Fabric Technician

Calibre Search; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle provided

Tools provided

33 days' holiday

Private pension

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Travel time paid

Overtime paid

Job summary

Calibre Search in Swindon is seeking a Fabric Technician to join our growing maintenance team. This mobile, hands-on role covers multiple sites in the Swindon area and focuses on keeping client sites safe, compliant and fully operational.

You will perform both PPM and reactive maintenance across building fabric, with duties ranging from basic joinery and painting to plumbing, flooring, hard landscaping and groundwork. A full UK driving licence and practical experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• GCSEs or equivalent required.
• Good IT/iPad skills and confidence using digital job management systems.
• Practical experience across general building fabric and groundwork repairs.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and safe working practices.
• Ability to complete varied maintenance tasks to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Deliver both planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance across sites.
• General building fabric maintenance, joinery and painting, plumbing repairs.
• Minor flooring repairs including tiling and vinyl.
• Hard landscaping, groundwork, and brickwork repairs.
• Channel drains, manholes, paving, fencing and concreting tasks.
• HVAC filter cleaning and operating small plant/machinery where required.

Skills

Driving licence

IT skills

Health & Safety

General fabric maintenance

GCSEs

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

NVQ/City & Guilds in a trade (desirable)

Job description

Fabric Technician

Location: Swindon

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 45 hours per week

Salary: £33,069.86 + Overtime at 1.5x

• Company vehicle & tools provided
• 33 days' holiday
• Private pension
• Private healthcare
• Life insurance
• Employee discounts

Join a Growing Maintenance Team

Due to continued business growth and exciting new client contracts, we’re looking for experienced Fabric Technicians to join our expanding maintenance division around the Swindon and surrounding area. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established, forward-thinking organisation that invests in its people and takes pride in delivering high-quality facilities and maintenance services. As a Fabric Technician, you’ll play a key role in keeping client sites safe, compliant and fully operational. This is a mobile, hands-on role, covering multiple sites across the Swindon area.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for delivering both planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance, completing a varied range of building fabric, groundwork and general maintenance tasks. You’ll be someone who takes pride in their workmanship, gets the job done right first time and can work confidently both independently and as part of a wider team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• General building fabric maintenance.
• Basic joinery and painting.
• Basic plumbing repairs.
• Minor flooring repairs, including tiling and vinyl.
• Hard landscaping and groundwork.
• Slab laying and minor brickwork repairs.
• Block paving, kerbs and concreting.
• Tarmac repairs and fencing.
• Channel drain and manhole replacement.
• Modular paving.
• HVAC filter cleaning.
• Operating small plant and machinery where required.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Full UK driving licence.
• Basic education, including GCSEs or equivalent.
• Good IT/iPad skills and confidence using digital job management systems.
• Practical experience across general building fabric and groundwork repairs.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and safe working practices.
• Ability to complete varied maintenance tasks to a high standard.

Desirable

• NVQ or City & Guilds qualification in a relevant trade.
• Multi-skilled or multi-trade maintenance experience.
• Groundworks experience, including paving, concreting, tarmac, drainage and fencing.
• Experience within facilities management, retail or public-sector environments.

What’s in It for You?

• £33,069.86 basic salary
• Overtime paid at 1.5x
• Travel time paid
• Company vehicle provided
• Tools provided
• 33 days' holiday
• Private pension
• Private healthcare
• Life insurance
• Employee discounts
• Opportunity to join a growing maintenance division with long-term career opportunities
• If you’re a skilled Fabric Technician looking for a permanent opportunity with a company that values its people and offers excellent benefits, we’d love to hear from you.

Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business.