Part Time Equipment Manager (Fleet and Equipment Services)

Location: Distribution Centre, Maidstone

Hours: Part Time – 3 Days per Week (22 Hours) – Days Negotiable

Pension: Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme – career average pension scheme with 18.5% employer contribution

Holidays: In addition to bank/public holidays you will receive 30 days holiday

Base Salary: £22,284 - £25,034 per annum depending on experience

Reference: R000970

Closing Date: 24th February 2026

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service, everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

Being an Equipment Manager involves helping us improve the management of our operational equipment. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Operational Expenditure budget working with other budget managers to accurately record, categorise and plan the use of resources across both the Fleet and Equipment Services (FES) team, and the closely related Operational Services team. This is an integral part of our vehicle and equipment replacement programme (VERP), and the post holder will be expected to regularly present updates and planning assumptions to the VERP board.

Working closely with the Operational Asset Manager and Administrator, the role will also entail work on business-as-usual planning and implementation for the Ops Equipment Asset Management System, using the system to manage existing asset renewal and replacement. You will know that the work you do has a significant contribution to keeping Kent and Medway safe.

What you’ll do:

• Understand the equipment profile of the Service and plan the budget for replacement of equipment.
• Responsible for liaising with colleagues to feed accurate servicing and maintenance requirements of new equipment to FES.
• Responsibility for working with colleagues in FES to plan asset tagging for new and replacement items of equipment.
• Plan and deliver a process for producing equipment manuals and standard test procedures for new equipment.
• Work with FES to develop information stored within the Operational Equipment Asset Management System to inform future decision making on servicing and replacement.
• Deliver plans and information to colleagues in Fire Control, Data Intelligence and Technical Training & Professionalism on new and replacement equipment, including implementation programmes, delivery dates and assisting with the transition to replacement capabilities.
• Project work in relation to equipment budgets to re-align budgets and expenditure into meaningful and useful information to support the Service understanding of costs and future risks in relation to financial trends and issues.
• Provide guidance to other colleagues on appropriate attribution of costs to budgets eliminating waste created by rework of incorrect charges.

What you’ll bring:

• Knowledge of operational equipment and its use within Kent Fire & Rescue Service.
• Understanding and knowledge of health and safety practices, its principles and legislation.
• Understanding of procurement and financial processes including legal duties and best practice to protect the Service reputational and compliance requirements.
• The ability to set clear performance objectives which demonstrate a commitment to meeting organisational objectives and excellent customer service.
• The ability to analyse information in order to develop creative solutions/recommendations based on gathering information from different sources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written, which involves the ability to communicate to a range of audiences.
• The ability to take ownership of change and help others to understand, adapt to and implement change.

Benefits:

• Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Blue Light Card discount scheme supported by a number of high street retailers.
• A range of family friendly policies promoting work-life balance.
• Access to health and wellbeing services and advice.
• Free parking.

Above all you’ll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community.

How to apply:

Please complete an online application and CV by midnight on 24th February 2026. Interviews will take place 2nd March 2026.

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees and volunteers, are committed to safeguarding, protecting and supporting children, young people and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.