Maintenance Engineer

John Lewis & Partners; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team as a Fabric Engineer in a leading employee-owned business. In this exciting role, you will be integral to maintaining and improving the building fabric within a state-of-the-art automated environment. Your expertise will help ensure operational excellence and reduce reliance on external contractors. With a strong focus on health and safety, you will engage in various maintenance tasks, from plumbing to painting, while continuously learning and growing your skills. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a company that values its partners and fosters a culture of respect and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven construction/engineering experience in a commercial environment.
• Understanding of Health & Safety legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned maintenance and reactive tasks effectively.
• Support engineering teams and maintain effective communication.

Skills

Construction Experience

Engineering Skills

Health & Safety Knowledge

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Education

CITB Apprenticeship or Equivalent

CSCS Accreditation

IPAF & PASMA Certification

IOSH / NEBOSH Certification

Tools

IT Systems for Maintenance

Job description

This role will be based at our Fenny Lock National Distribution Centre.

The salary range for this role is set at £25,071 - £31,700, and there is an additional shift premium of 20% (calculated on the pay range minimum of £25,071). Please note from 1st April 2025, the salary range for this role will be £26,759 - £40,900, plus an additional shift premium of 20% (calculated on the pay range minimum of £26,759).

Please note this role is 42 hours per week with a shift pattern of 14 x 12.5 hour shifts in every 28 day cycle. You will work a combination of day and night shifts; day shifts - 05:45 - 18:15, night shifts - 17:45 - 06:15.

This position is a permanent contract.

Please note, internally this role is known as 'Fabric Engineer'.

About the role

As an integrated part of the Campus Engineering Team, Fabric Engineers support both shift and technical teams by delivering in-house planned, reactive, remedial and improvement tasks.

Building fabric maintenance and value-added change-work delivery are essential to the continually-developing automated environment across the campus; completing such work internally with talented Partners contributes to campus engineering business objectives.

Day to day you will

1. Internal delivery of planned maintenance, reactive and remedial regimes, including exposure to project activity, reducing / eliminating external contractor dependence in a 24-hour environment where SLA is often business-critical.
2. Ability and desire to learn new skills relating to campus asset maintenance and repairs, including inspection regimes, record-keeping, plumbing, sanitary systems, painting, external site maintenance, yard disciplines etc.
3. Achieving first-fix on building fabric, fixtures and equipment, supporting the Engineering Technician team, demonstrating the following skillsets: Action change-work in the branch within agreed hours.
4. Understand and use the IT Systems to action and facilitate work.
5. Maintain effective communication links with the Engineering Shift Managers.
6. Resolve operational issues promptly, courteously and effectively.

What else you could bring

1. Strong vocational background with proven construction / engineering experience.
2. A comprehensive understanding of Health & Safety legislation in a commercial and industrial environment is expected.
3. Apprenticeship-served (CITB, CGLI or equivalent).
4. CSCS accreditation.
5. IPAF & PASMA, Working at Height trained.
6. IOSH / NEBOSH.

The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.