About the role

Trade Specialists are an integral part of the Network Engineering Team, bringing certified trade experience and expertise to the site. You will carry out various tasks, including planned, reactive, remedial, and project work, to maintain and enhance building fabric. This work is essential to support the ever-evolving automated and manual building environments and contributes to the overall growth and development of network engineering.

As the Trade Specialist you will also work closely with campus engineering technicians to maintain the operation of branch plant and equipment. Your specialised skill set and high level of understanding are crucial to Primary Distribution, which delivers critical 24/7 E-commerce fulfillment. This service represents approximately 75% of JL's business and relies heavily on the timely delivery of projects, services, parts, and materials to ensure that buildings are safe, compliant, and well-maintained.

• Location - This role is based across our Magna Park and Fenny Lock National Distribution Centres

• Hours - Please note this role is for 37.5 hours per week. The working pattern is 08:00 - 16:00

Key responsibilities and Essential Skills needed:

In this role, you will be working with the in-house specialist maintenance team, delivering change and design work. This will help reduce or eliminate our dependency on external contractors in a 24-hour environment where SLAs are often business critical. 

You will need to demonstrate an understanding of site plant and equipment and help maintain its operation, achieving first fixes in building construction, equipment, and fixtures. 

You will also be supporting the engineering technician team, demonstrating eloquence in design and planning, specification setting, and project execution in a CDM-managed environment'. 

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The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.  

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.  

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. 

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