Facilities Maintenance Engineer

Job Description:

Location: Based in Nuneaton with travel to sites, works van provided
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £40,000 per annum, 
Benefits:22 days holiday rising, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Job

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play covering multiple sites across the sector.

Here at Unipart, we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.

As a Facilities Maintenance Engineer you will assist in maintaining all plant and machinery (including internal office fixtures and fittings) including preventative maintenance and reactive work and conduct legislative tests. Play a pivotal role in maintaining the high standards and conformity across the sector estate.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

• Ensure all works are completed in accordance with H&S policies / procedures
• Assist / support the supervision of sub-contractors on site
• Understand and work with Planet (work control) system, ensuring work/job sheets are completed within agreed timescales
• Complete works to meet departmental targets, SLA’s & KPI’s
• Collaborate with line-manager / team to deliver best practices and develop cost reduction / efficiency improvement initiatives
• Liaise with all TCE customers to ensure support and requirements are delivered to agreed timescales / standards
• Utilise your basic understanding of following systems to carry out the tasks required: Fire alarms (including weekly testing) BMS system (re controls / temperature setting & adjustments). Mains & local electrical feeds / electrical plant room (Fault finding on electrical and mechanical plant following logical steps to resolve the issue when under pressure) HVAC systems / Fire suppression/gas systems / Fire Alarm Panels / Site drainage systems and Water schematics / systems
• Support ad-hoc projects as required

About You


We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

• Mechanical and Electrical experience
• 18th Edition Electrical
• Fire Alarm Panel Knowledge
• Driving Licence
• Experience of plant systems
• Experience in a similar role
• Educated to GCSE or equivalent (English language and Mathematics are essential)
• Ability to work to targets and timescales
• Excellent problem-solving skills with an eye for detail
• Quality focused
• Mechanical competence
• Self-motivated and be able to demonstrate a “get up and go” attitude
• Excellent communication skills, including effective listening and an ability to liaise with varying levels of technical staff and customers
• Good organisational skills
• The ability to work independently and contribute effectively as a member of a high-performance team
• Able to use initiative and identify issues at work and suggest options for improvement
• Willingness to learn

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may also have experience in the following:Facilities Technician, Facilities Engineer, Facilities Assistant, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Operative, PPM, Reactive Maintenance, Building Services, Electrical Maintenance, Mechanical Maintenance, Electrician, etc.

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