£41,410 per annum (inclusive of allowances)
Hours of work: 35 hours per week, Monday – Thursday 8.00 – 16.15 hours and Friday 8.00 – 13.00 hours.
Our HGV Vehicle Fitters are required to participate in an out of hours call out scheme currently on a 1 week in 6 basis. Overtime payments will be made for all hours worked outside normal working hours.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Engineering Centre, Vesty Road, Bootle, L30 1NY
We are recruiting for HGV Vehicle Fitters to join our team and work at our modern and state of art vehicle workshops at Vesty Road, Bootle, Merseyside.
The Workshop department provides a high-quality fleet, comprising of fire appliances, ancillary, special vehicles and other specialist plant/equipment, maintained to a high standard and degree of reliability to provide the means whereby all members of the fire service can carry out their duties safety and efficiently.
Our HGV Vehicle Fitters are responsible for carrying out repairs, inspections, servicing and modification tasks to our fleet of Scania Fire Appliances and our ancillary fleet.
You must be a fully qualified HGV Vehicle Fitter with City and Guilds or NVQ level 3.
Have experience of working in an HGV vehicle transport workshop and be able to complete HGV vehicle inspections to DVSA standard.
We offer a competitive package with some great benefits available for employees:
- 23 days holiday (rising to 28 after 5 years’ service), plus Bank holidays and 2 additional Extra Statutory days added to the holiday entitlement
- Access to a free gym
- Free, secure parking and access to a staff canteen
- Access to a Local Government Pension scheme with contributions made by both the employee and by MFRS
- Excellent Health & Wellbeing services
Closing date for applications: Midnight Sunday 22nd February 2026
Interviews: Dates to be confirmed
Please note previous candidates need not re-apply.