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Domestic Gas Engineer
August 25, 2022 | Comments Off on Domestic Gas Engineer
Give back to your community, develop your career, and join the Kier Housing Maintenance team today as a Gas Engineer.
Domestic Gas Engineer
Location: Covering all areas of London
Business Area: Kier Places - Housing Maintenance - Grainger Housing Partnership
Contract & hours: Permanent, full time - Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week + call out & standby
Kier Places are recruiting now for a Gas Engineer to join our Housing Maintenance team in London to support our Grainger Housing Partnership, where your role will be key to supporting the delivery of a housing maintenance & repairs service to the residents of London & surrounding areas, through repairs, maintenance & installations of heating systems.
Key Responsibilities
As a Gas Engineer with Kier Housing Maintenance, you will undertake installation, servicing, repairs and testing duties of heating & boiler systems, testing & purging of gas pipework, and minor after-trade / making-good work, in void & occupied residential properties. You will be assisting in ensuring Kier deliver a safe, customer focused, cost effective, efficient, and compliant service in order to meet its contractual and legal obligations.
We'll trust you to provide high quality, 'right first time', cost effective service to the business, client, and its customers., and conduct work in accordance with current legislation, British Standards, Codes of Practice, Safe Systems of Work and recognised industrial standards for such work, minimising damage to the fabric of the property, adhering to the Kier Group Safety, Health and Environment Management System ('KGSHEMS') requirements at all times.
What do we need from you?
To be a Gas Engineer with Kier, you'll need experience with installation & maintenance of heating systems; you'll hold relevant qualifications (NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, CENWAT, CCN1, CPA1, HTR1, CKR1); and have worked in social housing / housing maintenance environments. Due to the nature of our housing stock, it would be an advantage if you experience with commercial boiler systems, have knowledge of Valiant heating systems, and Vented / Unvented Hot Water Systems.
Due to the nature of this role, you should have a full driving licence, be prepared to conduct regular travel across London day-to-day, and be able to participate in the out of hours & weekends emergency on-call out rota.
Who are we?
Kier Housing Maintenance is a home-from-home for people with top housing maintenance and repairs skills. Thousands of homes across the country rely on us to maintain the place they live day-in-day-out. Join us to play a valued role in the success of the wider Kier Places team.
At Kier, we're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.
You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a matched pension scheme, 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan).
Some of our other benefits include:
- New and enhanced family friendly policies with 8 weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, and important guidance on the menopause and the support we can offer
- Kier's Green Car Scheme
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, as well as 4x Life Assurance as standard, with the option for Partner Life Assurance cover
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
Find out more here about the great rewards and benefits we offer our employees.
Delivering contracts. Creating communities. Developing careers. Join us today as a Gas Engineer.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.
Closing Date: 23rd September 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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