Your new role:
The General Building Engineer plays an important part in ensuring the planned and reactive maintenance work within the prisons is carried out in a safe, compliant and timely manner.
As a General Building Engineer, you'll be involved in a wide range of tasks crucial to daily operations.
- Ensuring availability of critical parts for statutory tasks and managing remedial tasks in the CAFM system.
- Performing general and semi-skilled maintenance activities, including security systems like CCTV and alarms.
- Conducting monthly checks and tests of fire extinguisher equipment, fire hydrants, and hoses.
- Completing quarterly RCD testing and inspecting Misting Units.
- Maintaining fire doors and performing flushing and tap temperature tests as per water risk assessments.
- Undertaking monthly and annual emergency lighting checks.
- Checking and testing smoke vents as required.
- Carrying out any other duties as required
Details:
Pay Frequency: Weekly
Working Days: Monday to Friday (overtime cover at weekends available)
Working Hours: 39 hours per week
What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be honest, hard-working, reliable, trustworthy and have great attention to detail, alongside being an excellent team player.
All applicants who are interested in the position must pass Prison Clearance, which can take up to 8 weeks or more.
You will need a passport or photo driving licence to apply for clearance.
Once passed, this is valid for 5 years and can be transferred to any other prisons of a similar category.
- Experienced in multiple areas of maintenance such as: Fire; Door Maintenance, Extinguisher Maintenance and Alarm Core Points
- Emergency Lighting
- RCD
- Water Temperature Testing
- IT Skills
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.