Mobile Multi Trader

About the Company

Our client is an established Facilities Maintenance and Building Projects organisation, with a directly employed engineering workforce of 60+ engineers. They deliver hard FM, maintenance, compliance and project services across a diverse commercial and public-sector client base, including retail, hospitality, restaurants and pubs, casinos, cinemas, care homes, hotels, student accommodation, schools and universities.

About the Role

Our client is strengthening its building fabric capability with the appointment of an experienced Mobile Fabric Engineer. The role covers planned and reactive maintenance and repair of the building fabric across a multi-site commercial estate, using a mix of trades, including carpentry, plumbing, plastering, groundworks, hanging doors and drylining.

They’re looking for a genuinely multi-skilled tradesperson who can turn their hand to different fabric jobs and work independently across multiple sites.

Key Responsibilities

* Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs to the building fabric, within client SLA and KPI requirements

* Carpentry repairs and installations

* Plumbing repairs and minor installations

* Plastering and making good

* Groundworks repairs

* Hanging, fitting and repairing doors

* Drylining, including partitions and ceilings

* Identifying follow-on works and providing accurate information to support quotations

* Producing clear technical reports and scopes of work

* Updating CAFM and client portal systems and completing job sheets on handheld devices

* Working independently across multiple sites, maintaining van stock, and working to health and safety standards

* Participating in the out-of-hours call-out rota

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

* Proven experience as a multi-skilled fabric engineer, building maintenance operative or similar

* Experience across the trades listed above: carpentry, plumbing, plastering, groundworks, hanging doors and drylining

* Strong health and safety understanding, and able to work at height

* Good computer literacy, including laptops, tablets and CAFM or client portal systems

* Clear written reporting and good commercial awareness

* Full UK driving licence

Overtime

* Time and a half: 17:01 to 23:59 Mon to Fri, and Saturdays

* Double time: 00:00 to 05:59, Sundays and Bank Holidays

Call-Out

Approximately 1 week in every 5, supporting out-of-hours emergency attendance.

Package:

* Company van, fuel card, phone, tablet and laptop

* Uniform and PPE provided

* Company pension

* 28 days’ annual leave (including 8 Bank Holidays), plus 1 extra day per full year of service

* Significant overtime opportunities, enhanced rates

* Manufacturer and technical training

* Career progression, with technical leadership and supervisory routes as the division grows

* Personal vehicle use: up to 10 miles/day free, 45p/mile thereafter