Multi-Skilled Technician - Aylesford RDC

About the role

Location: This role will be based at our Aylesford site.

Salary: The salary range for this role is set at £31,600 - £49,800. From the 1st April the salary range will increase to £32,500 - £49,800.

Working Hours: This role is 37.5 hours per week with a 3 week shift pattern - week 1: 06:00-14:00, week 2: 08:00-16:00, week 3: 10:00-18:00.

Additional Hours: Voluntary weekend working is available depending on workload.

Role Type: Permanent opportunity.

Please note that you must live within 30-45 minutes from the site due to emergency call outs.

As Partners - members of the Partnership - it's our responsibility to ensure our success for the future. We proactively seek out opportunities to continuously improve the way we work, taking action to ensure the Partnership is efficient and we are all as productive as possible. It's an ethos each and every Partner works by and you'll carry it into your own role too.

Do you love variety, flexibility and problem solving? Then come and join a unique in-house maintenance team, where no two days will be the same.

You'll be a confident communicator able to liaise with contractors, campus management teams and fellow technicians across the Waitrose site. You'll manage both preventative planned maintenance work and deal professionally with reactive calls/jobs. You'll take on the responsibility of Duty Technician and will be the point of contact for maintenance queries on a shared basis.

What you'll be doing:

You'll deliver a safe environment for Partners and customers by undertaking planned preventative maintenance and also dealing with reactive situations as they occur. You'll be proactive, reactive, and calm under pressure.

You'll have access to a well organised workshop space with a range of up-to-date equipment and a wide range of learning resources to support you in upskilling and maintaining your knowledge.

Benefits of working as a Partner

• Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our market leading equal parenthood leave policy
• Full time working holiday entitlement of 15.5 days holiday (based on average 3.5 days working week) which increases with service, plus bank holidays
• Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay). After three years' service, you'll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not
• Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period - 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply). You'll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount
• Subsidised meals while working and full access to our subsidised dining room serving hot and cold meals throughout the day
• Free on site hot drinks & fruit
• Free on site parking
• Cycle to work support scheme
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Essential

• Must have a recognised Electrical qualification, City & Guilds, JIB, or NVQ equivalent including 18th Edition IET wiring regulations.
• We will consider other electrical qualifications and may be able to provide further training.

Desirable

• To be able to demonstrate sufficient experience in Building Environmental & Electrical Services, Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning within the service industry.