Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Air Hygiene & Fire Damper Engineer
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ROLE: Air Hygiene & Fire Damper Engineer
HOURS: 40 hours per week (variable shifts as required)
LOCATION: UK wide (London, Midlands, Leeds (Preferred location))
Salary: £29,000 - £31,000
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place where you can thrive. We're looking for an Air Hygiene & Fire Damper Engineer who will work as part of a specialised delivery team providing excellent levels of service.
Roles And Responsibilities
- Working as part of a specialised delivery team who aim to provide excellent levels of service.
- Working 40 hours per week, including variable shift patterns as required.
- Flexible approach to working (overtime/shift/weekend work) depending on client needs.
- Maintain a positive “can‑do” attitude with problem‑solving ability.
- Act as an ambassador for Mitie Water & Air.
- Behaviours – professional, well‑mannered and polite at all times.
- Follow instructions safely (method statements and risk assessments).
- Be Health & Safety aware, including awareness of surroundings and tasks.
- Complete servicing work and associated reporting diligently and on time.
- Communicate clearly and keep your line manager updated.
- Strong team player, self‑motivated and proactive to an exacting standard.
- Honest, organised, trustworthy, and presentable to the client.
- Willingness to undertake training and role‑related development.
- Use of PC, PDA, tablet, hand tools, chemicals, access equipment and PPE.
- Occasional working away from home, including overnight stays.
- Work at height using access equipment; must be physically fit.
Main Duties
- Represent Mitie Air, carrying out service work as detailed by your manager/supervisor.
- Complete servicing and technical reports in both manual and electronic formats.
- Perform analytical surveys of ventilation systems prior to work.
- Carry out allocated service or remedial work within agreed timeframes.
- Adhere to client and Mitie Health & Safety policies, quality procedures, and site access requirements.
- Follow relevant industry guidelines and bespoke customer specifications.
- Be available for work outside normal hours (8 hours in any 24‑hour period, Mon–Fri).
- Support weekend work when required.
- Be flexible in supporting the team and wider department.
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Ventilation Hygiene Ducting Inspections And Cleans
- Complete ductwork cleaning tasks within a team environment.
- Inspection and assessment experience beneficial.
- Kitchen extract cleaning (TR/19).
- Supply and extract ventilation cleaning (TR/19).
- Use of cleaning fluids, brushes, scrapers and sprays.
Fire Damper Testing
- Testing in accordance with BS:9999 & RRFSO 2005.
- Understanding compartmentalisation strategy beneficial.
- Manually test inline fire damper operation.
- Work above ceilings, removing tiles and hatches to access dampers.
- Record damper condition and location accurately for reports.
Air Quality Tasks
- Collection of air quality data and samples.
- Completion of air quality reports.
- LEV experience beneficial (not essential).
- Understand HSE and CIBSE guidelines regarding workplace exposure limits.
Required Qualifications And Experience
- Able to work individually or as part of a team.
- Ability and knowledge to use computers/PDA's.
- Basic understanding of Microsoft Office programmes.
- Full driving licence with at least 12 months' experience.
- No more than 6 current/pending points and no bans within the last 5 years.
What's in it for you?
- Training, development and clear progression pathways.
- Access to Mitie's wellbeing and employee support services.
- All necessary tools, equipment and PPE provided.
- Supportive team environment and varied working locations.
There's a place for you at Mitie. Join us today!
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
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When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Ritik Gupta at Ritik.Gupta@mitie.com.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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