Job Title: Motorcycle Technician – Level 4, Fleet Services
Salary: The starting salary is £46,985, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £43,976 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £49,670. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Rainham
About Fleet Services
The police vehicle fleet is an important physical asset. It enables officers and staff to do their job, carries key equipment required, and provides safe transportation for the public / prisoners.
The role of Fleet Services is to keep the Met mobile, ensuring we can detect, respond to, and prevent crime whilst building public trust and confidence. Fleet Services are committed to leading with innovation, responsibility and environmental consciousness, striving for a fleet that is safer, smarter and cleaner, with a focused approach as follows:
- We will manage responsibly to deliver an excellent service and achieve value for money
- We will deliver strategies to manage the fleet efficiently and effectively
- We will deliver a fit-for-purpose, flexible and available fleet
The complex needs of modern policing requires a wide range of vehicle types. We operate a fleet of over 5,200 assets on the road and river, as well as over 1,000 pedal cycles. London is the most complex and diverse city in the UK, and our fleet is reflective of that. We currently have over 220 different types of vehicles supporting all operational commands including armed response vehicles, HGVs, patrol cars, motorbikes and pedal cycles.
Customers can be broadly grouped into three strategic pillars – Frontline Policing, Met Ops & Performance, and Counter Terrorism / Specialist Operations. Collectively this covers pan London requirements as well as national CT responsibilities.
The overall fleet requirements and volumes are owned and governed by operational leaders at the Strategic Fleet Board. Operational teams are accountable for the volume of fleet required to undertake their roles, and Fleet Services support and enable effective decision making through provision of information and technical / industry knowledge.
Key responsibilities:
- Motorcycle maintenance and repair - Maintain fleet within Fleet Services’ workshop by providing efficient scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repairs on the motorcycle fleet. Reduce motorcycle maintenance costs and maximise fleet availability by ensuring repairs on the motorcycle fleet are timely and necessary. Follow multiple manufacturers’ repair instructions, specific methods and techniques. Accurately determine the serviceability of all motorcycle components, mechanical, electrical and hydraulic; using industry recognised tools and equipment.
- Warranty jobs - Accurately follow the ‘end to end’ process for each manufacturer’s warranty process. Follow multiple manufacturers’ repair instructions, specific methods and techniques.
- Inspection and diagnosis - Visually inspect and road test motorcycles, interpreting feedback from the motorcycles correct function. Diagnose electrical faults accurately, using high and low technology electrical test equipment to ensure they achieve minimum (or exceed) motorcycles manufacturers’ standards. Maintain high technology diagnostic test equipment to configure / reconfigure the appropriate system correctly in line with the manufacturers system updates and device firmware configurations.
- Data / Information - Accurately record obtained measurements and data on completed work, compiling technical reports where necessary. Read, interpret and analyse wiring diagrams, making use of interactive guides available from various manufacturers’ diagnostic equipment and web-based mediums.
- Development / training - Take responsibility for personal development and keep up to date with relevant standards and legislation.
- Support colleagues – Continuously understand wider Met activity and decision making to assess potential impact on local delivery. Support the Technical Supervisors to maintain the delivery of an effective and efficient service. Demonstrate the skills and ability to effectively communicate with internal staff (at all levels), customers and industry organisations to transfer both technical and non-technical information. Provide training and mentor others (apprentices / technicians) in the workplace to support personal development and raise overall standards and efficiency.
This role does not attract Shift Disturbance Allowance. If you are currently in a shift-working role, SDA should cease upon appointment to this job.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 13th October 2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.
