Smith Technical Facilities Management
Property Maintenance Engineer
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Company Description
Smith Technical Facilities Management delivers a full range of facilities management services, including planned statutory, preventative, and reactive maintenance across Scotland. The company focuses on professional service, quality, and efficiency, offering clients smart, cost-effective, and transparent maintenance solutions.
With extensive experience in private, public, and commercial landlord markets, Smith Technical manages planned and preventative maintenance for over 1,000 properties, ensuring compliance and timely repairs without compromising safety or standards. The organization leverages advanced technology and tooling to achieve market-leading first-time fix rates and provides clients with real-time reporting, instant access to documentation and certificates, and detailed imagery captured by engineers.
Role Description
The Property Maintenance Engineer is a full-time, remote role responsible for maintaining and repairing building assets across a varied property portfolio. Day-to-day activities include:
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- Diagnosing faults
- Carrying out planned and preventative maintenance
- Responding to reactive repair requests
- Ensuring all work meets safety, compliance, and quality standards
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The engineer will use digital tools and mobile technology to:
- Receive work orders
- Record findings
- Upload documentation and images
- Provide real-time updates for clients and internal teams
The role involves coordinating with supervisors, suppliers, and other engineers, prioritizing workloads, and managing time effectively to support high first-time fix rates. The Property Maintenance Engineer also contributes to continuous improvement by identifying recurring issues, suggesting technical solutions, and supporting best practices in facilities management.
Qualifications
- Strong technical skills in property maintenance, including general building repairs, basic electrical or plumbing knowledge, and familiarity with statutory and preventative maintenance routines.
- Ability to use digital systems and mobile devices for work order management, reporting, documentation upload, and photographic evidence capture.
- Good understanding of health and safety regulations, risk assessments, and safe working practices in a facilities management environment.
- Effective problem-solving and fault-finding skills, with the capability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and achieve high first-time fix rates.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with clients, colleagues, and suppliers, and for completing accurate service reports.
- Relevant trade qualification or apprenticeship (e.g., building services, electrical, mechanical, or multi-skilled maintenance) and a valid driver’s license for site visits, where required.
- Experience in facilities management or property maintenance across commercial, public, or residential settings is highly beneficial.
- Comfort working remotely, with strong self-management, reliability, and commitment to delivering transparent, high-quality service.
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