Maintenance Engineer - Housing

We require an experience all trades maintenance person to cover multiple properties in the Chichester, Fareham and Portsmouth areas (and ad hoc Bognor, Littlehampton and Worthing) These are short term residential properties so a good understanding of residential property maintenance would be preferred. You will have company transport and work on a range of projects from planned maintenance to emergency call outs by clients and be part of a team of 3 engineers covering the region from the central Head Office in Bognor.

Main duties

•Covering properties from Bognor, Littlehampton, Chichester, Worthing and Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham ( you will support multiple buildings / 220 flats all used by the local authority for emergency accommodation etc)

•The hours are roughly 8am to 5pm with 1 hr for lunch, total of 39 hr week Monday to Friday.

As part of a team you will informally organise weekend on call cover directly with the head of maintenance - weekend call outs will be at an enhanced rate

•The role comes with an marked van, a central office in Bognor for stores and all the tools provided. -

•You will be issued with a KeyCard for the sites with contact details and a full formal induction will be provided.

You should have worked in a similar role and have a good working knowledge of basic plumbing, electrics and handy person skills,

Person Specification

Maintenance Engineer (previous exp. Min 3 years in a similar role on properties)

General, all purpose multi trade experience in plumbing, carpentry, decoration, simple electrics (plugs, bulbs,)

Excellent customer services skills (and the ability to deal with local authorities when needed)

Good PC skills - ability to send job reports and stock requirements to head office.

Ability to remain calm under pressure.

Full clean driving license