Resident Engineer

The Vacancy

Resident Engineer
Location: Think Park, Manchester

We are looking for a proactive and skilled Resident Engineer to join our team based at Think Park, Manchester. In this role, you’ll provide on-site engineering support, ensuring the safe, efficient, and high‑quality delivery of maintenance and repairs across the estate.

What you’ll do:

• Deliver reactive and planned maintenance
• Carry out diagnostics, repairs, and minor installations
• Ensure compliance with health & safety standards
• Provide an excellent service to our client and site users

What we’re looking for:

• Relevant engineering/maintenance background
• Strong problem‑solving skills
• Customer-focused approach
• Ability to work independently on a busy, dynamic site

If you’re a reliable engineer who takes pride in delivering quality work, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to join the WPS team at Think Park!

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.