engineering team leader

Mitie Group; Hatton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitie Group is seeking an experienced engineer to join our client-site maintenance team. The role supports services across multiple sites, delivering reactive, planned and ad hoc maintenance tasks with a focus on safety and quality.

You will plan weekly and monthly maintenance activities, conduct fire alarm tests, utilities readings, minor repairs, and ensure work is completed right first time within predefined timescales. A full UK driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance and handyperson or janitorial duties.
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements in a building environment.
• Proactive and flexible approach to maintenance and site management.
• Ability to produce a schedule of works and work to risk/method statements.

Responsibilities

• Carry out weekly & monthly planned maintenance tasks (fire alarm tests, energy/water checks, emergency lighting tests).
• Record utility meter readings and maintain documentation.
• Provide first-line response to reactive repairs and minor fabric/plumbing tasks.
• Re-lamp defective luminaires and perform minor decorating tasks.
• Ensure safe, timely delivery of work orders and communicate progress to occupants.

Skills

Building maintenance experience

Health & safety knowledge

Full UK driving license

Customer service

Job description

Our engineering team leader will support services across our client sites. The role will be responsible for ensuring work order delivery through allocation and accountability. General / fabric maintenance building services maintenance tasks. Responsible for planning delivery of reactive, planned and ad hoc maintenance tasks.

Suitable training and up-skilling - May be given, as and when required, to achieve competency and the ability to perform the following (as detailed in responsibilities).

Main Duties

• Weekly & monthly planned maintenance tasks as scheduled (fire alarm tests, flushing of little used outlets / water temperature recording, emergency lighting tests, etc.).
• Monthly utilities meter readings.
• First line response to reactive repairs.
• Re-lamping of defective luminaries.
• Minor building fabric repairs.
• Minor decorating tasks.
• Minor plumbing repairs.
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Health & Safety:

• Follow Group and company policies and procedures, at all times.
• 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.
• Use all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received.
• Report any issues or training needs to your Line manager and /or via your divisional incident reporting system.
• Take personal responsibility for Health & Safety matters.

Experience of building maintenance, handyperson or janitorial duties.

• Good understanding of health and safety requirements within a building environment.
• Have a proactive approach to maintenance and building management.
• Confident, driven and pro-active.
• Able to do the job right and do it right first time, within a pre-determined timescale.
• Willingness to undertake further training.
• Ability to provide a schedule of works for identified additional/remedial works.
• Writing and following risk and method statements as required on a daily basis.
• Provide excellent customer service to building occupants, ensuring they are made aware of work order progress in a timely manner.
• Good knowledge of building Statutory Compliance.
• Must hold a full UK driver's license.
• Ability to record work accurately on work sheets and computer based systems.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work within a team.
• Experience of working within a customer focused environment.
• Wanting to achieve success, for his or her self, the business and the customer.
• Flexible approach to work and working hours (subject to the EU Working Time Directive).