Job Title: Facilities Technician
Salary: (£37k - £42k) DOE - Paid hourly, overtime expected
Department: Maintenance & Facilities Department
Location: St Athan, South Wales, CF62 4WB
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 39 hours - (Mon-Thurs 06:15 to 15:15, Fri 06:15 to 11:15)
Benefits: Cycle to Work, Employee Assistance Programme, Long-service Awards, Company, Pension
Role Purpose
The Facilities Technician will be responsible for the day-to-day planned and reactive maintenance of all facilities and building fabric (i.e. welfare areas, HVAC, electrical distribution & various plant rooms etc.) across the estate working within a multi-disciplined maintenance team.
You will also be responsible for supporting improving, implementing & maintaining technical processes and procedures and will lead Health and Safety standards in line with site requirements.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Repair and maintain all facilities and building fabric equipment and machinery in a timely and efficient manner based on criticality to production stoppages.
- Carry out the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) Schedule to reduce breakdowns and raise any reactive maintenance work required.
- Ensure that all maintenance work performed is always carried out in a safe manner ensuring that all appropriate risk assessments and method statements are adhered to and comply with relevant Health & Safety regulations.
- Improve the current PPM system and assist in the integration of the customers Operating System for future PPM management of infrastructure assets.
- Identify opportunities for improvements to working processes and customer assets, undertaking or assisting with their implementation.
- Understand the customer quality needs and to comply with the various audit processes to ensure that both customers expectations are met.
- Apply company policies, processes and procedures where stipulated and, where necessary, develop, or assist in the development of new practices.
- Sub-contractor management in line with customer and site management procedures.
- Participate in the implementation of contingency procedures for asset breakdowns and other site-specific customer requirements.
- Ensure customers departmental monthly KPI`s are achieved as per contractual agreements.
- Support an "out of hours" reactive maintenance function working with the site based technical team &/or Sub-contractors for all aspects of critical plant and equipment.
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- NVQ Level 2 - Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (Or equivalent)
- 18th Edition Electrical
- IPAF
- Fabrication & Welding
- (415V) Electrical LV Systems
- H&S Systems and Procedures
- Microsoft Office - Inc. Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Compressed Air Systems
- Gas Boilers / Burners
- HVAC - AHU's / ACU's / FCU's
- HW Systems & Controls
- CAFM / CMMS / BMS Systems
- Water Treatment Systems
Closing date is 17th September 2026