Property Maintenance Apprentice

What’s in it for you

​We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco Maintenance a great place to work.  These include but aren’t limited to:

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Retirement savings plan
• Life Assurance
• Colleague Clubcard after 3 months service
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Uniform and personal protection equipment along with the right tools to ensure comfort and safety in the working environment.

Our Employee Assistance Programme helps you deal with life’s challenges.

Get involved in a range of fundraising activities with our long-term charity partners

About the role

Tesco Maintenance are recruiting for Property Maintenance apprentices in London. You will spend 80% of your time in store, and the remaining 20% will be spent on off-the-job training.

At Tesco, our stores and offices could not function without the support of our Maintenance team. The primary role of a Property Maintenance Operative is to optimise the condition of our properties to a high standard, ensuring the building is safe at all times. Property Maintenance Operatives need to maintain a high level of quality and provide maximum satisfaction to colleagues and customers. They will learn and understand the mechanism of buildings; including electrical, plumbing, plant, safety systems and equipment. They will also deliver the first and immediate response to fault-finding; maximising quality, ensuring cost-effectiveness and delivering stores that serve Britain's shoppers a little better every day.

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

You will be responsible for

• Ensuring a safe environment for those who work and shop in Tesco stores and offices
• Complying with Tesco safety, policies and procedures
• Identifying hazards and reducing them
• Carrying out daily maintenance; including fire alarm testing, sprinkler testing, HVAC maintenance, building maintenance, electrical checks and checkout maintenance
• Building effective relationships with the store leadership teams, communicating clearly on tasks and managing expectations where necessary
• Ensuring assets are fixed in line with the agreed SLAs
• Using the systems available to accurately record work completed and describing work that needs to be escalated
• Working closely with internal service teams and external contractors
• Meeting the necessary legal and compliance standards
• Attending store meetings to ensure there is an understanding of maintenance issues and their level of urgency
• Being aware of the cost implications and ensuring the most effective and efficient fix

You will need

Skills and experience needed to be great at this role:

• Grade A-C GCSEs or equivalent, in Maths and English
• The understanding and ability to demonstrate the importance of Health and Safety in the workplace
• Strong working knowledge in using smartphones and tablets
• Good time management
• The ability to build relationships quickly
• Good communication skills; both written and verbal
• Full driving license

Ideal additional skills include:

• A flexible attitude
• Commitment to quality and excellence
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Persistence in the face of adversity
• Thorough approach to work

About us

At Tesco Maintenance, it’s our people that make us one of the leading retail maintenance providers in the UK. We operate in over 3,500 Tesco and One Stop stores, distribution centres, Tesco banks and head offices, to deliver first class maintenance and engineering solutions and support. 

With our comprehensive induction and technical competency plan, we invest in training our field colleagues to have the right level of skills and expertise for each role; enabling safe working practices and providing first-rate asset management across our estate. We create a culture where every colleague is competent, motivated and professional; maximising the level of support we offer to Tesco stores.  

From multi-skilled, to technically-savvy technicians, we’ve got it covered. Our Operations and Maintenance Managers span the entirety of the UK; technically-minded individuals who support our field engineers to get the job done. Our Engineering team work internationally to introduce a broad spectrum of award-winning new technological initiatives; from compliance testing to refrigeration, security to sustainability.  

Everything we do in Tesco Maintenance is focused on supporting continuous improvement to the overall shopping experience for our customers.