Fabric Engineer

Location: London, N1

Working hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm

Salary: £30,000

Position Overview

As the Fabric Engineer you will be based on site at one of our customers, responsible for maintaining, repairing, and improving the fabric of buildings – walls, floors, ceilings, fixtures, doors, windows, finishes etc, ensuring the building and internal finishes are safe, presentable, compliant with regulation, and fit for purpose. 

This role will take ownership of both reactive (urgent repairs) and planned preventative maintenance (PPM). The Fabric Engineer may also oversee small installations, refurbishment, contractor management, ensuring compliance with health and safety and building regulation standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive maintenance: diagnosing and repairing urgent defects (cracks, leaks, damage to walls/floors/windows/doors etc.)
• Undertake planned preventative maintenance tasks on building fabric and finishes
• Inspect building fabric components regularly to detect wear, defects or damage; report and implement repair strategies
• Perform general building fabric tasks: carpentry/joinery, painting & decorating, plastering, tiling, flooring, ironmongery, door/window fitting.
• Undertake minor plumbing, drainage, and sealant works where needed.
• Ensure all works comply with health & safety regulations, fire safety, and other statutory requirements
• Maintain accurate records: inspections, work completed, materials used, defects, permits, risk assessments, etc
• Liaise with internal stakeholders, occupants or clients to respond to maintenance requests and give updates
• Manage small contracts or coordinate with external contractors: ensuring quality, safety (RAMS), compliance, timely delivery
• Use CAFM (Computer Aided Facilities Management) systems to log tasks, track maintenance work and schedule PPMs
• May be required to be on-call or carry out out-of-hours work for emergency repairs

Skills & Experiences

Essential

• Proven experience in building fabric maintenance or similar from a buildings/facilities environment
• Competence in multiple building trades (e.g. carpentry, joinery, plastering, painting/decorating, tiling)
• Good diagnostic / problem-solving skills to inspect faults and design appropriate remedial actions
• Sound knowledge of health & safety legislation, fire safety, building regulations, safe working practices (e.g. manual handling, working at height)
• Strong communication skills (oral & written), ability to deal with clients/occupants/contractors
• Self-motivated, able to work independently and as part of a team

Desirable

• Formal qualifications such as NVQ / City & Guilds in relevant trades (carpentry, plastering etc)
• Certifications or experience in specialised areas (e.g. fire-door inspections, ironmongery, asbestos awareness, working at height)
• Experience of using CAFM systems or similar software
• Previous FM (Facilities Management) experience, or working in regulated environments (e.g. hospitals, heritage buildings)
• Experience supervising contractors or small project work
• Full UK driving licence