Maintenance Engineer - Streetscene Services
READING BOROUGH COUNCIL, Reading
Maintenance Engineer - Streetscene Services
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READING BOROUGH COUNCIL, Reading
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 9 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 642f3a3974db47bb98f007944782faf9
Full Job Description
Are you a skilled and experienced Maintenance Engineer looking for a rewarding and varied role? Join us and help maintain our essential powered maintenance equipment (including strimmers, mowers, chainsaws, breakers, and ride-on machinery), supporting the services that keep our community moving.
The role will be at 19 Bennet Road, Reading, RG2 0QX
As our Maintenance Engineer, you'll be responsible for the repair, servicing and maintenance of our extensive stock of powered equipment including mowers, strimmers, ride-on machines, and more. You'll respond to equipment issues, manage our stock and database of tools and parts, and ensure safety and reliability across our machinery.
You'll play a key part in improving equipment efficiencies, managing external contractors, and helping maintain a high-quality, safe working environment. There may also be occasional infrastructure repairs involving mechanical or welding work.
About the Streetscence Services Team:
The Streetscene service team is dedicated to maintaining clean, safe, and attractive public spaces across the borough. Our team is responsible for a wide range of essential services, including street cleaning, litter collection, graffiti removal, fly-tip clearance, and the maintenance of street furniture and signage.
Working closely with local communities and partner agencies, Streetscene plays a key role in enhancing the quality of life for residents by ensuring that our streets, parks, and open spaces are well-kept and welcoming. The team takes pride in delivering a responsive and proactive service that supports a clean and sustainable environment for all., In this role, you'll be responsible for diagnosing and repairing faults across a wide range of mechanical and electrical equipment. You'll carry out both preventative maintenance and urgent repairs to ensure minimal downtime and maximum reliability. Alongside this, you'll manage the inventory of tools, spare parts, and consumables, making sure stock levels support efficient maintenance operations.
You'll also maintain accurate equipment and vibration monitoring records, liaising with manufacturers and contractors to ensure high standards and value for money. Sharing your technical knowledge will be key as you support apprentices and contribute to team development. A strong focus on health and safety is essential, with an expectation to maintain clean, secure, and compliant workspaces at all times.
Duties will include:
Provide timely and effective responses to enquiries and complaints from managers, supervisors, and operatives.
Manage and maintain an accurate tools and equipment database and associated service records.
Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and respond to equipment faults and breakdowns efficiently to minimise downtime.
Ensure all plant and equipment is maintained to high safety and performance standards.
Monitor and maintain equipment vibration levels in compliance with Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) regulations.
Uphold strong health and safety practices, maintaining clean and secure workspaces.
You will be a qualified Maintenance or Mechanical Engineer with experience working on a range of powered tools and machinery.
You'll possess strong diagnostic and repair skills, a good knowledge of health and safety procedures, and the ability to manage your own workload and stock levels. Experience with data recording, contractor management, and light welding/mechanical fabrication will be advantageous.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Recognised qualification in mechanical or electrical maintenance (e.g., NVQ, City & Guilds)
Proven track record in maintaining and repairing a wide range of powered tools and machinery
Strong organisational and IT skills, particularly for database and stock management
Full UK driving licence
Desirable:
Certification in PAT Testing and/or HAVS monitoring
Welding or fabrication skills
You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
A wide range of flexible working opportunities
Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
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