Job Overview

Jersey Fleet Management are seeking a highly motivated and experienced vehicle technician to join our dedicated team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and servicing the Government of Jersey's Fleet of diverse vehicles and machinery. The position is suitable for both Grade 7 Light/Medium Technicians and Grade 8 Multiskilled HGV Technicians, with a structured 3-year training plan designed to help you progress to Grade 8.

As a technician with us, you will be responsible for performing high-quality vehicle repairs and servicing, ensuring all work meets the highest standards. You must be adaptable, eager to learn, and willing to embrace new processes and technologies, including EV's. You will have the chance to develop your skills through ongoing training and development opportunities.

Our fleet includes a wide range of vehicles and plant machinery, from lightweight petrol/diesel engine cars and vans to heavy trucks, specialist vehicles (such as road sweepers, refuse vehicles, and vacuum tankers), as well as large plant engines and blue-light vehicles. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse and challenging equipment, ensuring that no two days are the same.

For further information or an informal discussion  please contact Mark Ecobichon - m.ecobichon@gov.je

Job Purpose

Maintain, repair, and inspect vehicles from within a fleet of over 500 road registered vehicles and approximately 800 items of plant. Some of these are ‘conventional’ cars, vans, and lorries, but others constitute specialist vehicles, Emergency Services vehicles, heavy mobile plant, as well as general construction, municipal and horticultural items of plant.

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Statutory Responsibilities

Inspect, diagnose and repair faults on vehicles, technical equipment and assets owned or operated by the Government of Jersey.

Commission new technical equipment and assets.  

Carry out planned preventative maintenance, servicing and overhauls of vehicles, technical equipment.

Perform inspection and testing of safety systems and equipment in accordance with statutory regulations appropriate to the equipment being worked on e.g. statutory tail lift inspection and testing.

Work at the Department’s satellite workshop facilities as directed. This generally involves close working with all three Emergency Services.

Take an active role in the creation, on-going development and implementation of health & safety written risk assessments for the wellbeing of yourself and co-workers. Produce, and work to, written dynamic risk assessments when dealing with situations not conforming to a standard risk assessment. Assist asset owners, chargehands and managers with the production of method statements when requested

Qualifications

The role-holder is required to have gained a minimum of three GCSEs including maths, English and a science subject, at grade C/4 or 5, or above. The role-holder must have successfully completed a four-year vehicle apprenticeship and have gained a minimum of a Level 3 City& Guilds qualification, or an acceptable equivalent. Once in employment, you would be required to successfully complete various relevant specialist short training courses, typically of one week’s duration and usually provided by plant/vehicle manufacturers or specialist training providers. You must also pass a relevant CRB check allowing you to drive emergency vehicles, including motorcycles.

General skills / attributes

• Ability to work within guidelines given and to strict deadlines

• Ability to actively seek solutions to problems

• Excellent customer care skills

• Knowledge and experience of inspection methods/processors

• Knowledge and experience of statutory vehicle inspection requirements

• IT literate with the ability to use a range of packages applicable to the role, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook (emails)

• Full Jersey driving licence

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

• Awareness and understanding of health and safety requirements

• Diagnose vehicle faults and specify the correct method of repair.

• Ability to utilise/understand diagnostic equipment Desirable Skills

Experience

A proven knowledge and experience working on cars, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, mobile plant, light passenger vehicles, electric vehicle technology.

As a multi -skilled technician, you must successfully undertake nationally recognised and certified training beyond what is considered as their core skill, in a further skills area for at least 10 days/80 hours duration, with such training delivered by a recognised training provider.