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Heating Engineer - Service & Breakdown

Posted 7 days ago

  • Little Lever, Greater Manchester
  • Permanent
  • £30,000 to £35,000 /Yr
  • Sponsored
  • Expires In 21 days

Heating Engineer - Service & Breakdown | Greater Manchester | 08:30am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday, with Saturday work on a rota basis throughout the winter months | £35,000+ per year plus overtime at time & a half

Our client is a professional Plumbing, Gas, and Electrical company and a family business trading since 1979, with a high reputation of delivering excellent customer service to private homeowners, tenants, and landlords throughout Greater Manchester.

They have a proven track record of repairing and replacing gas and electric boilers, with a focus on repairing 1st and replacing as the last option, and the team strives to deliver the best possible service at a fair price.

The company has an experienced back office team that will help you on a daily basis if needed, with technical support for jobs that you are attending, down to help with parking and directions to properties if you are stuck.

Please note- ideally you will be located within a 20-minute commute of Bolton (BL3 1LR) to allow you a short commute to and from the office.

What can you expect in return?


  • This is a full-time position with a long-term contract and immediate start
  • A Company van will be provided, with PDA, company credit card, and uniform, along with paid holiday entitlement
  • You will receive a company pension, after a qualifying period
  • You will be offered training in Boiler fault finding, heating controls wiring, and electrical safety as required, although some prior knowledge is essential.

Are you the right person for the job?

If you have the following, then the answer is yes!


  • You must have at least 5 years of domestic plumbing & heating experience, NVQ 2 & 3 plumbing desirable.
  • You must have good patience, ambition and initiative to correctly identify faults on your first visit to a property.
  • Knowledge of boiler components, able to test thermistors and circuits within a boiler.
  • Knowledge of Y plan & S plan systems, and ability to identify pipework correctly
  • You must have your own tools and valid ACS certificates with 12+ months remaining, including CCN1, CKR1, CENWAT, HTR1 & CPA1

What will your role as a Service & Breakdown Heating Engineer look like?


  • Completing Landlords gas Safety Inspections working on Cookers, Fires & Boilers.
  • Diagnose & repair faulty gas and electric central heating boilers & gas fires
  • Repair vented & unvented, direct & in-direct hot water systems, including economy 7 controls.
  • Fault finding on domestic plumbing and heating systems, boilers, and controls, the ideal candidate will be experienced and have a drive to confidently diagnose boiler faults on their own.
  • Servicing of a wide range of gas appliances, hobs, unit heaters, gas fires, boilers etc.
  • Trace and repair water and gas leaks
  • Plumbing repairs and leaks on sanitary-ware and kitchens.
  • Basic electrical repairs where necessary.


  • After a morning briefing at the company offices for your daily jobs, you will be working usually on an individual basis under your own initiative, being responsible for ensuring a high quality of work that you can be proud of

 

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