Service Maintenance Technician - Build

RHR UK; High Wycombe, Slough, Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a Service Maintenance Technician for the High Wycombe area. This hands-on role involves ensuring safety and functionality across stores, providing planned and reactive maintenance, and prioritizing compliance and quality. Candidates must possess strong problem-solving skills and relevant technical training. In return, you’ll receive ongoing training opportunities, competitive benefits including an annual bonus, and work with a diverse team dedicated to inclusivity.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 10%

25 days holiday plus a personal day

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme for mental wellbeing

Qualifications

• Full driving license is required.
• Health and Safety awareness is necessary.
• Experience in bricklaying and masonry is essential.
• Must have knowledge of roof construction and maintenance.
• Proficiency in groundworks and paving is needed.
• Experience in tiling and flooring is required.
• Candidate should be digitally confident.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all sites are a safe environment.
• Follow planned work schedules to maximize productivity.
• Deliver high-quality work standards.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Resolve issues using problem-solving skills.
• Complete tasks effectively and communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Driving license

Health & Safety awareness

Bricklaying & Masonry

Roof construction and maintenance

Groundworks & Paving

Tiling and Flooring

Plastering & Dry walling

Digital competence with mobile devices

Education

Completion of a Recognised Apprenticeship or Improver Programme or Trade Proficiency Test

Bricklayer C&G, NVQ or equivalent, or B/TEC ONC/HNC in Construction

Job description

As a Service Maintenance Technician - Build at Tesco across Reading, High Wycombe and Slough areas, youll play a vital role in ensuring our stores remains a safe, functional, and welcoming environment for customers and colleagues alike. Youll 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.

Your work will directly impact the shopping experience of thousands of customers every day. Youll use your technical expertise to identify and resolve issues efficiently, always prioritising safety, compliance, and quality.

This is a hands‑on role that requires a proactive mindset, strong problem‑solving skills, and a commitment to delivering high standards. In return, youll be supported with ongoing training, opportunities to grow your career, and the chance to be part of one of the UKs most recognised and respected retail brands.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all Tesco sites are a safe and functioning environment for customers and colleagues.
• Following the planned work schedule to achieve first time fix, maximising productivity, and effectiveness.
• Delivering high quality work standards across the estate, with year‑on‑year improvement.
• Communicating and building effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Working closely with team members, sharing best practice and knowledge.
• Using problem‑solving skills and innovation to identify and develop solutions for key and common issues.
• Own tasks at a local level through to completion / resolution, informing key stakeholders through the process, where required.
• Own your development through progression of the maintenance pathway.
• Drive your own monthly 1‑2‑1 schedule with your line manager.
• Using mobile devices; phone and tablet, to drive best practice in work completion and updates.
• Use the business systems to drive best practice in WON reporting to support asset lifecycle management.
• Representing the Tesco brand following business ways of working, demonstrating values‑led behaviours, a positive attitude & taking pride in wearing the Tesco uniform.
• Attending local and national meetings, providing valuable input and feedback.
• Supporting KPI delivery, through the practical application of skill sets, and effective use of business systems to drive achievement of your own set KPIs.
• Supporting a diverse and inclusive culture.

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Requirements

• Full driving license
• Health & Safety awareness
• Office knowledge
• Completed all technical training upskilling modules relevant to skillset
• Bricklaying & Masonry
• Roof construction and maintenance
• Groundworks & Paving
• Tiling and Flooring
• Plastering & Dry walling
• Completion of a Recognised Apprenticeship or Improver Programme or Trade Proficiency Test
• Bricklayer C&G , , , , , or NVQ or equivalent or B / TEC ONC / HNC Construction and the Built environment
• Digitally confident; can comfortably operate mobile phone and tablets to view workload, emails, teams, and use of business systems

What's in it for you

Were all about the little helps. Thats why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you both in and out of work.

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24 / 7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

Note

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit

Maintenance Technician • Reading / High Wycombe / Slough