Handy Person

Mitie Group plc.; Witham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual GP and household benefits

Salary Finance access to earned pay

Choices lifestyle benefits platform

Job summary

Mitie Group plc. is seeking a Hands-on Handyperson to support our M&E Engineering team across a portfolio of sites. The role is full-time, mobile, and requires working across multiple locations with a focus on delivering high-quality building services and maintenance.

You will perform planned and reactive maintenance, statutory checks, and minor fabric repairs, while ensuring safety and compliance on site. A valid UK driving licence and strong communication skills are essential for coordinating

Qualifications

• Proven knowledge of building services, plant and maintenance activities.
• Experience of both PPM and reactive maintenance tasks.
• Sound understanding of Health & Safety, including risk assessments and method statements.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Clean UK driving licence and ability to work across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Support the M&E Engineering team in delivering planned and reactive maintenance across multiple locations
• Carry out PPM tasks, ensuring all results are logged and records kept up to date
• Respond to faults and incidents, aiming to achieve first-time fixes wherever possible
• Undertake statutory checks, including testing emergency lighting, alarms and electrical appliances
• Carry out safe isolations in line with Mitie guidelines and Health & Safety requirements
• Complete minor repairs and fabric works, including basic plumbing, joinery, decoration and fittings
• Liaise with contractors, colleagues, emergency services and alarm providers to ensure safe and uninterrupted building operations

Skills

Building knowledge

PPM & reactive maintenance

Health & Safety

Stakeholder communication

UK driving licence

Job description

ROLE: Handyperson

HOURS: Full-time, 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
LOCATION: WItham and surrounding areas (mobile role)

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Handyperson to support our M&E Engineering team by delivering high-quality technical and practical building services across a designated portfolio of sites.

This is a hands-on role where you'll take ownership of tasks, support contract KPIs, and consistently provide service excellence in line with Mitie's core values.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support the M&E Engineering team in delivering planned and reactive maintenance across multiple locations
• Carry out Preventative Planned Maintenance (PPM) tasks, ensuring all results are logged and records kept up to date
• Respond to faults and incidents, aiming to achieve first-time fixes wherever possible
• Undertake statutory checks, including testing emergency lighting, alarms and electrical appliances
• Carry out safe isolations in line with Mitie guidelines and Health & Safety requirements
• Complete minor repairs and fabric works, including basic plumbing, joinery, decoration and fittings
• Liaise with contractors, colleagues, emergency services and alarm providers to ensure safe and uninterrupted building operations

Required Qualifications:

• Proven knowledge of building services, plant and maintenance activities
• Experience of both PPM and reactive maintenance tasks
• Sound understanding of Health & Safety, including risk assessments and method statements
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Clean UK driving licence and ability to work across multiple sites

There\'s a place for you at Mitie — join us today!

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we\'ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days\' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there\'s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Since 1987, Mitie\'s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK\'s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.