Maintenance Technician

TN United Kingdom; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

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• 8 am - Monday - Thursday, 8 am - 12 noon Friday
• On-site parking
• Opportunities for professional development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Maintenance Technician

Engineer a brighter future.

You'll keep things running, we’ll fast-track your career as a Maintenance Technician with Sodexo. We believe operational excellence starts with you, as your versatile skills contribute to the maintenance and continuous development of our prestigious client facilities.

Join our team and play a key role in delivering excellence and innovation in Hard FM and Technical Facilities Services.

As a Maintenance Technician, you'll:

1. Provide and maintain a high standard of maintenance services within contracted buildings, adhering to safety regulations, Sodexo policies, and client requirements while ensuring cost efficiency.
2. Ensure compliance with Health and Safety, hygiene, cleanliness, and COSHH guidelines, while maintaining fully auditable records and participating in relevant training and team meetings.
3. Communicate professionally with clients and customers, report incidents promptly, assist with deliveries, and ensure all subcontractors and visitors comply with site rules and safety requirements.
4. Deliver services efficiently and safely, including regular building checks, supporting team tasks, and handling equipment and materials in line with safe working practices.
5. Stay flexible and responsive to changing priorities, maintain a smart appearance, and provide excellent customer service while supporting the general Sodexo team and completing tasks within agreed timescales.

What we're looking for:

1. Previous experience in a facilities environment with the ability to follow instructions, implement standards, and ensure compliance with procedures.
2. Strong Health and Safety knowledge, good customer service skills, and a methodical approach with keen attention to detail in all tasks.
3. Ability to analyze situations, make decisions, and focus on client and customer needs, while promoting the brand effectively.
4. Practical operational skills in planned maintenance, electrical systems, managing contractors, fault finding, and general building maintenance.
5. Intellectual agility and eagerness to learn, with desirable qualifications in water quality management and industry-related expertise.

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards, and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services, and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces-friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations, and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfill their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications