Mobile engineer

The Vacancy

🔧 Mobile Engineer (Mechanical)

📍 Location: Southampton & surrounding Hampshire area
🏢 Company: WPS
🕒 Contract: Full-time, Permanent

About the Role

WPS is looking for a skilled and motivated Mobile Engineer with a mechanical bias to join our team supporting the Hampshire Blue Light contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to work across a variety of sites, delivering essential maintenance services that help keep critical infrastructure running smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

1. Carry out planned and reactive maintenance tasks across multiple sites.
2. Diagnose and repair mechanical and plumbing systems, including heating, water, and drainage.
3. Complete routine inspections, testing, and servicing of equipment.
4. Ensure all work is completed in line with health & safety regulations and compliance standards.
5. Maintain accurate records of work completed and materials used.
6. Provide excellent customer service and represent Wates professionally on-site.

What We’re Looking For

7. Proven experience in mechanical and plumbing maintenance, ideally in a mobile role.
8. Relevant trade qualifications (e.g., NVQ Level 2/3 in Plumbing or Mechanical Engineering).
9. Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
10. Ability to work independently and manage your own schedule.
11. Full UK driving licence is essential.

What We Offer

12. Competitive salary and benefits package.
13. Company van and fuel card.
14. Tools, uniform, and PPE provided.
15. Ongoing training and development opportunities.
16. A supportive and inclusive working environment.

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.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER

2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards