Maintenance Technician - Joinery & Fire Door Specialist

Edsential Community Interest Company; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive monthly pay

Cycle to Work Scheme

Wellbeing programmes

Uniform provided

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

The Conway Outdoor Education Centre at Edsential Community Interest Company is seeking a maintenance specialist to inspect, maintain and remediate joinery and fire doors across properties. You will lead reactive and preventive maintenance, document inspections, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

This role requires independent technical judgment, prioritisation of maintenance programmes, and the ability to work with contractors to deliver works on time and to agreed standards.

Qualifications

• Experience of undertaking general maintenance duties is desirable but not essential.
• NVQ in Cleaning is desirable.
• Valid driving licence.
• Ability to communicate clearly, understand and follow instructions.
• Ability to prioritise work and manage time effectively.
• Ability to work alone and as a team.
• Comfortable with working at height.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on joinery, fixtures, fittings, doors, windows, furniture and associated building fabric.
• Undertake inspection, fault diagnosis and repair of joinery-related defects, identifying root causes and recommending appropriate remedial solutions.
• Lead the inspection, maintenance, repair and upgrading of fire-resisting door sets and associated ironmongery to ensure ongoing compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Conduct condition surveys and asset inspections, producing recommendations for repair, renewal and lifecycle replacement programmes.
• Plan and prioritise joinery maintenance, repair and remedial works to meet operational requirements and minimise disruption to building users.
• Maintain accurate electronic maintenance records, inspection reports, compliance documentation and asset information.
• Specify materials, components and remedial works, ensuring best value, durability and fitness for purpose.
• Monitor the quality and completion of specialist contractor works relating to joinery, doors, glazing and building fabric repairs.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to managers and colleagues regarding joinery-related maintenance and compliance matters.
• Ensure specialist workshops, machinery, tools and equipment are maintained in a safe and serviceable condition.
• Comply with all health and safety procedures, risk assessments, safe systems of work and company policies.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of maintenance systems, asset management processes and compliance procedures.
• Support wider maintenance operations where appropriate whilst maintaining primary responsibility for joinery-related systems and assets

Skills

Joinery maintenance

Fire door inspection

Asset inspections

Plan remediation works

Record keeping

Materials specification

Contractor supervision

Health & safety compliance

Technical guidance

Work at height

Education

NVQ in Cleaning

Job description

The Conway Outdoor Education Centre at Edsential Community Interest Company is seeking a maintenance specialist to inspect, maintain and remediate joinery and fire doors across properties. You will lead reactive and preventive maintenance, document inspections, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

This role requires independent technical judgment, prioritisation of maintenance programmes, and the ability to work with contractors to deliver works on time and to agreed standards.