Service Maintenance Technician - Electrical

Tesco; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retail maintenance provider as a Maintenance Technician in a dynamic role that emphasizes collaboration and innovation. You will ensure Tesco sites are safe and efficient, delivering high-quality work and maximizing productivity. This position offers a blend of office and remote work, allowing for flexibility in your schedule while being part of a diverse team. With a strong focus on personal and professional development, you will receive comprehensive training and support to excel in your role. If you are passionate about maintenance and engineering, this is the perfect opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a welcoming environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 10%

25 days holiday plus personal day

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Recognized apprenticeship or relevant trade experience required.
• Experience in maintenance, engineering, or construction is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all Tesco sites are safe and functional for customers.
• Deliver high-quality work standards and maximize productivity.
• Use problem-solving skills to identify and develop solutions.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Health & Safety awareness

Basic diagnostics

Electrical Safety Circuit knowledge

Driving license

Office 365 knowledge

Experience in maintenance or engineering

Education

Completion of a recognized apprenticeship

Trade proficiency test or relevant trade experience

Tools

Mobile phone and tablets

Business systems

Job description

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Job Reference: tesco/TP/10781852/926774

Number of Positions: 1

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Dundee/Perth

Closing Date: 12/02/2025

Job Category: Maintenance Colleagues

Business Unit: GB Maintenance

What’s in it for you

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• 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 the role

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

Are you ready to be part of a diverse team that collaborates to deliver outstanding customer experiences? Tesco Property Maintenance are looking for hardworking and efficient Maintenance Technicians to join our growing Property Maintenance Team! At Tesco, our stores and offices couldn’t function without the support of our integral teams.

You will be responsible for

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

You will need

Operational Skills:

• Completion of a recognised apprenticeship or improver programme or trade proficiency test / relevant trade experience
• Basic diagnostics: PCB/Microprocessor / HMI controlled systems / equipment
• Electrical Safety Circuit, - Basic Working Knowledge, fault finding and replacement.
• Full driving license
• Health & Safety awareness
• Office 365 knowledge
• Proven experience in a maintenance, engineering, or construction environment
• Digitally confident; can comfortably operate mobile phone and tablets to view workload, emails, teams, and use of business systems.

About us

At Tesco Property – Maintenance, it’s our people that make us one of the leading retail maintenance providers in the UK. We operate in over 3,500 Tesco and One Stop stores, distribution centres, Tesco banks and head offices, to deliver first class maintenance and engineering solutions and support.

With our comprehensive induction and our technical competency plan, we invest in training for our field colleagues to have the right level of skills and expertise for each role to work safely and provide first-rate asset management across our estate. We create a culture where every colleague is competent, motivated and professional, maximising the level of support we offer to Tesco stores.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. 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 click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.