Fabric Maintenance Engineer
West Birmingham / Smethwick
£32,000 – £35,000
Permanent | 40 Hours Per Week
We are recruiting for an experienced Fabric Maintenance Engineer / Joiner to join a large, modern healthcare estate across West Birmingham.
This is a hands‑on maintenance role covering a broad range of building fabric works across multiple sites, with a strong emphasis on joinery, fire doors, passive fire protection and general fabric repairs.
The role would suit somebody from a strong joinery / carpentry background who has moved into building maintenance and is comfortable working across a varied commercial estate.
The Role
You will be responsible for:
- Planned and reactive building fabric maintenance
- Fire door repairs and adjustments
- Passive fire protection works
- General joinery and carpentry repairs
- Door, frame and ironmongery repairs
- Drainage‑related maintenance
- Cladding repairs
- Roof‑system repairs and inspections
- Minor installation and adaptation works
- Responding to reactive maintenance issues
- Diagnosing faults across building fabric systems
- Carrying out general repairs across occupied commercial buildings
- Supporting minor multi‑trade works where competent
- Using hand and power tools safely
- Completing maintenance records and job documentation
- Liaising with site teams and other engineers
- Working within health & safety and infection‑control procedures
- Participating in an on‑call / emergency response rota where required
What We’re Looking For
- Recognised apprenticeship in a relevant trade discipline
- City & Guilds‑level trade qualification
- At least 3 years’ post‑apprenticeship maintenance experience
- Strong joinery / carpentry background
- Previous building fabric maintenance experience
- Good knowledge of fire doors
- Experience with passive fire protection
- Understanding of drainage, cladding and roofing systems
- Experience within an FM / estates / commercial maintenance environment
- Comfortable working independently
- Good fault‑finding and problem‑solving ability
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Able to pass a Standard DBS check
Healthcare maintenance experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
Experience with confined spaces or working at height would also be beneficial.
Package
- £32,000 – £35,000 basic salary
- Permanent position
- 40-hour working week
- Training and development
- Opportunity to gain additional technical competencies
- Long‑term progression
- Stable position within a large commercial estates environment
This role would suit an experienced Fabric Engineer, Maintenance Joiner, Multi‑Skilled Joiner, Carpenter or Building Fabric Engineer looking for a long‑term maintenance role with plenty of variety.
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