Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Location: Coatbridge
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent, Monday to Friday 08.00-16.30

Salary: £35,894.98 per annum

Putting customers first and delivering quality repairs that make a real difference to communities.

Mears have continued investment in the North Lanarkshire community for the long-term.  We have a commitment to deliver excellent services to residents, whilst bringing community and training benefits to the North Lanarkshire community in a sustainable way.

Our ambition is to be recognised as the most trusted, large private provider, working with the public sector by 2025. Our approach prioritises where we can have the greatest impact and supports a culture that fully integrates sustainability and purpose beyond profit. This is underlined by our strategy, which through robust, ethical and transparent practices is built upon.

Role Responsibilities:

As part of our local team, you’ll carry out high-standard general repairs and refurbishment activities to high rise buildings, ensuring safety, quality, and cost efficiency in all you do. This varied role includes:

• General property repairs and maintenance

• Maintenance of water pump houses

• Upkeep and servicing of launderettes and ventilation systems within our housing portfolio

You’ll play a key role in keeping our residents’ homes safe, comfortable, and well maintained — while delivering a “best in class” customer experience.

• Carry out construction, fault-finding, and maintenance repairs to a high standard and on schedule.

• Deliver a first-time fix approach wherever possible.

• Ensure customers are at the heart of every task, maintaining professionalism, safety, and respect at all times.

• Use your PDA device to manage work orders, timesheets, and photographic evidence of completed tasks.

• Manage and maintain van stock and company assets in line with company policy.

• Attend meetings and training sessions as required and participate in call-out cover when needed.

Key Criteria:

• Good communication and numeracy skills

• Ability to follow standard operating procedures and use a PDA (training provided)

• Full, clean UK driving licence

• Commitment to working safely, efficiently, and to high standards

• Previous experience in mechanical or gas servicing

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!

• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.

• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more

• Family friendly policies

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

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At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.