Maintenance Technician - Part Time - 3 days a week

Tesco UK; Oban; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail brand is seeking a Maintenance Technician in Oban to ensure a safe and functional environment for customers and colleagues. This hands-on role involves conducting maintenance tasks, working with external contractors, and demonstrating strong problem-solving skills. The ideal candidate has previous maintenance experience and a commitment to high standards. This position offers ongoing training and professional growth within a respected company.

Qualifications

• Experience in a maintenance, engineering, or construction environment.
• Digitally confident using a tablet for work management.
• Strong commitment to health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all Tesco sites are safe and functional.
• Follow planned work schedules for efficient task completion.
• Collaborate with team members and share best practices.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication & Collaboration

Health & Safety awareness

Education

ONC or equivalent

Tools

Office 365

Job description

Overview

As a Maintenance Technician at Tesco across Oban and surrounding areas, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our stores remain a safe, functional, and welcoming environment for customers and colleagues. You’ll be part of a skilled team responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a range of systems and equipment, helping to keep our operations running smoothly. This is a hands-on role that requires a proactive mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to delivering high standards. In return, you’ll be supported with ongoing training, opportunities to grow your career, and the chance to be part of one of the UK’s most recognised and respected retail brands. The Hiring Manager for this role is Alan Rennie.

As a Maintenance Technician your specific responsibilities will encompass a wide range of tasks. To thrive in this role, you will need to:

Responsibilities

• Confidently interact with external contractors: coordinating repairs seamlessly.
• Work collaboratively with the team: be a great colleague who understands the importance of quality service.
• Sustain high energy levels: juggling tasks while maintaining efficiency.
• Assist the management team: keeping our stores operating smoothly by maintaining equipment and facilities.
• Minimize customer disruption: coordinating repairs with minimal impact on our valued customers.

Responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring all Tesco sites are a safe and functioning environment for customers and colleagues.
• Following the planned work schedule to achieve first time fix, improving efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Working closely with team members, sharing best practice and knowledge.
• General day to day store and property maintenance.
• Using mobile devices; phone and tablet, to drive the best approach in work completion and updates.
• Representing the Tesco brand by demonstrating our core values (serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day), maintaining a positive attitude & taking pride in wearing the Tesco uniform.
• Attending local and national meetings, providing valuable input and feedback.
• Supporting a diverse and inclusive culture.

As a vital part of our Maintenance team, you will demonstrate enthusiasm for maintaining high standards. With previous experience in a maintenance, engineering, or construction environment, you will be digitally confident using a tablet to view daily work schedules and manage emails.

Operational Skills

• ONC or equivalent
• Full driving license
• Health & Safety awareness
• Communication & Collaboration
• Office 365 knowledge
• Completed all technical training upskilling modules relevant to abilities.

We are proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, and we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, please contact us for more information. If you’re interested in joining our team but don’t tick every box, don’t let that hold you back from applying.