Maintenance Engineer

Pareto Facilities Management Ltd; Exeter; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a skilled technician to maintain electrical and mechanical systems. Your role will involve performing routine and reactive maintenance while ensuring safety and compliance. This position requires specific qualifications like City & Guilds certifications and offers a competitive salary up to £40,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Qualified in electrical and mechanical disciplines per City & Guilds levels.
• Essential 18th Edition I.E.E certification.
• Knowledge of safe working practices in electrical maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair client’s mechanical & electrical systems.
• Perform reactive repairs and fault finding.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety regulations.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Diagnostic fault finding

Safe working practices

Client communication

Education

City & Guilds Level III in Electrical discipline

City & Guilds Level III in Mechanical discipline

Completion of 18th Edition I.E.E

City & Guilds BS 2391 Level 3 Electrical Inspection & Testing

IOSH Working Safely

Job description

Salary: Up to £40,000

Location: Exeter

This opportunity is with Sowga – a specialist division of the Pareto Group

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Maintaining and keeping in good repair the client’s mechanical & electrical systems along with all associated component parts.
• Reviewing and checking on sub-contractor performance when on site undertaking specialist service visits or repair works.
• Maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
• Completing simPRO / instruction sets, ensuring each line entry is annotated that the step is completed with a photograph when the planned maintenance was completed.
• Logbook record keeping for the client’s electrical, mechanical water systems, including health and safety documentation, ensuring they are up to date.
• Reporting to the Supervisor and Management any issues with completing Statutory Planned Maintenance that cannot be completed.
• Maintaining comfortable environmental conditions via the HVAC plant for the client.
• Performing reactive repairs to plant and equipment failures, fault finding on mechanical and electrical systems, responding to BMS alarms, and using the system for first-line diagnostics.
• Reporting potential hazards discovered during maintenance to the Supervisor and Management.
• Having full knowledge and operation of all plant and services for which responsible, including preparation, start-up, running checks, changeover, shutdown, fault finding, and optimizing plant run times.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Conducting regular housekeeping walk-rounds to ensure plant rooms are clean, tidy, and safe, and that plant is functioning per building specifications.
• Effective communication with clients and end users, both written and verbal.
• Carrying out maintenance, repair, and small installation tasks as directed.
• Maintaining records related to Health & Safety, building compliance, and Quality Assurance, including test and service reports.
• Developing good team relationships and keeping the Business Support and Supervisor informed of work progress.
• Communicating the impact of activities prior to execution across client assets.
• Sharing skills and knowledge to ensure safe and continuous operations across sites.
• Maintaining professional, courteous communication with engineering teams and clients.
• Immediately reporting hazards related to safety or plant reliability.
• Isolating, making safe, and confirming dead/de-pressurized systems.
• Participating in a call-out rota for out-of-hours support.
• Working overtime during evenings, weekends, and holidays as required, with no guarantee of regular overtime.
• Performing any other duties as required by the Contract, Supervisor, and Management.

Knowledge and Skills / Experience:

• Qualified to City & Guilds Level III or equivalent in Electrical discipline (essential).
• Qualified to City & Guilds Level III or equivalent in Mechanical discipline (essential).
• Completion of 18th Edition I.E.E (essential).
• City & Guilds BS 2391 Level 3 Electrical Inspection & Testing (desirable).
• IOSH Working Safely (desirable).
• PASMA and IPAF 1b/3a/3b (desirable).
• Good knowledge of Electricity at Work safe practices and the Memorandum of Guidance on the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (essential).
• Unvented hot water systems training (desirable).
• Knowledge of BMS, Generator, Controls, Lighting Systems, Plumbing, Sanitary Wear, Drainage, Low Pressure Hot Water, Pressurization, Ventilation, and Cooling Tower Systems (desirable).
• Valid Certificate on High Voltage systems (desirable).
• Experience with maintenance, testing, and fault-finding on equipment such as boilers, ventilation, pumps, generators, switchgear, cables, batteries, small power, and lighting.