Gas Engineer West Midlands

Overview

Example Recruitment Group is recruiting on behalf of a heating contractor operating within the private sector. We require self‑employed heating engineers for an ongoing service & repair contract in the Birmingham area.

Location:

Birmingham

Work Type:
Annual Service Visits (Annual Gas Safety Check), Landlord Gas Safety Records, and central heating repairs.

Work Load: 6–8 pre‑booked appointments per day.

Commitment:
Minimum of 3 days per week, up to 5 days available plus optional weekends and evening call‑out available at enhanced rates.

Contract Length:
Ongoing (no end date).

Payment

Terms:

Weekly in arrears.

• Annual Service Visit (Annual Gas Safety check) – £23.06 per appliance
• Repairs – £41.00 per completed property (full van stock and parts supplied)
• Linked Repair – £30.75 plus Annual Service Visit Rate (if repair required at Annual Gas Safety Check)

Optional out-of-hours and weekend work is available at enhanced rates.

• Local work
• Weekly payments – invoices raised on your behalf – no chasing customers for payment or paperwork.
• Flexible workload, 6–8 jobs per day plus the ability to request additional jobs from the planning team
• All appointments are pre‑booked via tablet device (provided)
• Tablet includes Exsol computer diagnosis system which when used will diagnose system and boiler faults within 10 checks
• Van stock, PPE, uniform, and kit supplied
• Long‑term ongoing contract with consistent regular work all year round

• 2 years of qualified experience as a heating engineer
• ACS qualifications including CKR1 (Gas Cookers) & HTR1 (Gas Fires)
• Panel van (plain or sign written)
• Gas Safe registration
• Calibrated flue gas analyser
• £2m public liability insurance
• No unspent criminal convictions