Joiner / Building Fabrication

ABM; Belfast; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

ABM is seeking a Mobile Maintenance Engineer (Joiner) in Belfast. The role involves providing high-quality reactive and planned maintenance across various client sites, focusing on joinery and general handyman tasks.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in joinery, strong customer service skills, and a commitment to safety. Expected tasks include responding to maintenance requests, performing joinery repairs, and engaging professionally with clients to ensure effective service delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a joiner and handyman, with expertise in response maintenance works.
• Strong understanding of surveying, fault finding, roofing repairs, and general joinery practices.
• Excellent customer service skills and effective communication with clients and team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality reactive and planned maintenance services across multiple client sites.
• Engage professionally with clients and site users, ensuring clear communication.
• Deliver maintenance tasks efficiently to minimize downtime for clients.

Skills

Joinery expertise

Handyman versatility

Customer service skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Certification or apprenticeship in joinery

Job description

LOCATION: Belfast

SHIFT PATTERN: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

SALARY: Competitive

Purpose: The Mobile Maintenance Engineer (Joiner) will provide high quality reactive and planned maintenance services across multiple client sites. The role involves a strong focus on joinery, general building fabric repairs, emergency lighting maintenance, and a wide range of handyman tasks. The engineer will ensure safe, efficient, and customer focused service delivery at all times.

Key Responsibilities

Service Provision

Reactive Repairs & General Maintenance

• Respond promptly to maintenance requests across multiple sites.
• Carry out joinery repairs, including doors, frames, staging, and caster wheel replacements.
• Perform surveys, inspections, and fault‑finding to diagnose issues and implement effective solutions.
• Undertake a variety of building fabric and handyman tasks as required.

Roofing & Gutter Maintenance

• Complete minor roofing repairs, addressing leaks, damaged materials, and general roof upkeep.
• Conduct reactive gutter cleaning where safe access is available.
• Maintain downspouts and associated drainage components.

Handyman Activities

• Painting, decorating, and surface touch ups.
• Drywall repairs, patching, and making good.
• Installation of fixtures, fittings, shelving, and small equipment.
• Support with furniture moves, office reconfigurations, and minor relocations.

Customer Service

• Engage professionally with clients and site users, providing clear communication on works undertaken.
• Maintain a customer focused approach, ensuring high standards of workmanship and service delivery.
• Represent the company positively while working independently on client premises.

Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

• Fire door inspections.
• Gutter and roof condition checks.
• Window inspections across estates.
• Complete all PPM documentation accurately and on time.

Efficiency and Cost-effectiveness

• Deliver maintenance tasks efficiently to minimise downtime for clients.
• Use materials and resources responsibly to ensure cost effective solutions without compromising quality.
• Plan work effectively to maximise productivity across multiple sites.

Collaboration

• Collaborate with the wider facilities management team, including supervisors, technicians, and project managers.
• Communicate clearly with colleagues to coordinate workloads and prioritise tasks.
• Support team objectives and contribute to a positive working environment.
• Replace failed equipment, lamps, battery, ballasts, gear trays, fittings etc.

Other

• Take a results-orientated approach to the role, ensure results are analysed/trended and understood; and those remedial actions are delivered.
• Support any customer initiatives which could lead to longer term benefits to both the customer and ABM.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as reasonably requested by a member of the Management Team.

Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience as a joiner and handyman, with expertise in response maintenance works.
• Strong understanding of surveying, fault finding, roofing repairs, and general joinery practices.
• Versatility in performing a variety of handyman tasks.
• Excellent customer service skills and effective communication with clients and team members.
• Adherence to safety regulations and a commitment to maintaining a safe work environment.
• Certification or apprenticeship in joinery.
• UK Driving Licence.

Desired Skills

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow safety protocols.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings, as needed.