Maintenance Assistant

Equans is looking for Maintenance Assistant to join our team onsite at Argyle House in Edinburgh, EH3 9DS. This is a full time permanent role working 40 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

Working Hours: Monday to Friday 6am – 3pm (1 hour lunch)

We are looking for a reliable Maintenance Assistant to support day-to-day maintenance activities and ensure equipment and plant run smoothly across our sites. You will carry out planned and reactive maintenance tasks, maintain records, and support the wider maintenance team. 

What will you deliver?

• Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) accurately and document all work in real time using PDAs, including logging start, wait, stop, completion, and travel times with comprehensive comments.
• Complete all relevant paperwork for PPM, reactive, and breakdown tasks, ensuring timely submission to the contract administrator; complete supplementary forms as required.
• Update client CAFM systems with detailed records of task progress and outcomes.
• Respond promptly to reactive maintenance tasks and identify areas for improvement; report plant failures and issue quotations to the line manager.
• Remedy plant faults swiftly within delegated authority or client authorization to maintain equipment serviceability.
• Maintain and manage spare parts inventory and provide parts lists and estimated timelines for remedial work.
• Conduct Point of Work Risk Assessments (POWRA) and ensure all tasks are executed with up-to-date Method Statements and Risk Assessments, adhering to strict safety and SHEQ standards.
• Operate the Permit to Work system following Equans and client protocols.
• Participate in mandatory and skills training to maintain competency.
• Foster strong working relationships with Equans staff, subcontractors, and client representatives.
• Uphold the professional image of Equans at all times.
• Maintain cleanliness and order of all plant rooms under Equans’ responsibility.
• Supervise subcontractors on site during maintenance activities.
• Comply with contractual KPIs and SLAs and participate in regional on-call rotas for out-of-hours breakdown response.
• Ensure tools and test equipment are regularly audited and safe to use.
• Monitor and manage oil levels for heating systems, ordering supplies as necessary.
• Escort and provide site access to landlords, clients, and contractors, and oversee contractor inductions.
• Maintain regular communications with landlords, client staff, contractors, and on-site teams.
• Perform any additional Maintenance duties as reasonably requested.

What can we offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, which includes;

• 24 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 1.5 times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Women Together (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Who are we looking for?

• Experience of working in Facilities Management
• The enthusiasm to learn and take on a challenge
• Computer literate
• Good communicator within  EQUANS Services, the clients, other service partners and suppliers.
• Able to deal diplomatically with the client’s demanding personnel
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised
• Able to work as part of a team
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• To maintain a clean and smart appearance at all times
• Be able to undertake a physical job. 
• Fluent in English both written and oral.
• Must be available to participate in an out of hour’s standby rota.

Who are we?                                                                                                                               
In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of sustainable facilities management and regeneration, and cutting-edge energy and digital services. Our 15,000 employees combine these activities to deliver decarbonisation across the built environment and help businesses, communities, public sector organisations and government to accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resilient world.  

Globally, Equans is a world leader in the energy and services sector with operations in 20 countries, 90,000 employees working on 5 continents and a turnover of 19.2 billion euros in 2024. Equans is a subsidiary of the Bouygues group. 

Our ambition

At Equans, we are driven by our ambition to be recognised for our operational excellence and as the best place to work for our employees. This commitment extends to achieving global and sustainable performance through Impact, ensuring that everything we do aligns with our core values—Accountability, Respect, Team Spirit, and Service Focus.  

We take ownership, act with integrity, and set high standards. We listen, support, and care for one another. We collaborate and build trust to achieve shared goals, always striving to meet our customers’ needs in a proactive and pragmatic way. These values shape our culture, strengthen our community, and inspire us to deliver excellence every day. 

What’s next? 

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch. 

As part our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010.  

At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work.  

You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN Together (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals. 

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role.  Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements. 

The Equans Resourcing Team manage this requirement. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries should come to the resourcing team not direct to Equans Managers.