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Ridgeway Facilities Management

Careers

Ridgeway is a small building maintenance company in Harlow, with engineers on the vans and an office team behind them. We look after the same buildings for years, so you get to know the sites, the residents and the people who run them.

We pay for the qualifications the work needs, book renewals before they run out, and never send anyone to do work they are not trained and carded for.

Current vacancies
An engineer's workshop

Current vacancies

Gas and heating engineer

Location
Harlow depot, covering Harlow, Epping and Bishop's Stortford
Hours
Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30, with a share of the on-call rota
Contract
Permanent, full time, with a company van

We are adding a second Gas Safe engineer to the team, working on our housing, care home and commercial contracts.

What you will do

  • Servicing, repair and landlord gas safety checks on domestic boilers
  • Commercial and communal plant room servicing and fault finding
  • Unvented cylinders, TMVs and heating controls
  • Clear worksheets with readings and photos on the BigChange app

What you will need

  • Gas Safe registration with domestic ACS, and commercial ACS or a willingness to gain it
  • Unvented hot water (G3)
  • A full UK driving licence
  • An enhanced DBS check, or a willingness to apply
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Air conditioning and refrigeration engineer

Location
Harlow depot, covering Harlow, Epping and Bishop's Stortford
Hours
Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30, with a share of the on-call rota
Contract
Permanent, full time, with a company van

Our air conditioning and heat pump work is growing, and we need a second F-Gas qualified engineer to join the team.

What you will do

  • Planned servicing of split and multi-split air conditioning
  • Critical cooling in comms rooms and medication rooms
  • Refrigerant work on split heat pumps, and Ecodan servicing
  • Reactive fault finding and repairs in offices and care homes

What you will need

  • F-Gas Category 1
  • Experience with Daikin or Mitsubishi systems
  • A full UK driving licence
  • An enhanced DBS check, or a willingness to apply
Apply for this role

What you get

  • Holiday

    25 days plus bank holidays, with an extra day for each full year after two years, up to 30 days.

  • Pension

    Ridgeway pays 5% into the company pension, and you pay 3%.

  • On call

    An on-call allowance of £150 a week when it is your turn on the rota, plus the hours you work.

  • Training

    Courses, cards and renewals paid for and booked by us, with reminders 60 days before anything runs out.

  • Sick pay

    Full pay for up to 10 days in any 12 months after probation.

  • Everything else

    Uniform and PPE, a cycle to work scheme, free annual eye tests for drivers and screen users, and a 24-hour employee assistance helpline.

Your first six months

  • Before day one

    We send your contract, check your right to work, apply for a DBS check where the role needs one, and order your uniform, ID badge and PPE.

  • Week one

    The handbooks, a health and safety induction covering lone working, manual handling and asbestos awareness, training on the BigChange app, then time on the van.

  • The first month

    You shadow an experienced engineer on their jobs before you take your own.

  • Probation

    Six months, with reviews at 1, 3 and 6 months with the engineering manager and HR.

Apprenticeships

We take on apprentices in plumbing and heating. Our current apprentice studies for his Level 3 at Harlow College on Thursdays and spends the rest of the week on the tools with one of our engineers, never on his own.

No role that fits?

Email your CV to info@ridgewayfm.co.uk with the trade you work in. We keep speculative applications on file for when we next recruit.

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