Building Maintenance Engineer

Job Introduction

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Building Maintenance Engineer to join our Engineering and Facilities team at our Liverpool Distribution Centre. 

The Building Maintenance Engineer will help maintain our automated distribution centre and Head Office building fabric, services and equipment and is responsible for day to day maintenance tasks, ensuring the Company’s facilities provide a safe, secure clean and well maintained environment.

This role is fundamental in supporting the Distribution Centre to operate at its full potential, maintaining equipment to a high standard and keeping production/area downtime to an absolute minimum.

  • Salary £38,850 per annum plus £7,381 night shift premium where applicable
  • Reference MS/LH/AXIS/BME/0224/RD
  • Contract Type Full Time
  • Closing Date May 12, 2024
  • Category Warehouse
  • Business Unit Warehouse (Liverpool)
  • Location Axis Business Park, Portal Way, Gillmoss, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Role Responsibility

  • Ensure adherence to health and safety and security
  • Work at height
  • Maintain automated doors and dock levellers to reduce downtime
  • Preventative maintenance - organised between production requirements
  • Repair roll cages
  • Welding
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical/mechanical tasks
  • General maintenance duties
  • Ensure work is carried out in accordance to good practice, relevant legislation and Company standards

The Ideal Candidate

  • A mix of the electrical and mechanical skills
  • Previous knowledge and experience of building services and facilities engineering
  • Qualified in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Excellent problem solving and fault diagnosis skills
  • Ability to plan and organise work schedules between production requirements
  • Ability to read electrical/mechanical drawings
  • An understanding of hydraulics and pneumatics is preferable
  • Welding experience preferable although full training is provided

For applications to be considered, applicants are required to have a complete and up-to-date Home Bargains Careers Centre profile and to respond to the job application questionnaire when prompted.

Applicants that are invited to attend a face-to-face interview must present original documentation demonstrating their eligibility to work in the UK, along with other specified documents.

Please note, as we expect to receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, you are advised to submit your fully completed application at the earliest opportunity, as the closing date may be brought forward.

Package Description

  • £38,850 per annum (plus £7,381 night shift premium where applicable)
  • 4 on 4 off, 12 hour shifts
    • Day Shift - 6am - 6pm
    • Night Shift - 6pm - 6am
  • 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year including bank and public holiday allowance rising to 6.6 weeks upon 5 years' service 
  • Contributable Company pension scheme

Employee benefits 

  • MyHB employee benefits platform with access to:
    • Retail and leisure discounts plus hundreds more 
    • Free Financial Advice
    • Bank your savings into an ISA
    • 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line 
    • Low cost voluntary insured health plans
  • Subsidised onsite Health and Fitness Centre 
  • Subsidised canteen
  • Free car parking
  • Preference to promote from within
  • Access to social and sporting events
  • 10% store discount
  • Death in Service Benefit (subject to 12 months complete service)
  • Long Service recognition scheme

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