Maintenance Specialist

About the role

Are you a qualified and experienced building trade professional looking for a dynamic role within a cutting-edge network engineering team? We're seeking a Maintenance Specialist to bring your expertise to life, delivering a wide range of planned, reactive, remedial, and project tasks across our diverse building portfolio.

You'll be instrumental in maintaining our building fabric and driving value-added
improvements, directly contributing to the smooth operation of our increasingly automated and manual environments. Collaborating with campus engineering technicians, you'll leverage your deep understanding of branch plant and equipment to ensure their optimal performance.

This is a pivotal role within our Primary Distribution network, the engine behind c.75% of our 24/7 e-commerce business. Your timely delivery of projects, services, and materials is crucial to maintaining the safety, compliance, and reliability of our buildings, directly impacting our success.

If you join us from 5th October 2025, in addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 18:00 - 22:00 will attract an Evening Premium at a rate of £3.00 per hour, and any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract a Night Premium at a rate of £4.00 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.

● Salary - £31,600 - £49,800
● Contract type - This position is a permanent contract.
● Location - This role is based across our Magna Park and Fenny Lock National
Distribution Centres.

● Working hours - This role is for 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm.

● Please note, internally this role is known as 'Engineering Trade Specialist'.

Key responsibilities

● Internal delivery of specialised maintenance, change and project work, reducing/eliminating external contractor dependence in a 24-hour environment where SLA is often business-critical.
● Demonstrating an understanding of branch plant and equipment and assisting in maintaining its operation.
● Achieving first-fix on building fabric, fixtures and equipment, supporting the
Engineering Technician team, demonstrating the following skillsets:

- Articulate in design and planning, specification setting and project
delivery in a CDM-governed environment.
- Action change-work in the branch to meet operational demands - ensuring time schedules are met.
- Understand and use the IT Systems to action and facilitate work.

- Maintain effective communication links with Engineering Shift Managers
and project coordinators.
- Resolve operational issues promptly, courteously and effectively.

● Contribute to a safe working environment demonstrating subject knowledge relating to legislative and health and safety requirements within the workplace.
● Consistently carrying out safe practice in line with risk assessments, method
statements and safe systems of work.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

● Strong vocational background with proven construction / engineering experience.
● A comprehensive understanding of Health & Safety legislation in a comme cial and industrial environment.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

● Apprenticeship-served (CITB, CGLI or equivalent).
● CSCS accreditation.
● IPAF & PASMA, Working at Height trained.
● First-Aid qualified.
● IOSH / NEBOSH.

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The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.  

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.  

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. 

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