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Fabric Technician (Plumber bias)

@ Rydon

Ilford, Manitoba

Full-time
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Overview

Rydon is hiring a multi-skilled Maintenance Operative for its NHS contract in Ilford, a full-time multi-trade role with a strong emphasis on plumbing. The work covers planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, and basic electrics and carpentry in a live secure healthcare environment. Normal hours are 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday, with an optional on-call rota and a competitive starting salary.

Responsibilities:

  • Plumbing fault finding and repair work
  • Planned preventative and reactive maintenance
  • Basic electrics and carpentry repairs
  • Planned upgrade and refurbishment works
  • Following secure healthcare site protocols

Requirements summary:

  • NVQ Level 2 or 3 Plumbing qualification or equivalent
  • Experience maintaining commercial or NHS buildings
  • Experience with planned and reactive plumbing maintenance
  • Ability to carry out general building repairs
  • Excellent customer service skills

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Benefits mentioned

Retirement planEmployee assistanceEmployee discount
Source and dates

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Employer posting date
2026-10-21
First seen by our source
2026-11-14
Source record updated
2026-11-14

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Job details

SeniorityMid level
DepartmentMaintenance & repair
Hours per week40
Scheduleday
Travelair: none · ground: moderate
Work settingHospital or clinic, Plant or factory, Vehicle
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical high · computer low
LanguagesEnglish
Licences & certificationsNVQ Level 2 Plumbing, NVQ Level 3 Plumbing
Driver’s licencerequired
EducationTrade certificate (required)
Fields of studyPlumbing
Perks mentionedFlexible hours, Retirement plan, Employee discount, Wellness, Paid training, Home office allowance

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Job description
Overview

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Multi-skilled Maintenance Operative with commercial building maintenance experience to join our highly regarded Maintenance team in Ilford. This role involves carrying out plumbing repairs, PPM's and other general building maintenance.

Rydon Maintenance Ltd provides a range of hard facilities management and property maintenance services in partnership with a range of NHS Trusts. We provide reactive and planned maintenance to a number of NHS buildings and we work to strict timescales and safety requirements to ensure the comfort and safety of service users using these NHS facilities. With offices in the South East, to Bristol in the South West our experience has taken us across a variety of sensitive healthcare environments.

Find out what one of our Maintenance Operatives enjoys about working at Rydon:

Job Purpose

Based on one of our key NHS contracts in Ilford, you will work as part of a team in a 'multi-trade' role completing planned preventative maintenance (PPM's) and reactive repairs basis to the buildings fabric and plant.

There will be a particular emphasis on plumbing work, which will include fault finding and repair work on a range of plumbing systems. You will also carry out other general maintenance works such as basic electrics and carpentry repairs.

In addition there will also be some planned maintenance activities such as planned upgrade works and refurbishment as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure a safe environment for service users. You will work in a live secure healthcare environment and as such its important that proper protocols are followed at all times to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for staff and service users.

Normal working hours are 8am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday. You will also have the opportunity to participate in an on-call rota system (which offers the opportunity to increase your earnings and be involved in additional urgent repairs).

What we can offer you;

  • A competitive starting salary
  • Company van and fuel card
  • Holiday Entitlement: 25 days
  • Holiday Purchase Scheme: Buy up to an additional 5 days holiday
  • On call standby allowance and overtime paid per call out.
  • Pension Scheme: 4% contributory.
  • Health Cash Plan: helping you spread the cost of essential healthcare
  • 24/7 EAP Service: free advice, counselling and support for you and your family whenever you need it.
  • Wellbeing and mental health champions readily available at work.
  • Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
  • Flexible benefits for you to choose from including Critical Illness, DenPlan and Cycle to work schemes.
  • Employee Referral Scheme: recommend a personal connection to us and claim a cash reward for their successful hire. Free Flu Vaccinations
  • Full training, ongoing coaching and support
  • Opportunities to progress your career across the business

By joining Rydon, you become part of a talented, dedicated team of who are passionate about supporting the NHS and its people in their vital work and you will play an important role in ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for staff and service users.

Experience Required

Previous relevant experience in the maintenance of buildings is essential, ideally within the NHS. This experience might have been gained working directly for the NHS, or a maintenance contractor providing services within the NHS. We will also consider candidates with experience of maintaining other commercial properties (schools, offices, supermarkets etc).

You will have an NVQ or equivalent Level 2 or 3 Plumbing Qualification and have experience of carrying out planned preventative and reactive maintenance on plumbing systems. You will also have the ability to undertake a range of other general building maintenance/repairs. This could include: basic electrics, painting, carpentry, plastering etc.

The successful candidate will also have excellent customer service skills and be passionate about providing high quality repairs.

If you have the above skills and experience, we'd strongly encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits.

Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.

To apply online, please use the 'apply for this job link' at the top of this page.

Our application process is very straight forward allowing you to apply with a CV (from your Computer or Dropbox), LinkedIn, Facebook or Google+ and should take no more than a few short minutes.

For more details on our culture and what it’s like to work at Rydon, please click here .

Further information on how to apply can be found by clicking here .

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