Fabric Engineer

Location: Islington Square 116 Upper Street London N1 1AB
Working Hours: 45 hours Per Week Monday to Friday 08.00am to 17.00pm

Reports to: Working Supervisor at Islington Square and Contract Manager

Salary: 30000.00

Role Overview

The Fabric Engineer is responsible for maintaining repairing and improving the fabric of buildings walls floors ceilings fixtures doors windows finishes etc ensuring the building envelope and internal finishes are safe presentable compliant with regulation and fit for purpose. This role will take ownership of both reactive (urgent repairs) and planned preventative maintenance (PPM). The Fabric Engineer may also oversee small installations refurbishment contractor management ensuring compliance with health and safety and building regulation standards.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out reactive maintenance: diagnosing and repairing urgent defects (cracks leaks damage to walls/floors/windows/doors etc.)

Undertake planned preventative maintenance tasks on building fabric and finishes

Inspect building fabric components regularly to detect wear defects or damage; report and implement repair strategies

Perform general building fabric tasks: carpentry/joinery painting & decorating plastering tiling flooring ironmongery door/window fitting.

Undertake minor plumbing drainage and sealant works where needed.

Ensure all works comply with health & safety regulations fire safety and other statutory requirements

Maintain accurate records: inspections work completed materials used defects permits risk assessments etc

Liaise with internal stakeholders occupants or clients to respond to maintenance requests and give updates

Manage small contracts or coordinate with external contractors: ensuring quality safety (RAMS) compliance timely delivery

Use CAFM (Computer Aided Facilities Management) systems to log tasks track maintenance work and schedule PPMs

May be required to be on-call or carry out out-of-hours work for emergency repairs

Role Objectives

• KPIs & SLAs: Ensure that all contracted services within the Business Unit are delivered in accordance with all contract specific service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) as guided by the Supervisor/Contract Manager.

• Ensuring compliance: Adhering to all statutory client and company policies and procedures relevant to the contract deliverables including QSHE processes.

• Service delivery: Delivering exceptional standards of service and customer care to clients.

• Revenue generation: Supporting income generation to achieve or exceed agreed financial performance targets.

These objectives are essential for ensuring the successful delivery of FM services and maintaining high standards of service excellence.

Skills & Experiences

Essential

• Proven experience in building fabric maintenance or similar from a buildings/facilities environment

• Competence in multiple building trades (e.g. carpentry joinery plastering painting/decorating tiling)

• Good diagnostic / problem-solving skills to inspect faults and design appropriate remedial actions

• Sound knowledge of health & safety legislation fire safety building regulations safe working practices (e.g. manual handling working at height)

• Strong communication skills (oral & written) ability to deal with clients/occupants/contractors

• Self-motivated able to work independently and as part of a team

Desirable:

• Formal qualifications such as NVQ / City & Guilds in relevant trades (carpentry plastering etc)

• Certifications or experience in specialised areas (e.g. fire-door inspections ironmongery asbestos awareness working at height)

• Experience of using CAFM systems or similar software

• Previous FM (Facilities Management) experience or working in regulated environments (e.g. hospitals heritage buildings)

• Experience supervising contractors or small project work

• Full UK driving licence (often required especially if moving between sites)