Service Maintenance Technician - Mechanical
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | None, None |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/13337532/972322 |
Summary
About the role
As a Mechanical Maintenance Technician at Tesco, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our stores remains a safe, functional, and welcoming environment for customers and colleagues alike. You’ll be part of a skilled team responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a range of systems and equipment, helping to keep our operations running smoothly.
Your work will directly impact the shopping experience of thousands of customers every day. You’ll use your technical expertise to identify and resolve issues efficiently, always prioritising safety, compliance, and quality.
This is a hands-on role that requires a proactive mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to delivering high standards. In return, you’ll be supported with ongoing training, opportunities to grow your career, and the chance to be part of one of the UK’s most recognised and respected retail brands.
The Hiring Manager for this role is Roger Lewis.
You will be responsible for
Carrying out maintenance and repairs on:
- Passenger and Goods Lifts
- Travelators and Escalators
- Dock Levellers
- DDLS systems
- Scissor Lifts
- Back Yard Gates (BYG’s)
- Sectional Doors
- Roller Shutters
- Rapid Roll Doors
- Fire Shutters
- Compactors and Balers
- Pallet Stackers
- Respond to breakdowns swiftly and effectively to minimize downtime
- Conduct inspections, testing and certification to ensure compliance and safe operation
- Document all maintenance activity accurately using digital reporting tools
- Collaborate with site operations teams to ensure work is performed safely and with minimal disruption
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance maintenance procedures
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You will need
Operational Skills:
- ONC or equivalent
- Recognised Mechanical Apprenticeship or NVQ Level 2/3
- Full driving license
- Health & Safety awareness
- Communication & stakeholder management
- Office 365 knowledge
- Completed all technical training upskilling modules relevant to skillset
Relevant Experience:
- Proven experience with diverse access control and lift systems
- Strong mechanical fault-finding and diagnostic abilities
- Familiarity with powered doors, lifting platforms, and compacting equipment
- Understanding of safety and regulatory requirements for workplace machinery
What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
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.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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