Maintenance Engineer

Personnel Selection; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A facilities maintenance company is seeking an experienced all trades maintenance person to cover various residential properties in the United Kingdom. The candidate will be responsible for a range of maintenance tasks including plumbing, carpentry, and emergency call outs. The role demands excellent customer service skills and the ability to work cohesively within a team. A van and tools will be provided, and weekend on-call opportunities are available at an enhanced rate.

Benefits

Company van

Induction provided

Tools supplied

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar maintenance role.
• General multi-trade experience including plumbing, carpentry, and electrics.
• Good customer service skills and ability to interact with local authorities.

Responsibilities

• Cover maintenance for multiple properties in the regions mentioned.
• Respond to planned maintenance and emergency call outs.
• Organise on-call cover during weekends with the head of maintenance.

Skills

Plumbing

Carpentry

Customer service

Basic electrics

Handy skills

Job description

We require an experienced all trades maintenance person to cover multiple properties in the Bognor, Littlehampton and Worthing areas (and ad hoc Chichester, Fareham, Portsmouth). These are short term residential properties so a good understanding of residential property maintenance would be preferred. You will have company transport and work on a range of projects from planned maintenance to emergency call outs by clients and be part of a team of 3 engineers covering the region from the central Head Office in Bognor.

• Covering properties from Bognor, Littlehampton, Chichester, Worthing and Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham (you will support multiple buildings / 220 flats all used by the local authority for emergency accommodation etc)
• The hours are roughly – 8am to 5pm with 1 hr for lunch, total of 39 hr week Monday to Friday.
• As part of a team you will informally organise weekend on call cover directly with the head of maintenance – weekend call outs will be at an enhanced rate.
• The role comes with an marked van, a central office in Bognor for stores and all the tools provided.
• You will be issued with a KeyCard for the sites with contact details and a full formal induction will be provided.

You should have worked in a similar role and have a good working knowledge of basic plumbing, electrics and handy person skills.

Person Specification

• Maintenance Engineer (previous exp. Min 3 years in a similar role on properties)
• General, all purpose multi trade experience in plumbing, carpentry, decoration, simple electrics (plugs, bulbs)
• Excellent customer services skills (and the ability to deal with local authorities when needed)
• Good PC skills – ability to send job reports and stock requirements to head office.