Building Fabric engineer

The Vacancy

RESIDENT FABRIC ENGINEER

Wates have excellent opportunity for an experienced Resident Fabric Engineer to join the team based on-site at our client’s large Campus, in south Cambridge to deliver multi skilled services for Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), Reactive and minor life cycle works across our client’s site.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The primary focus of this role will be to conduct planned preventative, multi-disciplined maintenance and reactive works to the buildings fabric, plant, equipment, and systems, as well as respond to site engineering emergencies on behalf of our clients.

Having the relevant qualifications and experience for your discipline – City and Guilds in building fabric would be desirable but not essential, what is most important to us is your effective communication skills which always enable delivery of prominent levels of customer service. You will also be confident is your proven ability to effectively multi-task, work to tight deadlines and work in a team to problem solve on the job; whilst always promoting health & safety excellence.

This is a terrific opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team with excellent opportunity to increase skills with training.

Some of the other Key Accountabilities as Resident Fabric Engineer include:

• Use of a mobile device using the clients CAFM system, accepting jobs, ensure job SLA’S are not breached, sound updates on jobs for the client to view.

• Ensure that Method Statements and Risk Assessments are prepared for all tasks conducted to provide safe working practices through the mobile device.

• Supervise subcontractors effectively.

• Ensure compliance with all Company policies and procedures.

• Door maintenance and repair (including Fire Doors, training can be provided)
• Basic Plumbing repairs – desirable
• Tiling patch repairs, wall, and floor
• Temporary repairs to flooring carpets, lino, and screeds
• Suspended ceiling repairs
• Shelving, racking
• Lock changes/repairs
• External repairs i.e., patch brickwork
• Decorating and decorating
• Carpentry

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on an on a single site with a fantastic client that shares a one team approach to what we deliver on campus. Excellent facilities include a gym, sports hall, full restaurant facilities alongside other campus activities.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary
• On call rota, overtime can be available.
• Supplied PPE, tools, and uniform.
• Ability to buy holiday (up to 5 days)
• Employee Assistance programme (EAP)
• Employee discounts with various brands
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 5% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 22 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 8 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.