ABM are currently recruiting for a Full-Time/Permanent Joiner for an immediate start located in Belfast.
Purpose:
To play a pivotal role in our commitment to delivering innovative facilities management solutions. Operating within a fast-paced environment, this position is key to providing response maintenance repairs, general joinery works, and a range of handyman activities. The role will encompass Response Repair Services, Void Works, surveying, fault finding, roofing repairs, and various handyman tasks to ensure a comprehensive and efficient approach to facility maintenance.
Key Responsibilities
1. Reactive Repairs & General Maintenance
- Respond promptly to maintenance requests across multiple sites.
- Carry out joinery repairs, including doors, frames, staging, and caster wheel replacements.
- Perform surveys, inspections, and fault‑finding to diagnose issues and implement effective solutions.
- Undertake a variety of building fabric and handyman tasks as required.
2. Roofing & Gutter Maintenance
- Complete minor roofing repairs, addressing leaks, damaged materials, and general roof upkeep.
- Conduct reactive gutter cleaning where safe access is available.
- Maintain downspouts and associated drainage components.
3. Handyman Activities
- Painting, decorating, and surface touch ups.
- Drywall repairs, patching, and making good.
- Installation of fixtures, fittings, shelving, and small equipment.
- Support with furniture moves, office reconfigurations, and minor relocations.
Customer Service:
- Engage professionally with clients and site users, providing clear communication on works undertaken.
- Maintain a customer focused approach, ensuring high standards of workmanship and service delivery.
- Represent the company positively while working independently on client premises.
Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
- Fire door inspections.
- Gutter and roof condition checks.
- Window inspections across estates.
- Complete all PPM documentation accurately and on time.
Efficiency and Cost-effectiveness:
- Deliver maintenance tasks efficiently to minimise downtime for clients.
- Use materials and resources responsibly to ensure cost effective solutions without compromising quality.
- Plan work effectively to maximise productivity across multiple sites.
Collaboration:
- Collaborate with the wider facilities management team, including supervisors, technicians, and project managers.
- Communicate clearly with colleagues to coordinate workloads and prioritise tasks.
- Support team objectives and contribute to a positive working environment.
- Replace failed equipment, lamps, battery, ballasts, gear trays, fittings etc.
Other
- Take a results-orientated approach to the role, ensure results are analysed/trended and understood; and those remedial actions are delivered.
- Support any customer initiatives which could lead to longer term benefits to both the customer and ABM.
- Any other ad-hoc duties as reasonably requested by a member of the Management Team.
Required Experience and Skills:
- Proven experience as a joiner and handyman, with expertise in response maintenance works.
- Strong understanding of surveying, fault finding, roofing repairs, and general joinery practices.
- Versatility in performing a variety of handyman tasks.
- Excellent customer service skills and effective communication with clients and team members.
- Adherence to safety regulations and a commitment to maintaining a safe work environment.
- Certification or apprenticeship in joinery.
- UK Driving Licence.
Desired Skills:
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow safety protocols.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings, as needed.
Benefits
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
- On call perks
- Call out perks
- Onsite Parking
Job Schedule
- 40 hours per week
- Must be flexible on working patterns
Who we are?
We at ABM, are a global team of 100,000+ dedicated professionals committed to providing safe and healthy spaces where people live, work, and travel. For over a century, we've been serving communities around the world, delivering exceptional facility solutions to businesses of all sizes.
From schools and commercial buildings to hospitals, data centres, manufacturing plants, and airports, we help keep every space open and operating smoothly. But more than that, we believe in putting people first. We know that safe and clean environments are crucial for everyone's well-being, and we take that responsibility seriously. That's why people everywhere count on ABM to deliver the services they need to thrive.
A driving force for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world, ABM provides essential facility services and forward-looking performance solutions across a wide range of industries – from commercial real estate, healthcare, education, technology and data, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and life sciences and more.
With regional operations based in Dublin, Belfast, and Cork, ABM is home to more than 2,300 team members across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Founded in 1909, ABM serves over 20,000 clients throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and other international locations.
The above description is intended to give candidates an appreciation of the role envisaged for this position and the range of duties. It does not outline all detail or every activity, and should be utilised as a general guide only, detailing the minimum requirements and responsibilities of the position. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed at offer stage and thereafter during the company`s appraisal process.
ABM are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief. ABM welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of our recruitment process and should call 01 679 2288 to request same.
ABM is an equal opportunities employer.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
Experience:
- Joinery: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
