Continuing our business growth at Pavers, we have a new opportunity for a Junior Maintenance Engineer to join our growing Facilit.....
Continuing our business growth at Pavers, we have a new opportunity for a Junior Maintenance Engineer to join our growing Facilities team at Northminster Business Park, Upper Poppleton, York. This is a permanent position, 40 hours per week, normal working days will be Monday to Friday but you will need to have flexibility to work occasional weekends for planned or emergency maintenance, lieu time would be offered for this when needed.
As our Junior Maintenance Engineer, you’ll report to the Head of Facilities and work alongside the facilities team that includes a Maintenance Engineer already, to ensure our head office, distribution & logistics centre are supported across all planned and reactive maintenance requirements.
We are looking for an individual who wants to develop a Maintenance Engineer career but is also happy to lend their skill to odd jobs on an adhoc basis. You’ll need to have a positive ‘can do’ attitude, be a good communicator, have sound basic IT skills and not be afraid to ask questions. Ideally, you’ll have 1+ years of experience, either from completing an apprenticeship or just through practical work experience with an appetite to become a Maintenance Engineer.
Key Responsibilities of our Junior Maintenance Engineer:
Undertake planned/reactive maintenance of mechanical equipment including; Conveyor System, Bagging Machine, Compactors & Sprinkler System (training provided)
Undertake testing of emergency systems in line with planned schedules inc. Fire Alarms, EM Lighting (training provided)
Undertake general planned maintenance to external drainage and lighting systems (training provided)
Undertake reactive maintenance tasks within HO inc. joiner, plumbing, decoration etc (training provided)
Assist with minor office moves as required
Assist with movement of non-stock items between departments
Assist with general up-keep of the building externally and internally
Research and source replacement parts as needed
Update electronic maintenance logs
Any other tasks commensurate with the job or as detailed by the line manager
Requirements to be our Junior Maintenance Engineer:
1+ years experience in maintenance engineer environment
Experience in large manufacturing or warehouse environments in a maintenance role
Positive ‘can do’ attitude
Excellent communication skills
Good basic IT knowledge
Bonus & Benefits you will receive as our Junior Maintenance Engineer:
Salary: up to £24,000 Depending on Experience
Annual discretionary bonus scheme
Generous Staff Discount
Death in Service
Free onsite parking
Holiday Entitlement (Increases with service)
Enhanced Company Contribution Pension
Access to RetailTRUST (Wellbeing & Financial Support)
Access to the Pavers Foundation: an employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme
Access to Pavers Academy for learning and development opportunities
About Us:
Pavers Shoes has been trading for 50 years and is a highly profitable and growing family business with a strong balance sheet and a turnover in the region of £150m. We also own the Jones Bootmaker and Herring Shoes footwear businesses, remain acquisitive, and employ over 1800 people. We were recently recognised as one of the Top 10 employers in Retail.
We look for confident, upbeat people and we provide great jobs in a supportive family environment for them. We know that without our colleagues there is no business, and so we always try and do the right thing by our people.
We strive for diversity of thinking across the business and believe strongly in supporting our local communities. In 2018 we donated over £2.2m to establish the Pavers Foundation, with the specific purpose of providing grants for causes important to our colleagues in the areas of health, education, and community. In terms of the environment, we are constantly seeking to reduce our impact. Since 2021 we have been fully carbon neutral, and we also have one of the largest solar arrays in the North-East of England on our warehouse, which generates clean energy. Due to our yearly donation of a percentage of our annual profits to our Foundation, our overarching aim is to be financially successful, but to achieve this in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.
If this sounds like the kind of business you’d like to work for, we’d love to hear from you - please apply today for the role of Junior Maintenance Engineer!