Vehicle Maintenance Technician - Vehicle Commissioning

Main area Vehicle Maintenance Technician
- Vehicle Commissioning Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
-VMTvc-0826-AS-A

Employer South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Lewes Commissioning Centre Town Lewes Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/09/2026 23:59

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.

Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

A position has become available for an experienced person to join a team of staff who will be responsible for processing vehicles through the commissioning and decommissioning process within the Trust. This will be part of a process which will see new vehicles & equipment delivered across the Trust to Kent, Surrey & Sussex, as well as old vehicles & equipment removed from the fleet and put through our decommissioning process.

The vehicles will consist of DCA’s (Double crewed ambulances), SRV’s (Single response vehicles), HART (Hazardous Area Response Team), Support vehicles, Managers cars and any other vehicles or equipment the Trust wish to add / remove from the fleet.

The successful applicant will be responsible for processing the vehicles through the commissioning centre in a timely manner following delivery from the dealership, whilst working with staff from other departments and contractors who also have a part to play in processing vehicles through the commissioning centre.

Your responsibilities will include ability to work effective in a methodical manner whilst under pressure to ensure the vehicles go out completed correctly first time without any conversion issues You will work in line with current Health and Safety legislation

Due to the nature of the vehicles, a strong electrical knowledge of vehicle electrics and power management systems will be required for this role

You will be involved in elements of vehicle conversion including travelling to vehicle converters when requested (Transport will be provided)

There will be times when medical equipment will require servicing & repairing following relevant training.

During quiet spells, you will be requested to cover shifts at local workshops during periods of sickness, annual leave or increased work demand. This will be to complete normal day to day mechanical repairs of vehicles and medical equipment.

• This is a 37.5 hours a week role, Monday – Friday (07.00 – 15.00hrs) based re will be a requirement to be flexible at times and have excellent time management skills.
• The successful applicants will have a good working knowledge of fleet vehicles, whilst holding City & Guilds qualifications 1,2 & 3 NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• Computer skills will be required although in house training is available.
• The successful candidates must hold a C1 driving licence.

We’re looking for an organised candidate, who has accuracy and attention to detail at the heart of all they do.

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides emergency and urgent care services across Kent, Surrey and Sussex, serving a population of more than 4.9 million people.

Our Vehicle Maintenance team plays a crucial role in supporting these services by ensuring our fleet remains safe, compliant and operational. Every vehicle maintained by our workshops supports the delivery of care to patients across the region.

We are committed to investing in our people and offer a range of benefits including:

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