Service College in Moreton‑in‑Marsh, a world‑class facility that enhances training, collaboration, and innovation alongside emergency service partners.
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