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Building Services Engineer, Plumbing Bias

November 2, 2022 | Comments Off on Building Services Engineer, Plumbing Bias

Achieve, develop & grow as a Multi Skilled Engineer in our Facilities Management team, conducting maintenance activities in important client properties in your area.

Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Plumbing Bias)

Location: Mobile - covering sites across East Anglia including Ipswich, Norwich and Colchester

Business Area: Kier Places - Facilities Management - Ministry of Justice

Contract: Permanent, full time - 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8-5pm + callout rota 1 in 5 weeks for out of hours & weekends

Kier Places are recruiting now for a Mobile Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Plumbing Bias) to join our Facilities Management team on our Ministry of Justice contract, where your role will be key to supporting the delivery across a Hard Technical Services solution, through providing planned PPM & reactive maintenance to government owned properties as part of our prestigious public sector contract, across multiple sites in the East Anglian area.

Key Responsibilities

As a focused and reactive Mobile Multi Skilled Engineer, you will deliver a combination of electrical Planned & Reactive maintenance with some assistance with basic mechanical, water and building fabric maintenance across a region, and to multiple client sites including Approved Premises & Probation Offices. 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.

Whilst plumbing biased, this role is multi-skilled and encompasses various PPM tasks including, but not limited to emergency light testing, monthly water temperatures recording, meter readings, AC filter changes and other general maintenance works within your abilities such as minor fabric, electric & plumbing repairs.

Electrical activities will include minor lighting and power installation works, re-lamping of fittings and general repair, socket replacement, and other repairs or installations; carrying out electrical tests such as annual emergency light testing, DB and RCD checks, testing and certification of all works in accordance with NICEIC regulations.

You should also be comfortable working on ladders, in tight spaces, and in plant rooms; working alone or in a team; and be comfortable moving/transporting tooling & access equipment of all sizes & weights.

What do we need from you?

We're looking for a proactive Engineer who is a Qualified in Plumbing, Heating, or Mechanical Engineering (e.g. Level 2 NVQ/City & Guilds, 6035, 6188, 6189, 8202 or equivalent); has fault finding and reactive repairs experience, who is able to conduct first line response of mechanical, heating & plumbing equipment, and has the ability to conduct a variety of building & facilities maintenance tasks, including, but not limited to, electrics & lighting, water & plumbing, HVAC, AHUs & compressors.

To be a Multi-Skilled Engineer with Kier, you'll bring with you previous experience in commercial building services / facilities management; and as a bonus, you may have PASMA, Working At Height, IPAF certification, and L8 Legionella awareness.

It would be highly desirable if you also have Level 3 Plumbing and Heating qualification; basic heating background (e.g. Gas Safe, Commercial or Domestic Gas tickets); Water Regulations & Unvented Hot Water Systems (3345); Pool Plant operators Course; and/or Electrical qualifications.

Due to the nature of this position you should have a full driving licence, be happy travelling across counties to different sites, and be able to participate in the on-call rota system covering out of hours and weekends.

Who are we?

We are Kier Facilities Management - the team that's putting people into FM, delivering an incredibly wide range of innovative management and maintenance solutions, right across the UK. We're a crucial part of Kier Places, providing hard and soft facilities management to hundreds of Government department sites and public buildings - offering you a role that will challenge and reward you, every single day.

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 up to 7.5%, 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.

Your world. Your career. Your Kier. Join us today as a Mobile Multi Skilled 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: 2nd December 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

Recruitment agencies - we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our careers help page.

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