Depot Lead Engineer

Arcus FM Limited.; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcus FM Limited is seeking a Lead Depot Engineer in Dunstable to deliver maintenance services. The role involves overseeing site engineers, handling emergencies, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. A competitive salary along with additional benefits and development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Group personal pension scheme

Life Assurance

Access to training academy

Funded Training Sponsorship

Refer a Friend reward scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Significant proven demonstrable experience in mechanical and electrical services.
• Knowledge of the building trade and asset protection.
• Experience in facilities management, ideally within a distribution centre.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and support site engineers & contractors for maintenance tasks.
• Provide first line response to planned maintenance and emergencies.
• Manage call out rota to ensure safe coverage.

Skills

Technical knowledge

Health & Safety experience

Line management experience

Education

Recognised apprenticeship or qualification in mechanical and electrical services

18th Edition electrical qualification

Job description

Why Join Us

Are you an experienced Depot Maintenance Engineer?

Are you looking for the next step in your career?

If so, we may have a role which is suited to you as we are recruiting a Lead Depot Engineer to join our facilities management team, delivering planned preventive and reactive maintenance services to our site-based client in Dunstable!

• Salary: £40,800 per annum
• Additional earnings available through overtime
• 4% bonus, subject to achievement of targets (historically paid out)
• Tools, uniform, PPE
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Group personal pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6%

What You'll Be Doing

As the Lead Engineer you will overseeing & supporting site engineers & contractors to ensure that planned and reactive maintenance tasks are completed to the required service level.

As well as this, you will also be required to provide first line response to all planned maintenance tasks and emergencies during normal working hours and out of hours when on call.

Being responsible for the call out rota to ensure adequate and safe cover at all times is also an essential part of this role.

What We're Looking For

To be successful you will have:

Qualifications

• A recognised apprenticeship or qualification (such as City and Guilds, BTEC, NVQ), or significant proven demonstrable experience in mechanical and electrical services
• 18th Edition electrical qualification

Knowledge & Experience

• Technical knowledge and experience of maintenance and repair of a complex working environment including electrical and mechanical equipment whilst complying with all Safety and Environmental standards
• Knowledge of the building trade
• Asset protection
• Fire Alarm systems maintenance
• Knowledge of Racking – SEMA qualification preferred
• Line management experience
• Health & Safety experience
• Previous experience in a facilities management role, ideally in a distribution centre environment

Other benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Life Assurance
• Access to state-of-the-art training academy
• Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme
• Refer a Friend reward scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Up to 10% off B&Q / Trade Point
• 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres

Other Information:

• You’ll be working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• There is a requirement to work 1 in 2 weeks on call
• There is a degree of flexibility required, as determined by business requirements which involves travelling to other Depots to provide on call support, cover for absence or where work requirements are dictated. Any time travelled to the campus / sister site will be within working hours

At Arcus we are passionate about individual development which is why we are proud to offer industry leading Learning & Development opportunities to our colleagues. At our National Training Academy in Stevenage we have our own in-house team of experienced technical trainers who focus on upskilling and cross-skilling our rapidly expanding mobile engineering team. Colleagues can expect to receive significant investment in safety and technical training to ensure ongoing development of their skills and expertise and to ensure we retain our industry leading self- delivery capability.

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Requisition ID

2025-7244