FM Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical)

Serco; Uttoxeter; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days plus bank holidays

Pension scheme (up to 6%)

Internal courses and qualifications (e

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing app and virtual GP service

Discounts across retailers

Volunteer day

Diversity and inclusion networks

Job summary

Serco is hiring a Mechanical Engineer at HMP Dovegate to help keep critical mechanical and gas systems safe, compliant and reliable in a secure establishment. You will work within a facilities management team to support rehabilitation, wellbeing and positive outcomes for residents and staff.

The role requires a mechanical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent, Gas Safe registration (desirable), and a proactive, independent attitude.

Qualifications

• A recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent trade qualification (such as C and G or NVQ).
• Gas Safe registration with experience in both commercial and domestic systems desirable.
• The ability to work independently, manage your workload, and meet tight timescales.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, customer-focused approach.
• A flexible, proactive mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Qualified as an Authorised Person (AP) or willing to undertake training and assessment to become an AP desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine mechanical engineering work, planned preventative maintenance, repairs, and testing of gas systems.
• Diagnose faults and complete defect rectification on plant and equipment across the site.
• Install new mechanical plant and equipment in line with specifications and standards.
• Ensure maintenance schedules and compliance records are kept up to date.
• Support a multi-skilled facilities management team, including escorting contractors when required.
• Work safely at all times, following statutory requirements, site procedures, and local regulations.

Skills

Independent work

Communication skills

Flexibility

Proactive mindset

AP training willingness

Education

Mechanical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent (C&G/NVQ)

Gas Safe registration

Job description

Serco: HMP Dovegate, ST14 8XR

Permanent, Full Time (40 hrs p/w Mon-Fri 8:00 – 16:30)

£40,000 per annum + £160 p/w on call allowance + excellent benefits

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Mechanical Engineer in our Facilities Management team, you’ll play a vital role in keeping a secure establishment safe, compliant, and operating effectively. Your expertise will help ensure critical mechanical and gas systems run reliably every day, supporting colleagues, residents, and the wider community. This is work with genuine purpose. You’ll be working in a uniquely challenging environment where high standards of safety, reliability, and care really matter. Your contribution helps create a stable, well-maintained setting that supports rehabilitation, wellbeing, and positive outcomes.

What You’ll Do As a Mechanical Engineer

• Carry out routine mechanical engineering work, planned preventative maintenance, repairs, and testing of gas systems
• Diagnose faults and complete defect rectification on plant and equipment across the site
• Install new mechanical plant and equipment in line with specifications and standards
• Ensure maintenance schedules and compliance records are kept up to date
• Support a multi-skilled facilities management team, including escorting contractors when required
• Work safely at all times, following statutory requirements, site procedures, and local regulations

Does this sound like you?

• A recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent trade-based qualification (such as C and G or NVQ)
• Gas Safe registration with experience in both commercial and domestic systems desirable
• The ability to work independently, manage your workload, and meet tight timescales
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, customer-focused approach
• A flexible, proactive mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement
• Qualified as an Authorised Person (AP) or willing to undertake training and assessment to become an AP desirable

Vetting And Checks

An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What We Offer

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone. By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all.

As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas.

We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required).