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Shift Maintenance Engineer

Posted 5 hours 29 minutes ago by WATES

Permanent
Full Time
Maintenance Jobs
Northamptonshire, Northampton, United Kingdom, NN1 1
Job Description
The Vacancy

Supervisor - Wellcome Genome Campus, Saffron Walden

Are you an experienced Facilities Management professional looking to take the next step in your career? Join us at the world-renowned Wellcome Genome Campus, where science meets innovation, and help us maintain a safe, efficient, and inspiring environment for groundbreaking research.

Location: Wellcome Genome Campus, Saffron Walden
Contract Type: Perm
Hours: Full Time

About the Role

As Supervisor, you'll play a key role in overseeing day-to-day operations across our campus facilities. You'll lead a team of skilled operatives and contractors, ensuring high standards of service delivery in areas such as maintenance, cleaning, security, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Supervise and coordinate FM services across the campus
  • Ensure compliance with health & safety and statutory regulations
  • Manage contractors and service providers to deliver efficient, high-quality outcomes
  • Support planned and reactive maintenance activities
  • Monitor performance and implement continuous improvement initiatives
  • Act as a point of contact for FM-related queries and emergencies

About You

We're looking for someone with:
  • Proven experience in facilities management or building services
  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • A proactive, solution-focused approach
  • Knowledge of health & safety and compliance standards
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment

Why Join Us?

At the Wellcome Genome Campus, you'll be part of a vibrant, collaborative community dedicated to advancing science and improving lives. We offer:
  • A supportive and inclusive work culture
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Access to campus amenities including cafés, gym, and green spaces
  • A chance to contribute to meaningful work in a world-class setting

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and our three promises:
  • Thriving places - working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
  • Thriving planet - protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
  • Thriving people - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

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