Overview
Job reference: VAC000406
Location: Brigade Headquarters, Stocklake, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 1BD
Salary: £44,483 to £45,164 (including guaranteed overtime and tool allowance) plus potential to earn additional overtime for out-of-hours on-call availability, based on 7 weeks contractual call-out at £339 per week
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 39-hour week (37 hours + 2 hours contracted overtime + out-of-hours on-call availability)
Package: Local Government Pension Scheme | Good annual leave entitlement | Employee benefits | Employee Assistance Programme | Occupational Health | Onsite gym facilities
About Us
Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service serves a population of more than 800,000 in the Southeast of England. Around 400 Firefighters operate from 19 Fire Stations from the outskirts of London to the South Midlands. We employ around 100 specialist support staff, from ICT to Fire Prevention. We are a diverse, welcoming community will you join us?
Our Service is only as good as its people. When our employees are engaged and supported, our Service thrives. This why we support flexible and hybrid working.
About The Role
Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service has an exciting vacancy for a Vehicle Technician. This role is based in the workshop at Headquarters in Stocklake, Aylesbury, where we are committed to providing an excellent, modern and agile Fire & Rescue Service for our community.
The successful candidate will be part of a team that are responsible for the servicing, repair and maintenance of the fleet of emergency vehicles, plant, equipment and support vehicles that support the fire service.
Responsibilities
* Servicing, repair and maintenance of the fleet of emergency vehicles, plant, equipment and support vehicles.
Required Criteria
* NVQ Level 3 Heavy Vehicle qualification (or equivalent e.g. City and Guilds)
* Full driving licence, ideally with category C entitlement (LGV)
* Skilled in all aspects of light commercial and heavy vehicle servicing and repairs, including diagnostics / electrics
Desirable criteria
* Experience of welding and associated equipment
* Vehicle and tool hydraulics
* Self-motivated, able to work on own initiative to high standards of work
* Live within 30 minutes travelling time to Aylesbury
* IRTEC accreditation
Buckinghamshire Fire And Rescue Service Can Offer You
* Potential to earn additional overtime for out-of-hours on-call availability
* Monday - Thursday and Friday (no weekends, other than Rota call-out)
* No shift working
* 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days with five years service + bank holidays
* Fantastic culture of training and development with onsite and residential training courses, qualifications and internal progression
You will be required to take part in the emergency on-call rota one week out of seven, where you will initially be mentored by another team member, usually for the duration of the six-month probation period.
Closing date: 2nd November 2025
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are an equal opportunity employer. Applications from people of any colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or disability are welcome. If there are any adaptions or adjustments, we can make to help you in your application, or with our recruitment process, please contact our HR Team.
Everyone who works with us is required to have a DBS check.
Abatement And Protected Pension
If you are in receipt of a Firefighters pension, before taking up employment with Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire Authority you are required to notify Human Resources as Abatement Rules may apply
No agencies please.
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