Shift Maintenance Engineer

The Vacancy
SHIFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Wates have an excellent opportunity for a skilled Engineer to join our team on-site at our client's site in Leeds, providing both planned and reactive maintenance to all relevant equipment, controlling and operating of building operational systems, ensuring compliance to Health & Safety matters in relation to both direct and indirect scope of this role.

About The Role
We are looking for you to have excellent communication and people management skills with a sound judgement and a focus on achieving high standards and quality assurance.

To be successful in the role you will have a working knowledge of the Statutory Regulations and Codes of Practice applicable to the maintenance industry with IOSH Working Safely and up to date qualifications.

This role operates on a shift rota with no overnight attendance other than if called out; call out rota to be discussed.

Any offer will be subject to acquiring the relevant clean security checks.

Shift Engineer's Key Accountabilities Will Include

• Ensure that all relevant help desk calls (both planned and reactive) are fully completed with sufficient information and are passed back to Manager, Supervisor or Co-Ordinator in accordance with the defined timescales.
• Proactively monitor and improve the operation of building systems to ensure optimum performance with a clear focus on energy efficiency and continuous improvement.
• First line response for all planned and reactive maintenance on all M&E plant including pumps, motors, drives, AHU's, LV switch gear, PLC's, HVAC.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a single site with multiple buildings and external plant areas.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• If required ravel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Options for Private Medical and other benefits, Pension 5% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 22 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

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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.

Work for Wates
Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry's environmental impact.