Service Maintenance Technician - Mechanical

Tesco Hungary; Swindon, Cheltenham, Bristol, Gloucester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail maintenance provider in the UK, Tesco is seeking to enhance its operations by hiring skilled individuals for maintenance roles. Successful candidates will contribute to ensuring safety and effectiveness across all Tesco sites while benefiting from comprehensive training and career development opportunities. The role requires both operational skills and a commitment to quality and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in maintenance, engineering, or construction environment.
• Digitally confident; comfortable operating mobile phones and tablets for workload management.
• Completion of all relevant technical training modules.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all Tesco sites are a safe and functioning environment.
• Delivering high-quality work standards and maximising productivity.
• Communicating and building effective relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Health & Safety awareness

Communication & stakeholder management

Office 365 knowledge

Education

ONC or equivalent qualification

Relevant qualification in Mechanical area

Job description

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind: helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity, you will have these specific risk responsibilities:

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

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Operational Skills:

• ONC or equivalent qualification
• Full driving license
• Health & Safety awareness
• Communication & stakeholder management
• Office 365 knowledge
• Completion of all relevant technical training modules

Relevant Experience:

• Proven experience in maintenance, engineering, or construction environment
• Digitally confident; comfortable operating mobile phones and tablets for workload management, emails, Teams, and business systems
• Relevant qualification in Mechanical area

At Tesco Property – Maintenance, our people 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, delivering first-class maintenance and engineering solutions and support.

With comprehensive induction and technical competency plans, we invest in training our field colleagues to ensure they have the right skills and expertise to work safely and provide first-rate asset management across our estate. We foster a culture where every colleague is competent, motivated, and professional, maximizing support to Tesco stores.

From multi-skilled technicians to technically-savvy specialists, our Operations and Maintenance Managers support our field engineers to get the job done. Our engineering team introduces a broad spectrum of award-winning technological initiatives, from compliance testing to refrigeration, security, and sustainability.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means everyone feels represented and can be themselves at work. We’re proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader and committed to an accessible recruitment process. For more on our accessibility support, click here.

We offer a range of diverse full-time and part-time working patterns across our business areas, combining office and remote work. Our offices remain hubs for connection, collaboration, and innovation.