Gas Engineer

We are currently recruiting for a Gas Engineer to join our Birmingham branch. This branch serves the southern region of Birmingham and in this role you will perform planned central heating installations and gas maintenance services for properties in our contract.

This is a permanent role and the core working hours are Monday to Friday 8am-4:30pm. The role also required you to be on call 1 in every 9 days.

You will be part of one of Fortem’s largest Social Housing contracts, Birmingham City Council. This is an expanding £50m Repairs & Maintenance, Capital Works and Retrofit contract and the largest social housing contract in Europe. We are responsible for over 22,500 properties in the Birmingham area including low, medium and a significant number of high-rise blocks.

Gas Engineer responsibilities will include:

• Day to day repairs/maintenance, short duration service, renewal or refurbishment works to properties and void properties.
• Carry out fault diagnosis and communicate additional works required back to your Supervisor/Line Manager.
• Take ownership of work, aiming for 'First time Fix' on all jobs whilst remaining within budget and time parameters.
• Operate within company Health and Safety guidelines and remain up to date with technical and legal requirements of your skill areas.

The Gas Engineer will meet the following criteria:

Essential Criteria

• GAS Safe Registration
• CCN1, CEN
  1. HTR1 current gas accreditations
• Full UK Driving License
• CKR1, MET1, WAT1 current gas accreditations
• CSCS HAPS Test Certificate + CSCS Skills card
• C&G Craft/Advanced Craft Certificate in Heating Engineering and/or plumbing or NVQ certificate.
• We provide a company van and fuel card for work purposes
• PPE provided
• Overtime and call outs available
• Eligible for bonus up to 5%
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays & your birthday off (34 days total)
• Pay review every year
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee
• Life Insurance
• Private healthcare and dental care
• Retail and mobile phone provider discounts
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System

Fortem are Social Housing property experts. It is our sole focus, and the only sector we have worked in since inception in 2002. We successfully deliver works across three work streams – Repairs & Maintenance, Capital Works and Retrofit.

Our mission is to raise the bar in Social Housing and help our clients provide safe, warm and decent homes for people to live in - because Every Home Matters.

We are a Willmott Dixon Group Company. As such, we benefit from the credibility and recognition associated with a large and long-established brand – whilst as a standalone business within the Group, we maintain the flexibility to adapt our services to meet the unique challenges of the social housing marketplace.

Our success is due to our people. They are passionate, committed and care about what we deliver for our clients and partners and residents. We take pride in developing our employees and supporting them to achieve their potential. For us, a sustainable future is about ensuring we continue to develop our people for our future needs and recruiting the right talent.

Our culture, built around Courage, Care and Respect, ensures that we always deliver not only the job done but, most importantly, the job done in the right way.

We are Investors in People - Gold, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please apply with your updated CV or contact us at the Recruitment team.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:
We have an agreed PSL, we do not accept speculative CV’s from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.