Gas Engineer

Serco: HMP Fosse Way, LE18 4WS

Permanent, Full Time (Mon-Fri a8:00-16:30)

£38,971 per annum + Corporate Benefits

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Gas Safe Engineer in our Justice and Immigration Facilities Management team, you’ll help ensure a safe, compliant environment that supports the daily running of a secure establishment. You’ll use your technical expertise to keep essential systems operating smoothly and reliably.

Your work will directly support the safety and wellbeing of colleagues, residents, and visitors. It’s a role with purpose, where your skills contribute to a positive impact on communities and help create a future built on trust, care and continuous improvement.

You’ll Be Entrusted To

What you’ll do as a Gas Safe Engineer

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance, repairs and testing of gas systems.
• Complete fault finding and rectification on installed plant and apparatus.
• Install new plant and equipment as specified.
• Support the wider maintenance team by assisting with other plant and equipment.

Operate machine tools safely in line with training.

Work safely at all times, complying with statutory and local regulations.

Investigate plant and equipment performance and produce reports and recommendations.

Help specify and source spare parts and equipment to maintain estate performance.

Maintain records of tools and report as required.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…

• A recognised apprenticeship or equivalent trade-based qualification.
• City and Guilds Certificate in Gas Servicing.
• Gas Safe registration with Commercial and Domestic qualifications.
• Experience working with both Commercial and Domestic systems.
• Strong interpersonal skills, self-motivation and the ability to work to tight timescales.
• A logical, methodical approach to prioritising work.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and competence using databases.
• To be a team member of the Facilities “Out of hours” call out roster.
  
  

Vetting and checks

An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What We Offer

• 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity

Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.