Plumber & Maintenance Engineer in Dorchester

Better places, thriving communities. Join Mitie's dedicated maintenance team and play a vital role in delivering high-quality support across the Winfrith site. This position is crucial for ensuring contractual obligations are met through effective and safe maintenance practices. A significant part of the role involves plumbing and general site maintenance, so a plumbing qualification is necessary. Please note, a DBS check is required prior to starting, and candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.

As part of your responsibilities, you will carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks in line with contractual requirements across the site, ensuring job cards and PDA entries are completed accurately. You'll also be involved in new works and planned or responsive maintenance on various plant and systems, including plumbing services. This includes installing pumps, valves, and pipework, as well as maintaining plant equipment.

You will act upon Legionella risk assessments and implement control measures such as flushing systems, taking tap temperatures, and performing de-scaling routines. Training will be provided for these tasks. Responding to reactive maintenance requests within agreed timeframes is essential, and all documentation must be completed promptly.

Safety and professionalism are key in this role. You must adhere to company policies and procedures, as well as the client's safety rules. A strong health and safety mindset is essential. You'll need to work effectively both independently and as part of a team, maintaining a clean, safe, and secure work environment. Ad-hoc duties may be required during your shift, and you'll be expected to understand and contribute to risk assessments and method statements. Completing health and safety hazard reports is also part of the role to help improve standards.

A van will be provided, and it must be kept in good condition with weekly inspections.

Qualifications & Experience:

You must hold an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification in plumbing, with at least one year of post-apprenticeship experience. Proven experience in mechanical and/or multi-disciplinary maintenance is required, along with a strong understanding of health and safety measures. You should be able to work independently and deliver high-quality service, with good interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and customer awareness. Competent IT skills, including the use of a PDA, are also essential. A commitment to ongoing personal and professional development through Mitie's training initiatives is expected.

Desirable Skills:

Previous experience in a similar role is desirable. An understanding of Legionella risk assessments and control measures, such as flushing systems and de-scaling tap inserts and showers, is beneficial. A willingness to develop skills in other areas of building services is also valued, skills such as basic carpentry skills, hanging doors etc. are desirable.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Ritik Gupta.