Service Maintenance Technician - HVAC

Tesco UK; Abingdon, Banbury, Packmoor; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Maintenance Technician to ensure a safe and efficient environment across its stores. This hands-on role involves maintaining systems and equipment while prioritizing safety, compliance, and high standards. The ideal candidate will have a range of qualifications, including mechanical engineering certifications and health and safety awareness. Ongoing training and career growth opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• Full driving license required.
• Digitally confident with mobile devices.
• Experience with Office 365 needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and functioning environment for all sites.
• Follow planned work schedules to maximize effectiveness.
• Deliver high-quality work across the estate.

Skills

Health & Safety awareness

Problem-solving skills

Communication & stakeholder management

Digital confidence

Education

Level 3 City & Guilds in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Refrigeration and AC Certifications

Plumbing & Heating Certifications

Gas Safety Certifications

Job description

As a Maintenance Technician at Tesco, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our stores remain a safe, functional, and welcoming environment for customers and colleagues alike. 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.

Your work will directly impact the shopping experience of thousands of customers every day. You’ll 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, 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.

Key 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.
• 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.
• Using mobile devices; phone and tablet, to drive best practice in work completion and updates.
• Use the business systems to drive best practice in work order reporting to support asset lifecycle management.
• Supporting KPI delivery, through the practical application of skill sets, and effective use of business systems to drive achievement of your own set KPIs.

Requirements:

• Full driving license
• Health & Safety awareness
• Communication & stakeholder management
• Office 365 knowledge
• Level 3 City & Guilds or equivalent Mechanical Engineering/Engineering
• Digitally confident; can comfortably operate mobile phone and tablets to view workload, emails, teams, and use of business systems.
• Refrigeration and AC C&G 6187, 7189, 6090 or NVQ or equivalent
• Heating & Ventilation C&G 7188, 6288, 6188 or NVQ or Equivalent
• Plumbing & Heating C&G 4467, 3345, 6189, 6035 or NVQ or Equivalent
• C&G 2079 - F-Gas and ODS regulations (Air Con)
• CCN1 - Core gas safety (Gas) includes COCN1 & CODNCO1
• CENWAT
• CDGA1 – Commercial natural gas and LPG direct fired heating appliances
• ICPN1 - Installation first fix commercial pipework
• CIGA1 - Commercial indirect fired heating appliances
• CORT1 - Commercial overhead radiant heaters
• TPCP1A - Testing and direct purging of low pressure commercial pipework not exceeding 1m3
• TPCP1 -Testing and direct purging of commercial pipework exceeding 1m3 in volume up to 7 bar
• UNVENTED Hot water Systems Certs G3
• CDGA1 COMMISSION SERVICE REPAIR & BREAKDOWN OF COMMERCIAL DIRECT FIRED HEATING APPLIANCES & EQUIPMENT – NG & LPG

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