Mobile Fabric Engineer
Sub Division: Facilities Management
Location: Carlisle
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday
Creating and maintaining great places to live and work delivered by excellent people who care…
Purpose of Role
We are looking for an experienced Fabric Engineer to support our maintenance contract with Avanti West Coast
Job Description
You will provide PPM & reactive maintenance across various train stations, rail-related offices, and platform buildings. This role requires a multiskilled approach focused on fabric and plumbing building maintenance capabilities. The successful candidate must have a UK driver’s license with no drink driving offences and be happy working on a mobile basis – they will predominately work out of Carlisle/Penrith/Oxenholme train stations however will also have responsibility to support stations between Preston up to the Central Belt.
Responsibilities
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive building fabric repairs across the site.
- Complete general building fabric maintenance including repairs to doors, locks, hinges, flooring, ceilings, walls, and internal fixtures.
- Undertake floor repairs including replacing tiles and carrying out minor flooring works.
- Carry out minor plumbing repairs including fixing leaks, replacing taps, and basic pipework maintenance.
- Complete basic decorating, painting, patch repairs, and general upkeep of internal and external areas.
- Support with minor maintenance tasks across other trades where required as part of a multi-skilled facilities team.
- Source materials and replacement parts required to complete repairs.
- Accurately complete maintenance records, compliance documentation, and CAFM system updates.
Essential Qualifications/Skills
- Proven experience in a Building Fabric, Handy Person or Maintenance Technician role.
- Previous experience within commercial building maintenance environments.
- Experience delivering both planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
- Good understanding of maintenance compliance, job reporting, and CAFM systems.
- Willing to participate in a 1 in 6 week on-call rota (infrequent call-outs)
- Full UK Driving Licence (maximum six penalty points and no drink driving convictions).
In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.
We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors. We are committed to working towards a lower carbon society, focusing on sustainable and innovative methods to exceed our partners' goals and add value for all stakeholders – and we were named the top-ranked FM service provider in the Sustainable FM Index for 2020. We put our people first. Always working as a team and collaborating from start to finish. We are the trusted expert in the built environment because we listen to our team and create a workplace that maximises their potential.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.
VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.
