Vehicle Technician

**Vehicle Technician (JETS) - Light Vehicle

Grade F - from £31, ,692 (dependant on experience) plus additional On-call allowance

Contract Type - Permanent
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About The Opportunity
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our Joint Engineering Transport Services (JETS) team as a Vehicle Technician, predominantly working on light vehicles.

Based in our Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham workshop, you will have the opportunity to directly contribute in making the County of Staffordshire Safer whilst working with a wider team at JETS. In addition, you could be attending any of our sites for both Staffordshire Police & Fire to carry out the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the Fleet of vehicles under JETS remit.

The post holder will have experience in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, including cars, light commercial vehicles. Working in a modern clean safe workshop environment with great road networking links, having access to the latest equipment to maintain and service the mixed fleet of varied manufacture models and vehicle types (ICE, Hybrid & EV).

The post holder, where required, will have the opportunity to keep up to date and further upskill their knowledge and skill sets as we invest in our staff, providing both bespoke in-house and external training to be able to service and maintain the fleet of vehicles appropriately, utilising specialist manufacturer courses and in addition providing personal development training via accredited bodies.

We Offer An Excellent Package Including

• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home )
• Excellent work-life balance working of 37hrs per week (early finish on Friday),
• Excellent working environment
• Additional 'On Call' payments
• Personal Protective Equipment & Clothing provided
• Free Parking
• Tool Allowance.
• Opportunity to develop and grow in role

The post holder will be required to support and be part of the year-round on call rota, currently covering a rota based process, bringing additional 'on call' payments for the post holder, in addition to the post holders' annual salary.

Ideally, but not essential, the post holder shall be fully qualified to carry out MOT testing to DVSA standards.

Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile.

The competency level for this role is a Level 1

Please ensure that your CV tailors to the key requirements outlined in the role profile
Closing date: 5th January 2026 ay Midday
In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home )
• Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
• Flexible / Agile Working
• Sick pay scheme
• Fostering friendly policy
• Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
• Access to health and wellbeing support
• Eye care vouchers
• Access to discounted Gym membership
• Staff associations
• Reward and Recognition
• Blue light Card
• Flexible working options
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free Parking at selected sites
• Access to Staff Networks
• Union support if required
• Financial products and services

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Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
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