Maintenance Artisan

Deliver an efficient and effective brand maintenance service to SSP units within the designated area, while planning and executing a high-quality building fabric maintenance programme. Adopt a continuous improvement approach and right-first-time ways of working to reduce equipment and building fabric faults, minimising customer service downtime. Demonstrate strong teamwork to ensure maintenance services are completed to a high standard and delivered promptly, collaborating with others where required. Support the Maintenance Manager, Assistant Maintenance Manager, and wider business teams to add value for unit managers through clear and effective communication regarding maintenance requirements, and ensure all work orders are processed exclusively via the Maintenance Helpdesk or PDAs.

What You'll Be Doing

• Apply technical knowledge to evaluate, assess and identify solutions for specific maintenance problems referring only non-routine/key problems to your line manager.
• Review and analyse maintenance faults to identify repeat issues and make recommendations for continuous improvement to ensure trade impact is minimised.
• Plan your own labour time within your allocated schedule to ensure localised problems are prioritised and managed effectively.
• Manage the successful implementation of changes to routines/ways of working within your area.
• Apply skills and knowledge to identify and recommend opportunities to improve routines and processes specific to your area of work.
• Carry out repair works as directed by the Maintenance Manager, Helpdesk and Unit Manager, making the best use of time, facilities and maintenance systems to provide the most efficient and effective service to the units.
• Where necessary assist the helpdesk teams in identifying appropriate sources of equipment and parts to deliver a fast and quality service.
• Maintain all company equipment and tools in good working condition to ensure they are available for use at all times.
• Ensure timely reporting using the company processes and Agility system via your issued PDA to:
• Record work attended and completed.
• Record the nature of the work done and the materials used.
• Notify your line manager of proposed holidays and absences.
• Participate in good communication with the other team members, the management team, the customer’s staff, contractors and suppliers to maintain good working relationships.
• Ensure that all work is carried out using best practice and with reference to the Health and Safety procedures of the site and to operate within the Risk Assessment process.

Communications

• Unit Manager update on progress of work and estimated duration.
• SSP staff meetings as required.
• Annual Appraisal and Performance Review.
• Artisan group meetings as required.
• Assistant Maintenance Manager with daily updates on progress of work, group meetings and telephone conversations.
• Daily location update to the Maintenance Helpdesk.
• Telephone and face to face meetings with colleagues regarding work tasks in progress.
• Contact with suppliers as required.

Essential

• Previous building / building maintenance experience.
• Proven skills in solving building fabric faults.
• NVQ Level 2 or City and Guilds in building maintenance, electrical, plumbing, carpentry & joinery or equivalent / relevant qualification.
• Good all-round handyman skills in carpentry, plumbing, painting and decorating, electrical, brick laying and tiling.
• Prepared to attend training programmes to develop skills.
• Flexible as travel to other regions is required with overnight stays.
• Time management to ensure projects are completed on time.

Desirable

• Experience in dealing with blue chip brand work.
• Previous customer service experience in a maintenance delivery role.

Why Join Us

• Employee Discounts across our brands (over 400 locations).
• Friends and Family Discount App.
• Award-winning training, apprenticeships and development programmes.
• Health & Wellbeing support.
• Hybrid working model with flexibility for work–life balance.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace with employee networks and communities.

Ready to start the best part of your journey? Join us at SSP and play a key role in shaping the financial performance of our Rail Gourmet business — where your insight, collaboration, and ownership will help drive our success across the UK and beyond. At SSP, we value diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects a range of backgrounds, skills and perspectives.