Commercial Gas Engineer

Coventry City Council; Coventry; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Coventry City Council is seeking a skilled professional to join the R&M team, providing practical solutions for building services. The role involves planned maintenance, reactive repairs, and minor works across various properties, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Candidates must possess relevant qualifications and experience, including gas safety certifications.

Benefits

Stand-by allowance - £30 per shift

Out of hours call-out rate

Generous local government pension scheme

Training opportunities

Tool allowance - £36.37 per month

Van with home-to-work use & fuel card

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license and recognized qualifications are essential.
• Experience with unvented hot water systems.
• Knowledge of water hygiene/legionella regulations.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance and reactive repairs efficiently.
• Install new heating systems and improvements.
• Ensure all work is completed on time and to a high standard.

Skills

Communication

Reactive repair experience

Education

Approved City and Guilds/CITB/ACS qualifications

Commercial Gas/Safety qualifications

Job description

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, accepting of all, and free from discrimination and bias.

R&M is a service area within Coventry City Council providing repair and maintenance services to Coventry City's operational, commercial, and school portfolio. We have a dedicated team with over 30 years of experience in emergency and responsive repairs, planned preventative maintenance, and property improvements and refurbishments.

The R&M team is multi-disciplined, offering building works, refurbishments, general maintenance, gas servicing, installations, electrical works, and a 24/7 emergency call-out service across all trades.

The service aims to:

• Ensure statutory compliance with industry standards, British standards, and relevant Approved Codes of Practice.
• Carry out repairs swiftly and to a high standard.
• Deliver projects on time and within budget.

We seek positive, experienced, enthusiastic, talented, and driven professionals who care about developing our great city to join our busy, top-performing, forward-thinking Regulation services.

Our Values

Aligned with our One Coventry Values, we aim to ensure our communities are represented across our workforce. We are committed to being a truly inclusive organization that encourages diversity of all kinds, including diversity of thinking. We especially welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, and neurodiverse communities to help us make a real difference for our residents, keeping equity and respect at the core of our work.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We support and encourage everyone to be their best.
• Engage and empower: We listen and work together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways to improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver excellent services.
• Value and respect: We prioritize diversity and inclusion in all we do.

What is the job role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team. You will provide site-based, practical solutions to various building services customer needs, including planned maintenance, reactive repairs, and minor works. Reporting to the Facilities Manager, you will ensure all tasks are completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard.

Main duties include:

• Carrying out all work in compliance with industry standards, British standards, and relevant Approved Codes of Practice.
• Performing planned maintenance and reactive repairs efficiently within target timescales.
• Installing new heating systems and improvements.
• Ensuring all work issued is completed by the due date, reporting any exceptions, and liaising with customers.
• Work may be in various sectors, including schools, residential, and commercial properties.

Who are we looking for?

You should have excellent communication skills and the ability to understand written instructions. Experience in reactive repair gas/combustion environments is beneficial.

A full UK driving license and recognized qualifications are essential.

Qualifications and experience required include:

• Approved City and Guilds/CITB/ACS qualifications in Domestic and Commercial aspects.
• Commercial Gas/Safety qualifications.
• Experience with unvented hot water systems.
• Knowledge of water hygiene/legionella regulations.

We offer:

• Salary up to £44,711 per annum.
• Stand-by allowance - £30 per shift, 9 shifts per week (2 per day Sat/Sun).
• Out of hours call-out rate - minimum 2 hours per call at a flat rate, with time and a half thereafter.
• Tool allowance - £36.37 per month.
• Van with home-to-work use & fuel card.
• Generous local government pension scheme.
• Training opportunities, including heat pump maintenance and installation.

For further discussion, contact Joe Cook at [e-mail].

If you need support completing your application, please visit our accessibility page.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - We offer guaranteed interviews for certain groups, including Armed Forces members/veterans, those currently or previously in care, and disabled individuals or those with long-term health conditions. To qualify, you must meet the role's minimum requirements and identify with one of these groups. Full details are on our jobs page.

Interview date - TBC

About Coventry

Coventry is a proud, innovative, and creative city that has historically brought communities together for social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant, and diverse. Our around 5,100 staff come from varied backgrounds. We aim to recruit and develop talented individuals who focus on our customers, take responsibility, collaborate, and innovate.

Join us to make a difference in our communities. We offer a comprehensive rewards and benefits package. More details are available at https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies.