Trading Maintenance Technician

Do you have a passion for taking on multi-trade work, maintenance tasks, and compliance matters across a successful multi-site operation?

If this sounds like you, come and join the trading team at St Christopher’s where you will be working across over 22 high street retail locations to be hands-on with maintenance and building work.

Job Title: Trading Maintenance Technician
Salary: £37,868 per annum
Employment Terms: Permanent, 36 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday – Friday standard, occasional ad hoc or emergency Sat/Sun work
Location: Mobile across South East London
Equipment: Company vehicle and tools supplied
Holiday Allowance: 25 days plus all Bank Holidays
You will be working on a variety of maintenance requirements across a large portfolio of retail locations. You’ll act quickly on reactive works personally where possible, report on additional works needed where required, or liaise with contractors to resolve the issues.

You’ll follow project guidance on maintenance related projects intended to improve the retail offering, including brand new store openings, or adjustments and upgrades to existing locations.

You’ll have an excellent understanding of compliance matters around H&S and building work and will actively work to meet standards in all areas. You’ll support in updating admin and maintaining checks and records.

You’ll report into an Estates and Compliance Manager and complete ad hoc work as requested, contribute to maintenance budget understanding, and other commercial considerations. The role is 50% day to day maintenance matters, 35% working towards compliance and checks, and 15% on project activity.

Who are we Looking For?

You’ll be qualified in maintenance, multi-trade work, plumbing, or as an electrician.
You’ll have excellent multi-trade experience and be skilled on the tools to address a broad variety of maintenance needs.
You’ll have good experience attending to maintenance and repair work across a portfolio of multiple properties.
You’ll have good awareness of required checks and compliance matters, including risk assessments, EICR, legionella’s, asbestos, PAT testing, and more.
You’ll have an excellent understanding of H&S needs and experience in undertaking audits.
You’ll be capable of following project guidance, up to the scale of opening a new retail location from shell.
You’ll be a people person happy to work alongside store teams and contractors in a customer facing environment.
You’ll have strong IT skills and administrative ability in order to document routine works, checks, and compliance matters.
Full driving licence and willingness to travel across South East London is essential.
Who are we?

We are proud to offer world class palliative and end of life care to everyone who needs it, whenever or wherever that may be. We are also here for the people closest to you, as we often say, we’re more than just a hospice. We are proud of our community programmes that offer practical, emotional and spiritual support to over 7,500 people in the local area, most of whom we will help to continue living at home.

Being part of the retail and trading arm of the Hospice means raising vital funds to support this mission.

Please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below in order to register and apply for this vacancy.

Closing Date: 29th June 2025

In the event we receive a high amount of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.

Previous applicants need not apply

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