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Ventilation Technician
Location: London & the South East
Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week
Shift: Days and Nights
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for an Air Hygiene Operative to support the delivery of ventilation, ductwork cleaning and air hygiene services, working alongside experienced engineers to ensure safe, compliant and high‑quality environments for our customers.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Carry out kitchen extract and ventilation system cleaning in line with TR19 Grease and TR19 standards
2. Install access doors to ventilation systems in accordance with DW and inspect fire dampers in line with BS
3. Complete inspections of plant equipment, follow preventative maintenance programmes and maintain equipment and chemical stock levels
4. Ensure all documentation is completed accurately, including service sheets, risk assessments and RAMS compliance
5. Work safely, professionally and in line with site rules, leaving all work areas clean and tidy
What Are We Looking For?:
6. Experience working within a hands-on, physical role (such as a labourer or trades role)
7. Basic knowledge of air hygiene and ventilation systems (desired but not essential)
8. Full UK driving licence
9. Ability to work safely in line with health, safety and environmental policies
Soft Skills:
10. A reliable, motivated individual with a strong work ethic
11. Good communication and teamwork skills, with a professional approach on client sites
12. Strong time‑management, organisational and problem‑solving abilities
13. Willingness to travel and work flexibly as required
14. Individual comfortable with manual handling and heavy lifting
What's in it for you?
15. Full training, development and access to industry‑recognised qualifications
16. Opportunities for overtime and long‑term career progression within Mitie
17. Uniform, PPE and specialist equipment provided
We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer. This means every role at Mitie is paid at or above the independently calculated Real Living Wage, reflecting our commitment to fair pay and responsible employment.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Since, Mitie's 80, employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
Join our Mitie Team.
Together our diversity makes us stronger.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Chloe Smailes at .