Service Maintenance Technician - Build

As a Maintenance Technician at Tesco across York and Harrogate areas, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our stores remains a safe, functional, and welcoming environment for customers and colleagues alike. You’ll be part of a skilled team responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a range of systems and equipment, helping to keep our operations running smoothly.

Your work will directly impact the shopping experience of thousands of customers every day. You’ll use your technical expertise to identify and resolve issues efficiently, always prioritising safety, compliance, and quality.

This is a hands‑on role that requires a proactive mindset, strong problem‑solving skills, and a commitment to delivering high standards. In return, you’ll be supported with ongoing training, opportunities to grow your career, and the chance to be part of one of the UK’s most recognised and respected retail brands.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all Tesco sites are a safe and functioning environment for customers and colleagues.
• Following the planned work schedule to achieve first‑time fix, maximising productivity and effectiveness.
• Delivering high‑quality work standards across the estate, with year‑on‑year improvement.
• Communicating and building effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Working closely with team members, sharing best practice and knowledge.
• Using problem‑solving skills and innovation to identify and develop solutions for key and common issues.
• Owning tasks at a local level through to completion/resolution, informing key stakeholders through the process where required.
• Owning development through progression of the maintenance pathway.
• Driving your own monthly 1‑2‑1 schedule with your line manager.
• Using mobile devices (phone and tablet) to drive best practice in work completion and updates.
• Using business systems to drive best practice in WON reporting to support asset lifecycle management.
• Representing the Tesco brand through business ways of working, demonstrating values‑led behaviours, a positive attitude and taking pride in wearing the Tesco uniform.
• Attending local and national meetings, providing valuable input and feedback.
• Supporting KPI delivery through the practical application of skill sets and effective use of business systems to achieve your own set KPIs.
• Supporting a diverse and inclusive culture.

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work.

Qualifications

• Full driving licence
• Health & Safety awareness
• Communication and stakeholder management
• Office 365 knowledge
• Completed all technical training upskilling modules relevant to skill set
• Bricklaying & Masonry
• Roof construction and maintenance
• Cement / Concrete preparation
• Groundworks & Paving
• Tiling and Flooring
• Plastering & Dry walling
• Completion of a recognised apprenticeship or improver programme or trade proficiency test
• Bricklayer C&G 6217, 6314, 6619, 6219, 6570, 6715 or NVQ or equivalent or B/TEC ONC/HNC Construction and the built environment
• Digitally confident; can comfortably operate mobile phone and tablets to view workload, emails, Teams and use of business systems

Benefits

• Annual bonus scheme up to 10 % of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay; 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service and Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We’re committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and we make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us about how this can work for you.

Note

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility.