Mobile Fabric Engineer (South London)

  • Ref:
    100217
  • Location:
    London
  • Employment:
    Full time
  • Role Classification:
    3

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Inder Mann

Inder.Mann@mitie.com

+44 116 261 5017

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ROLE: Mobile Fabric Engineer
LOCATION: South London (MET Police Contract)

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day.
We're looking for a Mobile Fabric Engineer to deliver high‑quality building fabric maintenance across a range of Metropolitan Police sites in South London.


Role Responsibilities

  • Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive fabric repairs across designated MET Police buildings.
  • Perform carpentry, basic plumbing, painting, plastering, and general building fabric maintenance as required.
  • Complete minor repairs to fixtures, fittings, doors, walls, partitions, and building finishes.
  • Ensure all work is completed safely, to a high standard, and in accordance with contractual SLAs and KPIs.
  • Maintain accurate records using Mitie systems, including job sheets, asset updates, and compliance documentation.
  • Liaise professionally with the client and site personnel, ensuring minimal disruption to sensitive environments.
  • Diagnose issues, propose solutions, and escalate complex problems when required.
  • Participate in the out-of-hours rota (where applicable) to support emergency call‑outs on police estates.

Required Qualifications

Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role:

  • Proven experience in a building fabric or multi‑trade position (carpentry preferred but not essential).
  • Full UK driving licence (mobile role with van provided).
  • Strong understanding of health & safety standards and safe working practices.
  • Ability to work independently across multiple sites with excellent problem‑solving skills.
  • Ability to pass and maintain Metropolitan Police vetting (essential) - which could take from 7-10 months 

What's in it for you?

  • A role with purpose—supporting critical MET Police estates across South London.
  • Company vehicle, fuel card, tools, uniform, and full PPE provided.
  • Access to Mitie's industry‑leading training, development, and career‑progression pathways.
  • Employee benefits including discounts, pension scheme, life assurance, and wellbeing support.
  • A supportive, collaborative environment where your skills make a real difference every day.

 

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Inder Mann at Inder.Mann@mitie.com.

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.

 

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South London Area, London, Greater London, England, SE20
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