Senior Vehicle Engineering Manager (Ref: 21890)

Essential Criteria

• Vehicle qualifications (e.g., IMI, IRTE, NVQ Level 3 or above in vehicle engineering) or equivalent military experience (e.g., REME).
• Experience in a vehicle maintenance environment.
• An understanding of fleet legislation, safety standards, and engineering best practice.
• Ability to provide technical guidance to both specialists and non-technical users.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing or overseeing a vehicle/engineering workshop.
• Ability to analyse data, interpret technical reports, and develop solutions.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience using fleet data systems, Excel, and Teams
• Fleet Management experience.

Application Stage

Experience

An initial sift will be performed against the following elements and will be assessed against the Civil Service success profiles framework:

• CV
• Statement of Suitability (up to 250 words): this should be based around your experience, the key responsibilities, and essential criteria

Behaviours

We will assess your application on the following behaviours (250 words). Please use the STAR method in your examples.

• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership

Please note in the event of a large number of applications being received, we may run the initial sift against CV, Statement of Suitability, and lead behaviour of “Managing a Quality Service”.

If shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview and will be assessed on the selected success profile elements at the interview stage.

Interview Stage

The interviews will be held at National Distribution Centre, Burton Road, Branston. DE14 3EG. The site is shared with B&Q distribution, please follow the road signs for MoJ once entering the site and report to the security gate where you will be directed to the reception to sign in. The interviews will be held on an Industrial Site and all staff and visitors are required to wear Hi-Vis Vests whilst moving around site; these will be provided by security on arrival, please ask for a vest if not offered one.

Behaviours

We will assess your application on the following behaviours. Please use the STAR method in your examples.

• Changing and improving
• Delivering at pace

Experience

At interview, there will be 2 questions around your similar experience of managing a service and leading a team.

Strengths may be assessed at the interview, and these are not shared in advance.

To learn more about the Civil Service success profiles framework and how they are assessed please click here.

Please use STAR approach to structure your examples for both the application and interview for behaviours. Using the STAR method can help you give examples of relevant experience that you have. It allows you to set the scene, show what you did, and how you did it, and explain the overall outcome.

Situation: Describe the situation you found yourself in. You must describe a specific event or situation. Be sure to give enough detail for the job holder to understand.

• Where are you?
• Who was there with you?
• What had happened?

Task: The job holder will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation you found yourself in.

• What was the task that you had to complete and why?
• What did you have to achieve?

Actions: What did you do? The job holder will be looking for information on what you did, how you did it and why. Keep the focus on you. What specific steps did you take and what was your contribution? Remember to include how you did it, and the behaviours you used. Try to use “I” rather than “we” to explain your actions that lead to the result. Be careful not to take credit for something that you did not do.

Results: Don’t be shy about taking credit for your behaviour. Quote specific facts and figures. Explain how the outcome benefitted the organisation or your area. Make the outcomes easily understandable.

• What results did the actions produce?
• What did you achieve through your actions and did you meet your goals?
• Was it a successful outcome? If not, what did you learn from the experience?

Keep the situation and task parts brief. Concentrate on the action and the result. If the result was not entirely successful describe what you learned from this and what you would do differently next time. Make sure you focus on your strengths.

Person Specification

Please Refer To Job Description

Licences

Vehicle qualifications (e.g., IMI, IRTE, NVQ Level 3 or above in vehicle engineering) or equivalent military experience (e.g., REME).

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,914, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,432 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate, and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection Process Details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, and Experience.

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