Skilled Fabric Technician

The Vacancy

🔧 Skilled Fabric Technician (London)

WPS is seeking a Skilled Fabric Technician to join our team on the prestigious Landmark contract in London. This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive and experienced technician to play a key role in delivering high-quality building maintenance services across a high-profile site.

🔍 Key Responsibilities:

• Carrying out planned and reactive fabric maintenance tasks across the site (e.g. carpentry, plastering, tiling, painting & decorating).
• Ensuring all work is completed to a high standard and in compliance with health & safety regulations.
• Supporting other trades and assisting with general building upkeep.
• Responding promptly to service requests and fault reports.
• Maintaining accurate records of work completed and materials used.

✅ What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience in a similar fabric technician or multi-skilled maintenance role.
• Strong knowledge of building fabric maintenance techniques.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a relevant trade (e.g. carpentry, joinery, painting & decorating).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good communication and customer service skills.

🌟 What We Offer:

• A supportive and inclusive working environment.
• Opportunities for career development and training.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• The chance to work on a flagship contract in a central London location.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

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.