Estates Maintenance Engineer

Affinity Water; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company is seeking an experienced Estates Maintenance Engineer to ensure the quality, safety, and reliability of their sites in the UK. The ideal candidate will carry out building fabric maintenance, collaborating with stakeholders and maintaining compliance with safety standards. Key qualifications include a UK driving license and experience in electrical/plumbing and painting/decorating. This position includes competitive benefits such as a company van and learning opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company Van

Learning and development opportunities

Annual bonus scheme

Generous pension scheme

Enhanced family benefits

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Discounts through Tap4Perks

Affinity volunteer days

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• UK Driving licence required.
• Good problem solving skills are essential.
• Experience in building fabric maintenance is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the quality, safety and reliability of sites.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Update management systems and resolve complaints efficiently.

Skills

Problem solving skills

Experience in electrical/plumbing

Experience in painting and decorating

Working knowledge of door locking systems

Basic carpentry skills

Job description

Affinity Water are seeking an experienced Estates Maintenance Engineer to play a vital role in maintaining the quality, safety and reliability of our sites.

The Role:

As a Estates Maintenance Engineer you will be working in the Estates and Facilities Department undertaking all aspects of building fabric maintenance across the Affinity Water Central and East operational area. Ensuring that Affinity Water’s sites, buildings and domestic property assets are effectively and efficiently maintained to a defined standard and that compliance and that safety of the property assets is ensured.

What you'll be doing:

• Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, contractors and the public to maintain a comprehensive level of maintenance.

• Good problem solving skills.

• Adhere to Affinity Water health & safety policies and guidelines.

• Updating management systems e.g CAFM.

• Resolving complaints quickly and efficiently.

What you'll need:

• UK Driving licence.

• Good problem solving skills.

• Experience in electrical/plumbing.

• Experience in painting and decorating.

• Working knowledge of door locking systems.

• Basic carpentry skills.

Advert Closing Date: 5/2/26

Benefits

• Circa £32,000 (salary dependant on skills and experience)

• Hours of Work: 08:00am - 16:00pm (Mon - Thurs) 08:00am - 15:30pm (Friday)

• Company Van

• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.

• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.

• Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.

• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.

• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)

• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.

• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.

• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.

• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.

• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.

• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.