£41,140 per annum (including allowances)
Hours of work: 35 hours per week, Monday – Thursday 8.00 – 16.15 hours and Friday 8.00 – 13.00 hours.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Engineering Centre, Vesty Road, Bootle, L30 1NY
Do you want to be a part of our experienced and diverse workshop team, ensuring all of MFRS’s fleet of vehicles is compliant, safe and reliable, so our colleagues can continue to keep Merseyside safe?
Do you want to work on a range of interesting vehicles including boats, cars, trailers vans, lorries, fire appliances, and specialist firefighting vehicles?
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service’s Workshop Department is looking for two qualified HGV fitters who want to help support Merseyside’s communities, by ensuring MFRS’s fleet of vehicles fully compliant, safe and reliable.
The Workshop department is based out of our modern, state of the art vehicle workshops (including our own MOT testing lane) at Vesty Road, Bootle, Merseyside. The department provides a high-quality fleet, comprising of fire appliances, ancillary, special vehicles and other specialist plant/equipment, maintained to a high standard to provide the means whereby all members of the fire service can carry out their essential duties.
If you’re looking for development, we can support you to get your class 2 HGV licence and become an approved MOT tester.
The workshop department emphasises a good work-life balance, with a (currently) 1 in 6 out of hours call out rota for HGV vehicle fitters. Overtime payments will be made for all hours worked outside normal working hours.
What we need from you:
- A community focused attitude, looking to help serve Merseyside, by supporting the Service.
- City & guilds or NVQ level 3 qualified HGV fitter, or equivalent.
- Experience of working in an HGV workshop.
What you get from us:
- £3,063 Annual retention allowance
- £5,319 annual call out cover
- £454 tool allowance per year.
- 25 days holiday (rising to 30 after 5 years’ service), plus Bank holidays
- Access to a free gym
- Free car park 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 8th November 2026
Please note should we receive a sufficient number of applications; we reserve the right to close the advert early
Please note previous candidates need not re-apply.