Line Maintenance Technician

Fisher German LLP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in Manchester is looking for a Line Maintenance Technician to ensure the integrity and maintenance of cross-country assets. Responsibilities include maintenance, inspections, and documentation. Ideal candidates should be strong team players with excellent organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure. The role offers a generous benefits package, including a discretionary bonus and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

Company van

Generous holiday scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Must be a strong team-player and possess strong organisational skills.
• Ability to self-manage and work independently under pressure.
• Demonstrates a practical, proactive mindset and good IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out maintenance to ensure pipelines and assets are marked.
• Report to line managers and comply with HSE guidelines.
• Conduct visual inspections to ensure asset integrity.
• Fill out documentation and supervise third-party compliance.

Skills

Strong team-player

Strong organisational skills

Practical and proactive mindset

Ability to work under pressure

Strong verbal and written communication

Good IT skills

Job description

We’re growing our Field Services teams and are looking for a Line Maintenance Technician to come and join us. You’ll be ensuring the integrity and maintenance of our client’s cross‑country assets and apparatus, working to strict Health and Safety guidelines. We provide professional services and advice to clients on matters relating to water, gas, electricity, fibre optics and oil. You’ll be working within our experienced Field Services team, which includes Line Maintenance Technicians, Land Agents, Landowner Liaison Officers, Surveyors as well as the wider office and firm when applicable. You’ll be working with a varied range of clients, liaising with them as well as landowners and contractors. The role involves a considerable amount of travel across the networks, for which a vehicle is supplied along with arrangements for when overnight stay is occasionally required. In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

Benefits

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• Company van
• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• An online money‑saving portal
• Death in Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appointments for you and your family
• Volunteering leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part‑time)

Responsibilities

• Carry out all types of maintenance to ensure that pipelines and assets are adequately marked and recorded where necessary.
• Report to line managers and carry out specific duties as required.
• Attend and satisfactorily pass all training courses required. Some courses are industry specific and undertaken in strict accordance with HSE guidelines.
• Carry out visual inspections of all apparatus to ensure asset integrity.
• Fill out all documentation and report as required.
• Supervise third parties (when trained) to ensure they accord to all of the relevant client‑specific and HSE safety procedures.
• Work on the highway and cross‑country.
• On occasion, provide on‑site support services to the Infrastructure Services division and wider business.

Qualifications

• Strong team‑player.
• Strong organisational skills to self‑manage and work independently.
• A practical and proactive mindset.
• The ability to work under pressure to demanding deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and an ability to form effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Flexible with a can‑do attitude.
• Good IT skills.

Why Fisher German?

We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop‑up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more. What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch. We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across the 12‑property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy & sustainability, healthcare, minerals & waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.

Bring Yourself to Work

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.