Skilled Maintenance Technician

About the role

Are you a qualified Skilled Maintenance Technician?

We will soon be opening our new Waitrose regional distribution centre at our Avonmouth Site and are looking for a skilled maintenance professional ready to take ownership, drive high standards, and play a pivotal role in ensuring our site infrastructure and operational reliability remain second to none. If you are passionate about technical excellence, championing safety, and shaping the future of a business where your voice truly matters, we invite you to apply and help us keep our Partnership at its best.

• Contract type - This is a permanent position
• Location - Avonmouth Regional Distribution Site
• Hours/Shift Pattern - 6:00am – 2:00pm / 2:00pm – 10:00pm two week rota, Monday-Friday
• There will be a regular call-out rota required due to the site being operational 24/7/365, with a requirement to be available by phone and able to reach the site within an hour to manage critical situations.

• Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our market leading equal parenthood leave policy
• Full time working holiday entitlement of 22 days holiday which increases with service, plus bank holidays
• Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay). After three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not
• You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply). You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount
• Free on site parking
• Cycle to work support scheme
• To learn more about our fantastic benefits, please visit

• Support the Supervisor in executing the maintenance business plan, ensuring site-wide assets are maintained to the highest standards through meticulous planning and delivery.
• Foster a culture of high performance, setting clear benchmarks for delivery, ownership, Health & Safety, and customer service across all areas of responsibility.
• Guarantee strict adherence to legal, safety, and assurance requirements. Conduct regular compliance audits of both internal team and third-party contractor works to proactively mitigate operational risk.
• Assist in budgetary control for revenue and service procurement, actively evaluating the cost-benefit of in-house versus contractor delivery with strict financial restraint.
• Oversee the timely delivery of all Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive tasks in line with SFG
  20 standards, ensuring accurate documentation of all remedial actions.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders, specialist contractors, and on-site third parties.
• Maintain full awareness of site-wide maintenance projects to ensure safe delivery while actively supporting the Partnership’s carbon reduction and energy efficiency initiatives.

• Demonstrated experience in a distribution or warehouse maintenance environment.
• Time-served Electrician with relevant industry accreditation, or an equivalent professional qualification in HVAC systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of site safety regulations (H&S legislation, Water Hygiene/Legionella control, LOLER, PUWER, Fire Safety) with a proven ability to manage audits and statutory records.
• Knowledge of CDM regulations and maintenance CAFM systems for tracking work orders, alongside advanced proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides).
• Proven understanding of the procurement lifecycle, including…