HGV Vehicle Fitters – Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Overview

HGV Vehicle Fitters – Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Salary: £41,410 per annum (inclusive of allowances)

Hours of work: 35 hours per week, Monday – Thursday 08:00 – 16:15, Friday 08:00 – 13:00

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 the art vehicle workshops at Vesty Road, Bootle, Merseyside.

The Workshop department maintains a high-quality fleet, comprising fire appliances, ancillary, special vehicles and other specialist plant/equipment, maintained to a high standard and reliability to ensure all members of the fire service can carry out their duties safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Possess experience of working in an HGV vehicle transport workshop and be able to complete HGV vehicle inspections to DVSA standard.
• Participate in an out of hours call out scheme (currently 1 week in 6).
• Overtime payments will be made for all hours worked outside normal working hours.

Qualifications

• You must be a fully qualified HGV Vehicle Fitter with City and Guilds or NVQ level 3.
• Experience of working in an HGV vehicle transport workshop and ability to complete HGV vehicle inspections to DVSA standard.

Benefits

• 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

Additional Details

• Interviews: Dates to be confirmed
• Closing date for applications: Midnight Sunday 22 February 2026
• Please note previous candidates need not re-apply.
• Salary: £41,410 per annum (inclusive of allowances)