Radio Installation Technician
| Posting date: | 08 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,531 to £28,653 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 October 2025 |
| Location: | Ponteland, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Northumbria Police |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Salary: Band 5, £27,531 – £28,653
Location: Ponteland Police Station
Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, fixed term contract / secondment for 12 months
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Digital Department as a Radio Installation Technician.
As a Radio Installation Technician, you will assist with the roll out of the replacement vehicle radio sets. You will be required to carry out the full installation of the equipment to all in scope fleet vehicles.
What you’ll do
- Install radio equipment in vehicles according to the Fleet Management guide.
- Maintain safety awareness for hybrid and electric vehicles, following all safety protocols.
- Complete mandatory training as assigned on the force learning platform.
- Adhere to Health & Safety regulations, identify equipment defects, and ensure a safe working environment.
- Document work accurately in Tranman and Airwave Asset Database.
- Monitor vibration tooling and noise emissions daily, ensuring compliance with agreed levels.
What you’ll bring
- Basic knowledge of motor vehicles, including mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, ability to perform basic repairs and maintenance, and a good level of computer literacy.
- Ability to work to deadlines and under own initiative, with good attention to detail, following directions precisely, maintaining high standards, and accurately interpreting and transcribing data for the fleet management system.
- Perform routine installation tasks in a fast-paced environment, using critical thinking to analyse situations, make informed decisions on equipment installation and positioning, and read safety rules, operating instructions, and machine manuals.
- Verbal communication skills for explaining vehicle work in accessible terms, discussing cases with colleagues and management, listening and comprehending instructions (both written and verbal), and effectively communicating with work colleagues.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision to achieve set targets.
- Full UK drivers Licence.
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Radio Installation Technician with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Terms of appointment
This is a fixed term role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
Please note if you are interested in applying for this secondment opportunity, please discuss this with your Line Manager and gain agreement prior to applying.
Location: Ponteland Police Station
Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, fixed term contract / secondment for 12 months
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Digital Department as a Radio Installation Technician.
As a Radio Installation Technician, you will assist with the roll out of the replacement vehicle radio sets. You will be required to carry out the full installation of the equipment to all in scope fleet vehicles.
What you’ll do
- Install radio equipment in vehicles according to the Fleet Management guide.
- Maintain safety awareness for hybrid and electric vehicles, following all safety protocols.
- Complete mandatory training as assigned on the force learning platform.
- Adhere to Health & Safety regulations, identify equipment defects, and ensure a safe working environment.
- Document work accurately in Tranman and Airwave Asset Database.
- Monitor vibration tooling and noise emissions daily, ensuring compliance with agreed levels.
What you’ll bring
- Basic knowledge of motor vehicles, including mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, ability to perform basic repairs and maintenance, and a good level of computer literacy.
- Ability to work to deadlines and under own initiative, with good attention to detail, following directions precisely, maintaining high standards, and accurately interpreting and transcribing data for the fleet management system.
- Perform routine installation tasks in a fast-paced environment, using critical thinking to analyse situations, make informed decisions on equipment installation and positioning, and read safety rules, operating instructions, and machine manuals.
- Verbal communication skills for explaining vehicle work in accessible terms, discussing cases with colleagues and management, listening and comprehending instructions (both written and verbal), and effectively communicating with work colleagues.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision to achieve set targets.
- Full UK drivers Licence.
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Radio Installation Technician with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Terms of appointment
This is a fixed term role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
Please note if you are interested in applying for this secondment opportunity, please discuss this with your Line Manager and gain agreement prior to applying.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.