Facilities Technician

Job description

Facilities Technician

Location: (Onsite) — Plymouth

Salary: £34,000 – £38,000

We’re hiring a Facilities Technician to work onsite in Plymouth, ensuring all environmental conditions are maintained at all times across critical building systems. You’ll carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) plus reactive and breakdown works across mechanical and electrical systems.

The role

As Facilities Technician, you’ll be hands-on with day-to-day building services operations, fault finding, and safe delivery of maintenance activities in a live, critical environment.

Key responsibilities

• Complete reactive tasks across the building and proactively highlight improvement opportunities
• Carry out PPM, reactive and breakdown maintenance across mechanical and electrical systems
• Ensure suitable spares are available; provide parts lists and estimated timescales for remedial works
• Communicate site updates where required (e.g., planned works, remedials, access requirements)
• Maintain a safe and healthy working environment, including correct use of PPE
• Keep plant rooms secure (locked) and maintained in a clean, tidy condition
• Supervise and monitor subcontractors while they are onsite
• Support holiday/sickness cover at short notice and remain flexible with working patterns
• Ensure assigned tasks are actioned and completed with appropriate H&S awareness
• Operate a Permit to Work system in line with site Health & Safety procedures
• Remain flexible later in the day in the event of an emergency or if a critical alarm appears on the BMS
• Use computers confidently for email communication and to quote/order parts

What you’ll be working with

You should be able to demonstrate relevant knowledge of:

• HV and LV electrical services
• Control panels
• AHUs, pumps and motors
• Fault finding using the BMS and current alarm data

About you

• Completed an apprenticeship and hold a Level 3 technical/vocational qualification (or Level 3 Diploma) in a relevant discipline
• Knowledge of electrical systems, BMS systems, HVAC, boilers/boiler control systems, and emergency lighting
• Fundamental understanding of mechanical, electrical and other utility systems
• Up to 2 years’ electrical facilities experience, with strong flexibility and a practical, improvement-minded approach
• Experience in facilities equipment fault finding and maintenance activities
• Experience across building services (Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Systems, Building Fabric, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills and self-motivated
• Good report writing skills and PC literate
• Able to assess urgency and impact (e.g., safety-critical vs routine maintenance)

Desirable

• City & Guilds 2391 / 2394 / 2395 or BS 7671 (18th Edition)

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Plymouth

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

09-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English