What is the job role?
This is an exciting time for you to join our team. In this role, you will be expected to provide a site-based, practical solution to a variety of building services related customer needs including, planned maintenance, reactive repairs and minor works. You will work under the direction of the Facilities Manager to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and to budget to a high standard.
The main duties and responsibilities of this role include:
1. Responsible for carrying out all work in compliance with industry standards, British standards and applying all relevant Approved Codes of Practice.
2. Carry out planned maintenance and reactive repairs effectively and efficiently within the target timescales given.
3. Install new heating installations/improvements
4. Responsible for ensuring that all work issued is completed by the due date and reporting full details of exceptions including liaison with customers.
5. Work can be in a variety of industries including schools, residential and commercial.
Who are we looking for?
You must have excellent communication skills and the ability to comprehend written instructions. Previous work experience in a reactive repair gas/combustion environment would be beneficial.
A full UK driving license and recognised qualifications are essential.
Qualifications and experience required include -
6. Approved City and Guilds/CITB/ACS qualifications in both Domestic and Commercial aspects of the industry.
7. Commercial Gas / (Safety) qualifications.
8. Unvented hot water experience.
9. Experience and knowledge of water hygiene / legionella regulations
We can offer:
10. Up to £46, pa
11. Stand-by allowance - £30 per shift, 9 shifts per week (2 per day Sat/Sun)
12. Out of hours call out rate - Minimum 2hrs per call at a flat hourly rate then time and a half for every hour after that (per day)
13. Tool Allowance - £36.37 per month
14. Van with home-to-work use & fuel card
15. Generous local government pension scheme
16. Training opportunities inc heat pump maintenance and installation.
If you wish to discuss the role further - please email Joe Cook on
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
17. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
18. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
19. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.