Mobile Fabric Engineer

VINCI Facilities Limited; Chester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A facilities management provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Mobile Fabric Engineer for their mobile maintenance team. Responsibilities include building fabric maintenance, plumbing, and electrical support, along with completing job reports via tablet. The ideal candidate should possess qualifications in relevant trades and demonstrate a strong maintenance background, particularly in retail environments. This position offers additional training, generous holiday, pension contributions, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

26 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Additional training and development

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance background in commercial environments, ideally retail.
• Strong competencies in building services trades and safety practices.
• Competent in the use of tablet or computers for data handling.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs.
• Undertake building fabric maintenance and inspections.
• Perform minor plumbing and electrical support tasks.
• Complete accurate job reports via PDA or tablet.
• Liaise professionally with clients and site teams.

Skills

Maintenance background in commercial environments

Competencies in building services trades

Excellent communication skills

Data handling including PDA & Microsoft Office

Understanding of safety practices

Education

Qualified in relevant trades (Carpentry, plastering, decorating)

Job description

Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday

Creating and maintaining great places to live and work delivered by excellent people who care…

Purpose of Role

We are looking for an experienced Mobile Fabric Engineer to join our mobile maintenance team dedicated to various retail contracts.

Job Description

The Building Fabric Technician would be responsible for undertaking building fabric and basic plumbing maintenance works including PPM servicing and reactive breakdown repairs. The successful candidate must have a UK driver’s license with no drink driving offences and be happy working on a mobile basis across the North West.

Responsibilities

• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs
• Building fabric maintenance, including: Door furniture and ironmongery, Fire door inspections and minor repairs, Ceiling and floor tile repairs/replacement, General fabric upkeep and fault finding
• Minor plumbing works, including: Sink flow checks, Flushing and tap repairs, Toilet maintenance and basic fault rectification
• Basic electrical support, including: Emergency lighting checks, Lamp and ballast replacements
• Accurate completion of job reports via PDA or tablet
• Ensuring all works are completed safely, compliantly, and to a high standard
• Liaising professionally with clients and site teams

Essential Qualifications/Skills

• Proven maintenance background in commercial environments – ideally retail.
• Qualified in relevant trades (i.e., Carpentry, plastering, decorating or equivalent).
• Strong, demonstrable competencies in building services trades.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• A good understanding of how to work safely.
• Competent in the use of tablet or computers and data handling including PDA & Microsoft Office.
• UK Drivers License (no more than 6 points)

In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.

We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business – therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.