Smart Maintenance Engineer (Copy)

TieTalent; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of metering services as a Maintenance Engineer based in Reading, supporting a critical infrastructure with Smart Meter installations. Your role will involve varied tasks across homes and businesses, ensuring customer satisfaction and compliance with safety standards. You'll enjoy a supportive environment with opportunities for personal growth while benefiting from a comprehensive range of employee perks.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24/7

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts via My Rewards portal

Life assurance

Company van/vehicle and fuel card

Discretionary bonus scheme

22 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Good geographical knowledge of local areas required.
• Ability to use hand tools effectively.
• Experience with handheld tools is important.

Responsibilities

• Visiting various properties for Smart Meter tasks.
• Reconnecting Smart Meters, changing SIM cards, and conducting site surveys.
• Updating records for new and existing customers.

Skills

Geographical knowledge

Customer service

Hand tool usage

Self-motivated

Education

Electrical knowledge (beneficial)

Experience in meter reading

Tools

Handheld tools

Job description

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About

Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

About

Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy, were enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our?Metering team.?Youll join the leading provider of metering services in the UK energy retail sector, we provide efficient and flexible services for gas, electricity and water meters.

Our meter readers install, maintain and manage meters to make sure customers are billed correctly and energy usage patterns are monitored.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

As aMaintenanceEngineer, you'll be visiting various properties throughout the day, working on Smart Meters in both homes and businesses. Do you enjoy helping people and making their lives easier? You'll be using a handheld device to complete your tasks, and once done, you'll update all the details on your tablet, keeping records for new and existing customers up to date. No need to worry about live electric workno previous technical qualifications are required!

Here's a glimpse of what you'll be doing: reconnecting Gas and Electric Smart Meters, changing SIM cards, modems, and small gain aerials, re-joining smart devices to the network while in contact with energy companies and exchanging batteries on gas meters. You'll also complete site surveys and other support tasks that require a field-based engineer to visit properties.

Do you like the idea of a varied day where no two days are the same? You'll have plenty of opportunities to shine and make a real difference!

What Youll Bring

You will be located in Reading or surrounding areas

Good geographical knowledge of your local and surrounding areas is key for this role

Quick to learn and eager to grasp new tasks and opportunities

Ability to use hand tools effectively

Experience with handheld tools is important

Ability to lift, carry, and climb ladders while ensuring health and safety requirements are met

Self-motivated and organised, as this is a lone working role

Dedicated to providing excellent customer service

If you have the below qualifications and skills, great, but you dont need them to apply;

Experience in a meter reading role, especially with smart meters, is a plus

Some electrical knowledge or qualification would be beneficial

Whats in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes

Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use(telematics installed)

Discretionary bonus scheme

Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

22 days plus bank holiday

About Us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• Wereresponsibleand go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• Wereopenand seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• Weretogetherand as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• Wereambitiousand embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
  
  

Whether youre a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

Its an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:?Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd?party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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