Motor Vehicle Body Repairer

Role: Motor Vehicle Body Repairer

Department: Vehicle Fleet Management

Location: Eastwood Rotherham

Salary: 32613 - 37020

Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

As s qualified Motor Vehicle Body Repairer you will be capable of carrying out a high standard of damage repair refurbishment and painting of police vehicles and plant.

Key responsibilities:

• Carry out repairs of damaged vehicles to a high standard assess damage and prepare costings

• Advised Command Team on repair viability when required.

• Diagnosis and repair of faults on police vehicles plant or equipment using manufacturers in house electronic diagnosis equipment.

• Where necessary attend incapacitated vehicles at the roadside or vehicle base and recover or repair same.

• Strip & repair accident damaged fleet using modern methodology.

• Work at any of the Police workshops on a short- or longer-term assignments as indicated by Vehicle Fleet Management.

• Attend training courses both technical and personal development either in-house or at manufacturers premises occasionally requiring overnight stay.

• Complete all approved Vehicle Fleet Management forms and miscellaneous paperwork in a precise and accurate manner.

• The nature of the role requires the post holder to undertake annual health assessments.

Skills and experience:

• Must possess a City & Guilds/NVQ 3 in Motor Vehicle Body Repairs.
• Must have at least 5 years experience following an indentured apprenticeship ideally in a main dealer outlet.
• Must possess a full driving licence.
• Must undertake and pass a Force Driving Assessment.
• Be prepared to undergo role specific training when required.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.

For more detailed information relating to the role skills and experience for this role please click here to view the role profile.

What we offer:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card Company Shop Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 ()
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 3 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

South Yorkshire Polices overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The publics assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us as an organisation and as comparison to the general public police officers and police staff are held to a higher standards of behaviour and applying to join the police applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.

South Yorkshire Polices Key Values:

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness Integrity & Trust the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a fixed role.

Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

Contact details:

For further information about the role please contact: Joanne Buckley via email

Closing Date: 3rd March 2026

Closing dates are not normally extended other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Candidate Information:

Please note that should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references medical clearance vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve in order for us to provide the best service utilising a range of backgrounds experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer please contact our dedicated team on

In addition we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Documents to Review:

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

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