Fleet Vehicle Technician - Northamptonshire

Fleet Vehicle Technician - Northamptonshire NHS AfC:
Band 5

Main area Fleet Vehicle Technician Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rota pattern to be confirmed) Job
-A-2034

Site Unit 3, Scotia Close Town Northampton Salary £32,073 - £39,043 15% R & R with 2 yrs Experience, Newly qualified salary TBC, USH Salary period Yearly Closing 05/07/2026 23:59

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non‑Emergency pre‑hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a qualified Fleet Vehicle Technician, based at Northampton workshop. The role involves maintaining a range of vehicles operated by the Trust including ambulances, fast response cars and support vehicles. It is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development of the workshop facility and repair and maintain the emergency vehicles within our community.

The job will entail the servicing and mechanical repairs of our double‑crewed ambulances and fast‑response vehicles. It is an opportunity to broaden your mechanical experience to work on the specialist equipment on emergency service vehicles.

A C1 driving licence is essential for this post. A candidate must have a C1 category on their licence or commit to obtaining it within the first year of employment.

The current working hours are 08:00–16:00, Monday to Friday, with weekend and Bank Holiday working available through overtime opportunities. There is also the potential for a future rota review which will attract USH enhancements.

It is an exciting opportunity to join the EMAS Fleet team in supporting the front‑line services to be able to respond to patient needs in an emergency situation.

At Northampton, we are a small busy team who believes in providing the best possible service. Our fleet team consists of a Fleet Divisional Manager and 3 Fleet Technicians.

We also have a Deep Clean Team, which works alongside the workshop. We have 3 experienced fleet drivers and 2 domestic cleaners.

The successful applicant will be expected to service vehicles in accordance with the Trust service schedules, and to carry out mechanical repairs to the Trust vehicles to a high standard. You may be asked to go to other ambulance stations to carry out vehicle repairs.

You will also be trained to service pieces of equipment used on the back of ambulances – e.g. stretchers, carry chairs, wheelchairs, etc.

You will be required to attend training courses and keep up with mechanical updates.

You will also be required to carry out essential education as per the Trust’s requirements.

• City & Guilds/NVQ in Motor Vehicle Engineering or equivalent
• Full Current Driving Licence
• C1 Driving Licence

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under‑represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

If you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non‑patient facing roles this check may also be required. All spent and unspent convictions must be declared.

If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £55.38.