Maintenance Technician Highpoint at GFSL in Newmarket, England, GB

Are you a multi-skilled tradesperson who can turn their hand to anything? Can you apply your versatility to a new environment where no two days will be the same? Could you work alongside facilities management professionals with your good knowledge of basic facilities and maintenance tasks? If you’re ready for your new challenge, quick to learn, enthusiastic and willing to share your skills and experience and contribute, we want to hear from you.

Maintenance Technician

Location: x

Salary: £26,614.62

Contract: Permanent, 39 hours per week

We are seeking a dedicated Maintenance Technician to join our team at HMP PRISON NAME, a CATEGORY XYZ, AGE/GENDER prison.

Join a team that is more than just a group of colleagues – we work MONDAY TO FRIDAY/SUNDAY as a supportive and driven family, working together to create a safe and nurturing environment.

HMP PRISON NAME runs like a self-contained CITY/TOWN, it takes hundreds of people to keep it functioning, and as the Facilities Maintenance Team we are committed and driving the smooth and safe operation, like a heart that pumps blood through the body, everything we do impacts every prisoner, employee, and visitor, and wider to the families and community.

As a Maintenance Technician you will have the opportunity to work alongside other experienced and passionate colleagues who vary from Plumbers, Electricians, Carpenters, Painters, to Cleaners, and Administrators, and others, who are all dedicated to making a positive difference, providing a safe and secure environment for all.

If you are looking for a role where you can use your skills to create a better future for others, we encourage you to apply for this compelling opportunity and join us in our mission to promote rehabilitation and positive change and be part of a team that truly makes a difference.

We are a Ministry of Justice business and provide critical and time-bound services to HMPPS, and are looking for a Maintenance Technician with a minimum of 2 of the below qualifications:

• L8 Legionella awareness training - Desirable
• Fire door inspection training - Desirable
• Emergency light testing training - Desirable
• Manual call point/fire alarm testing - Desirable
• HMPPS Locking course - Desirable

If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you!

Explore a varied and rewarding career at GFSL.

Welcome to careers at Gov Facilities Services Limited (GFSL). Joining us is your chance to help ensure prisons are secure and safe for prisoners and prison staff alike, and to play your part in helping prisoners reintegrate into society.

Holidays are 25 days per year plus Bank Holidays, and a range of non-contractual benefits are provided. These range from Death in Service at 4x salary, to access to private GP consultations and an Employee Assistance Programme that offers counselling and information services for preventative care and to help employees in a crisis. There are also a range of financial reward mechanisms and access to retailer discounts.

You will find a strong focus on safety, a supportive, inclusive workplace, a competitive benefits package, and real opportunity to build your skills and progress.

Explore facilities careers where you can make difference.

Pride In People.

We’re passionate about promoting greater diversity and creating a workplace and culture where all of our employees have a voice that is heard, feel a sense of belonging and are empowered to be their true selves.

We recognise the value that every single employee brings to the organisation. Everyone’s needs at work are different and we are committed to doing our best to satisfy these differences whilst ensuring consistency and fairness for all. We promise to champion diversity and inclusion with ongoing learning and training, as well as career progression opportunities for everyone.

GFSL has been notified by its shareholder (MOJ) that the provision of FM services will in future be delivered by the private sector. This means that following a successful procurement process, GFSL’s services will transfer to a private sector provider/providers in Spring 2026. As the programme unfolds, we will learn more.

Pride in People - Do the Right thing - One Team

An ISO 9001 Certified Company

About the Company

We are Gov Facility Services Ltd, a non-profit company owned entirely by the Ministry of Justice, delivering safe, high quality and value driven facilities services to 48 prisons over the South and East of the UK with over 1,300 staff. It's a great time to get involved and help shape the future of the company - and forge a great career at the same time.

Why join us?

You’ll become part of a high performing team in an ambitious and growing organisation with excellent and safe working environments and superb benefits, including, but not limited to 25 days annual leave, employer/ employee contributed pensions, competitive salaries and job security.