Building Maintenance Engineer (HandyMan)

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company seeks a Building Maintenance Engineer (HandyMan) to provide multi-skilled maintenance services. The role involves ensuring operational equipment reliability, supervising contractors, and maintaining safety standards. The ideal candidate will have NVQ Level 3 qualifications and strong problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Virtual GP access

Financial wellbeing assistance

Flexible lifestyle benefits platform

High street discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Life cover

Enhanced pension contributions

Mitie Matching Share Plan

Recognition awards

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-skilled maintenance service.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant and equipment for reliability.
• Complete log book paperwork and close out jobs.

Skills

Problem Solving

Decision Making

Communication

Education

NVQ Level 3 qualifications in Engineering Maintenance

17th/18th edition

Job description

Building Maintenance Engineer (HandyMan)

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We are looking for an experienced Multi-skilled Engineer with an Electrical bias to join us on a static site that provides a multi-skilled maintenance service. Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm (flexible) with one hour for lunch.

This covers electrical and mechanical disciplines and to provide a reactive and pro-active maintenance service as per project requirements to all operational equipment.

You will be responsible for maintaining plant and equipment to optimize both reliability and maintainability. You will provide a service that ensures all key performance indicators are met and help supervise contractors where required.

You will also need to complete any required log book paperwork and close out jobs using a handheld device.

You must complete tasks to a high standards and in line with current company policies and procedures and report any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery, or risk to health and safety, or the environment. You will be responsible for ensuring your own work is completed in a safe and diligent manner.

To Be Successful In This Position You Will Need

• NVQ Level 3 qualifications in Engineering Maintenance (Multi-discipline).
• 17th/18th edition.
• Good knowledge of building statutory compliance.
  
  

You will need to be responsible for themselves and others to maintain a safe working environment as per the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974). You need to be able to read and understand technical drawings, have good problem-solving and decision-making skills and be able to communicate effectively with both colleagues, client staff and any visitors or contractors

Suitable training may be given when needed to ensure that the candidate is competent to achieve the skills required.

You will be required to attend call-outs on a rota basis.

The job is based at a Police Station therefore enhanced security vetting is required and it is not an immediate start.

Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

If you are working in regulated activity please note that you are subject to the following:

• It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. vulnerable adults, children or both).
• This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.
  
  

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Vishakanandhan Sivasellamuthu at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 72,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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