The Vacancy
RESIDENT ENGINEER
Join Wates: Resident Engineer Needed!
Wates is offering an outstanding opportunity for a mechanically / Electrically experienced Resident Engineer to join our team, stationed on-site at one of our large commercial buildings in Kingston-Upon Thames. Your primary focus will be executing planned preventative maintenance and reactive works on building plant, equipment, and systems, as well as swiftly responding to site engineering emergencies.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Resident Engineer, your core responsibility will revolve around conducting planned preventative maintenance and reactive works on behalf of our clients. Your qualifications and experience in the field are crucial, but what truly sets you apart are your exceptional communication skills, ensuring top-notch customer service delivery. Your ability to multitask effectively, meet tight deadlines, and collaborate seamlessly with your team to troubleshoot on the go is paramount, all while championing health and safety excellence.
Key Accountabilities as Resident Engineer:
Accurately record all reactive and PPM tasks, ensuring detailed documentation is completed and signed off by the client weekly.
Prepare Method Statements and Risk Assessments for all tasks to guarantee safe working practices.
Effectively supervise subcontractors to ensure tasks are completed to the highest standards.
Ensure strict compliance with all Company policies and procedures.
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work primarily on a single site.
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have the following:
• Knowledge of mechanical and building services maintenance
• Previous FM experience managing multiple sites
• Strong Electrical / Mechanical Experience
• Electrical or Mechanical qualification such as NVQ or City & Guilds.
• Good knowledge of a plant room and day to day building maintenance
WHAT WE OFFER
1. Competitive salary
2. Travel covered to any of our site (subject to HMRC advisory rates and location)
3. Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 5% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 22 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
4. Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
5. Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.
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.
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.
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Inside Housing Development Awards
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2022 Construction News Awards Winner
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Investors in People 2022
GOLD AWARD
Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
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2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
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2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards