Fleet Vehicle Technician

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Fleet Vehicle Technician

The closing date is 01 March 2026

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a qualified Fleet Vehicle Technician based at the 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 vehicle's within our community.

The job will entail the servicing and mechanical repairs of our double crewed ambulances and fast response vehicles. It is an exciting 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 so a candidate must have C1 category on their licence or commit to obtaining within the 1st year of employment.

The hours of work are 08:00 - 16:00 Mon-Friday/Weekend and Bank Holiday available as overtime.

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. 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 i.e. stretchers, carry chairs, wheelchairs etc.

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

You will also be required to carry out essential education as per the trusts requirements.

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

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£31,049 to £37,796 a year 15% R & R with 2 yrs Experience, USH, Newly qualified salary TBC