Position: Multi Skilled Groundworks Technician
Location: Cambridge
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 45 hours per week (Monday – Friday)
Salary: £34,042 per annum + overtime (1.5x)
Benefits: Company vehicle, fuel card and tools provided; 25 days holiday + banks; Private pension scheme; Private healthcare; Life insurance; Employee retail discounts.
About the Role
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Groundworks Maintenance Technician to join one of the UK’s leading Facilities Management providers, working across a portfolio of supermarkets and retail petrol filling stations. The role involves carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive tasks, with a strong focus on groundworks, hard landscaping and external fabric repairs across multiple sites. This is a mobile role covering several sites within the local region, ensuring all locations remain safe, compliant and fully operational.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver scheduled PPM and reactive maintenance across allocated sites in line with SLAs.
- Carry out groundworks and hard landscaping repairs including slab laying, block paving, minor brickwork repairs, kerb repairs, concreting, fencing and tarmac repairs.
- Repair and maintain external site areas including walkways, paving, kerbs and forecourt surfaces.
- Perform general building fabric repairs such as minor joinery, painting and small flooring repairs (tiling and vinyl).
- Carry out basic plumbing maintenance including sinks, taps, leaks, toilets and minor sanitary repairs.
- Support minor HVAC maintenance tasks such as filter cleaning.
- Maintain surface and foul water drainage systems where required.
- Ensure all work is completed safely and in line with Health & Safety regulations.
- Build strong working relationships with site teams and colleagues.
- Respond promptly to service requests and prioritise tasks effectively.
- Order and collect materials required for repair works.
- Maintain accurate records and close jobs using the Mercury maintenance management platform.
- Identify issues beyond repair, carry out site surveys and report findings with recommendations.
- Collaborate with the wider maintenance team to maintain high site standards.
Qualifications & Experience
- Essential: Full UK driving licence; GCSEs or equivalent basic education; PC / iPad literate; strong knowledge of health and safety practices; proven ability to carry out groundworks and external repair tasks to a high standard; ability to work independently across multiple sites.
- Desirable: NVQ or City & Guilds qualification in a relevant trade; multi‑trade maintenance background; groundworks experience including channel drain replacement, manhole replacement, modular paving, concreting, tarmac repairs, fencing; previous experience within Facilities Management, retail or public sector environments.
We promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business.
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