Workshop Maintenance Operative

Brewers Decorator Centres; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday including bank holiday

Free life assurance

Employer pension contribution

Brewers colleague discounts

Staff uniform and uniform cleaning

Job summary

Brewers Decorator Centres in Eastbourne is seeking a proactive Workshop Maintenance Operative to join our Premises team at Albany House. You will manage stock levels of shopfitting materials, maintain safe storage areas, and support loading and distribution of equipment across our branches.

The role includes repairs, refurbishments, redecoration, and shopfitting installations, working with the Merchandising Manager to ensure equipment is well maintained and materials are available for branch

Qualifications

• Strong background with power and hand tools for shopfitting and storage shelving work.
• Experience working in a busy branch during trading hours.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to plan workload independently and to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Keep all storage areas clean and tidy.
• Assist in loading/unloading Company vehicles and putting away materials.
• Ensure equipment dispatched to branches is well maintained and in good decorative order.
• Order shopfitting components and monitor stock levels.
• Check and issue materials moving into/out of stock.
• Unload and load vehicles safely and within legal limits.
• Vocational driving, regular travelling and occasional overnight stays may be required.

Skills

Power tools

Hand tools

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Communication skills

Full driving licence

Tools

MEWP

Forklift licence

Job description

Monday to Friday

Competitive Salary Plus Pension And Benefits

Eastbourne

Full Time - 39 hours per week

We have an excellent opportunity for a proactive and organised Workshop Maintenance Operative to join our Premises team based at our Head Office - Albany House in central Eastbourne. This is a key role supporting our network of over 280 branches nationwide by providing essential support with merchandising materials and necessary shop fittings and equipment required for all branches.

In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing stock levels of shopfitting and merchandising materials, maintaining safe and organised storage areas, and supporting the loading, unloading, and distribution of equipment. You will also carry out repairs, refurbishments, redecoration projects, and shopfitting installations at branches and company sites. Working closely with the Merchandising Manager and Internal Contracts team, you will help ensure equipment is well maintained, stock is effectively controlled, and materials are available for branch openings and refurbishment projects.

This varied, hands‑on role requires strong practical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Experience in shopfitting, maintenance, shelving, racking, or a similar trade environment would be beneficial.

Ranked again in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 - Brewers Decorator Centres are the largest independent supplier of decorating materials supplying both trade and retail customers across the UK. Still a family‑owned business, we are proud of our wonderful heritage of over 120 years in our industry and the growth of our network to over 250 stores nationwide in the Brewers Group. We place great emphasis on the development and growth of our colleagues - our mantra is 'help one another succeed'. To find out more about working with us visit www.Brewers.co.uk/careers

We understand that neurodiverse candidates or candidates with a disability may need adjustments or extra support in the application or interview process - we are committed to providing every candidate the opportunity and environment in which to succeed and we will support any reasonable request where we can.

As a Workshop Maintenance Operative, Some Responsibilities Include

• Keeping all storage areas clean and tidy
• Assisting in the loading and unloading of Company vehicles and the putting away of materials
• Ensure that all equipment despatched to branches is in the best possible state of repair and decorative order to preserve the image of quality and style of the Company
• Ordering of shopfitting components and monitoring stock level
• Checking and issuing all materials moving into and out of stock
• Unloading and loading vehicles safely and within legal limitations
• Vocational driving, regular travelling and occasional overnight stays are also involved in this role.

Who We Are Looking For To Join Our Team

• A strong background and experience in power and hand tools necessary to undertake shopfitting and storage shelving alterations and install merchandising equipment
• Experience working in branch during trading hours
• Exceptional organisational skills with the confidence to plan and organise your workload effectively and accurately, at times working on your own initiative and to deadlines
• Accuracy with an excellent eye for detail and ability to produce work to a high standard
• Initiative to make decisions and problem solve daily.
• Confident communicator at all levels, able to demonstrate excellent people skills.
• Full and clean driving licence
• MEWP (Mobile Elevating Work Platforms), SEMA registration and Forklift licence would be desirable, but not essential.

In Return Some Of The Benefits We Offer Include

• Competitive salary
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays increasing with service
• Free life assurance
• 5% of your salary employer contribution to the pension plan (subject to employee contributions)
• Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Employee Assistance Programme - accessible to colleagues, partner/spouse and dependents
• Virtual GP service for yourself and any dependent children to be able to access unlimited medical advice when you need it
• Medicash, an optional funded scheme where you can claim money back for routine healthcare treatments
• Brewers Colleague discounts giving you huge savings on home improvements
• Discounts and rewards with selected partners - major high street brands, supermarkets etc
• Additional financial assistance such as Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loans and Helping Hand Loan Scheme for times of crisis
• Staff uniform and uniform cleaning tax relief
• Comprehensive Induction Programme and ongoing development
• After a qualifying period, you will also be eligible for additional benefits such as profit related pay, enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay and a chance to use our Holiday Homes in Cornwall or the Lake District

We have an excellent opportunity for a proactive and organised Workshop Maintenance Operative to join our Premises team based at our Head Office - Albany House in central Eastbourne. This is a key role supporting our network of over 280 branches nationwide by providing essential support with merchandising materials and necessary shop fittings and equipment required for all branches.

In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing stock levels of shopfitting and merchandising materials, maintaining safe and organised storage areas, and supporting the loading, unloading, and distribution of equipment. You will also carry out repairs, refurbishments, redecoration projects, and shopfitting installations at branches and company sites. Working closely with the Merchandising Manager and Internal Contracts team, you will help ensure equipment is well maintained, stock is effectively controlled, and materials are available for branch openings and refurbishment projects.

This varied, hands‑on role requires strong practical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Experience in shopfitting, maintenance, shelving, racking, or a similar trade environment would be beneficial.

Ranked again in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 - Brewers Decorator Centres are the largest independent supplier of decorating materials supplying both trade and retail customers across the UK. Still a family‑owned business, we are proud of our wonderful heritage of over 120 years in our industry and the growth of our network to over 250 stores nationwide in the Brewers Group. We place great emphasis on the development and growth of our colleagues - our mantra is 'help one another succeed'. To find out more about working with us visit www.Brewers.co.uk/careers

We understand that neurodiverse candidates or candidates with a disability may need adjustments or extra support in the application or interview process - we are committed to providing every candidate the opportunity and environment in which to succeed and we will support any reasonable request where we can.