Technical Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25000-30000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 November 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B73 6EB |
| Company: | Serco Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 305726-43774933 |
Summary
Location: B73 6EB, must be willing to work between all our Birmingham leisure centres. Hours: 40 hours per week between Monday to Friday + Call outs in evening / weekends when required. Salary: Upto £30,000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits (salary can be discussed at interview stage) Here at Birmingham Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
Location: B73 6EB, must be willing to work between all our Birmingham leisure centres.Hours: 40 hours per week between Monday to Friday + Call outs in evening / weekends when required.Salary: Upto £30,000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits (salary can be discussed at interview stage) Here at Birmingham Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
Location: B73 6EB, must be willing to work between all our Birmingham leisure centres. Hours: 40 hours per week between Monday to Friday + Call outs in evening / weekends when required. Salary: Upto £30,000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits (salary can be discussed at interview stage) Here at Birmingham Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
Location: B73 6EB, must be willing to work between all our Birmingham leisure centres. Hours: 40 hours per week between Monday to Friday + Call outs in evening / weekends when required. Salary: Upto £30,000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits (salary can be discussed at interview stage) Here at Birmingham Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
Location: B73 6EB, must be willing to work between all our Birmingham leisure centres.Hours: 40 hours per week between Monday to Friday + Call outs in evening / weekends when required.Salary: Upto £30,000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits (salary can be discussed at interview stage) Here at Birmingham Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
Location: B73 6EB, must be willing to work between all our Birmingham leisure centres. Hours: 40 hours per week between Monday to Friday + Call outs in evening / weekends when required. Salary: Upto £30,000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits (salary can be discussed at interview stage) Here at Birmingham Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
Location: B73 6EB, must be willing to work between all our Birmingham leisure centres. Hours: 40 hours per week between Monday to Friday + Call outs in evening / weekends when required. Salary: Upto £30,000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits (salary can be discussed at interview stage) Here at Birmingham Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team
- and right now we have a rare opportunity for you to join our technical team. The post holder will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function to the following system types as determined by the contract’s Contract Manager, Deputy Contract Manager, Senior Technical Manager and/or Head of Technical (for example, not exhaustive): The Post Holder must agree to being on a on call on a weekend rota basis and paid in lieu on plain time if required to respond.
Building Service Systems & Associated Ancillary Plant
- Cooling systems.
- Domestic cold-water systems.
- Domestic hot water systems.
- Electrical systems.
- Heating systems.
- Mains cold water systems.
- Sanitary systems.
- Ventilation systems.
- Water movement systems.
The post holder will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis. This is a multi-site role, post holder must hold a clean and in date driving licence. A works van will be provided along with fuel card.
The sites are leisure centres across the Birmingham area.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a similar role (Ideally including Pool Plant)
- Experience of reactive works to Pool Plant, HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems
- Multi-skilled with basic Plumbing, Carpentry & Electrics
- Ability to maintain accurate records (Both Written & Electronic)
- Knowledge of planned preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- You may be required to work outside of normal working hours and respond to out of hour’s emergencies, covering 5 days out of 7.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
- Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
- Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.
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