Facilities Technician

Job Title:

Facilities Technician

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.

Salary: (£37k - £42k) DOE
- Paid hourly, overtime expected

Department:
Maintenance & Facilities Department

Location:

St Athan, South Wales, CF62 4WB

Contract:

Permanent

Hours:

39 hours - (Mon-Thurs 06:15 to 15:15, Fri 06:15 to 11:15)

• Cycle to Work, Employee Assistance Programme, Long-service Awards, Company, Pension

The Facilities Technician will be responsible for the day‑to‑day planned and reactive maintenance of all facilities and building fabric (i.e. welfare areas, HVAC, electrical distribution & various plant rooms etc.) across the estate working within a multi-disciplined maintenance team.

You will also be responsible for supporting improving, implementing & maintaining technical processes and procedures and will lead Health and Safety standards in line with site requirements.

• Repair and maintain all facilities and building fabric equipment and machinery in a timely and efficient manner based on criticality to production stoppages.
• Carry out the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) Schedule to reduce breakdowns and raise any reactive maintenance work required.
• Ensure that all maintenance work performed is always carried out in a safe manner ensuring that all appropriate risk assessments and method statements are adhered to and comply with relevant Health & Safety regulations.
• Improve the current PPM system and assist in the integration of the customers Operating System for future PPM management of infrastructure assets.
• Identify opportunities for improvements to working processes and customer assets, undertaking or assisting with their implementation.
• Understand the customer quality needs and to comply with the various audit processes to ensure that both customers expectations are met.
• Apply company policies, processes and procedures where stipulated and, where necessary, develop, or assist in the development of new practices.
• Sub‑contractor management in line with customer and site management procedures.
• Participate in the implementation of contingency procedures for asset breakdowns and other site‑specific customer requirements.
• Ensure customers departmental monthly KPI`s are achieved as per contractual agreements.
• Support an "out of hours" reactive maintenance function working with the site based technical team &/or Sub-contractors for all aspects of critical plant and equipment.

• NVQ Level 2 - Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (Or equivalent)
• 18th Edition Electrical
• IPAF
• Fabrication & Welding
• (415V) Electrical LV Systems
• H&S Systems and Procedures
• Microsoft Office
  - Inc. Word
• PowerPoint and Excel
• Compressed Air Systems
• Gas Boilers / Burners
• HVAC - AHU's / ACU's / FCU's
• HW Systems & Controls
• CAFM / CMMS / BMS Systems
• Water Treatment Systems

Closing date is 17th September 2026