North East Ambulance Service - Fleet Department

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a short-term secondment within the Fleet Management Team where we operate a fleet of over 550 vehicles including around 450 operational vehicles which are subject to stringent planned preventative maintenance programmes alongside the requirement to carry out other maintenance and repairs. This work is carried out by our in-house maintenance teams at Pallion and Stockton. The role is based at Pallion and would ideally be suited to someone with experience of operating at a senior level within a vehicle workshop environment and experience of managing a busy vehicle workshop and parts department. The role requires high levels of planning skills, good inter-personal skills, budgetary management and the ability to lead a team of around 25 staff. Attendance at meetings and routine visits to both HQ and the Stockton workshop facility will also be required. The successful candidate must have Engineering qualifications to City and Guilds Part 4 and or HND Level, a professional engineering qualification, such as Society of Operations Engineers (SOE), Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) or The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) and a qualified Authorised Examiner (AE) for a Vehicle Inspectorate MOT Testing Station. For further queries, please contact recruitment@neas.nhs.uk To apply for this vacancy please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk. Vacancy reference number 340-AOSM-05-14 Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 18th June 2014 The Trust is working towards equal opportunities and having a workforce which represents the diversity of the people we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community irrespective of people's gender, marital status, disability, race, nationality, sexual orientation, religious belief, or age. The Trust has policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including a guaranteed interview and consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability. The value we place on our employees is reflected in our commitment to improving their working lives by offering flexible working opportunities and other employee friendly practices. We have successfully implemented 'Agenda for Change', introducing national pay and conditions of service for NHS employees.