Maintenance Heating Engineer

Web Your Small Business; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Wycombe Abbey is seeking a Heating Engineer for their Maintenance Team. This permanent, full-time role involves maintaining mechanical systems essential for the school’s operations and responding to emergencies as needed. Applicants must have relevant qualifications and experience, with strong commitment to the welfare of children.

Qualifications

• Experience in heating systems maintenance is essential.
• Ability to work within the hours specified and overtime as required.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine maintenance and repairs of mechanical systems.
• Respond to emergencies and assist with school operations outside of normal hours.
• Work collaboratively as part of the in-house Maintenance Team.

Skills

Mechanical systems knowledge

Problem-solving

Technical skills in maintenance

Education

Relevant trade qualification or equivalent

Job description

Wycombe Abbey seeks to appoint a Heating Engineer to work as a member of the in-house Maintenance Team to carry out routine maintenance and repairs with particular emphasis for the mechanical systems and services, such as the Building Energy Management System (BEMS), that are essential for the smooth running and presentation of the School.

Contract:This is a permanent, full-time contract. The first six months will be a probationary period.

Hours of Work:37.5 hours per week as part of a shift system, between the hours of 7:00am - 6:00pm with hours to be agreed with the Deputy Estates Manager. A one-hour unpaid lunch break is included in each shift.

The postholder may be required to respond to emergencies or assist with School operations out of normal School hours which may include evenings, weekends, bank holidays and holiday periods. These additional hours will either be paid as overtime or accrued as time off in lieu.

Salary:Competitive

Closing date for applications:Sunday 15 June 2025

Interview date:TBC

How to Apply:Please see the job profile document for full information about this role.

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare: All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.

All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance. We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638.