Serco: HMP Thameside, London, SE28
Permanent, Full Time – Monday-Friday 08:00 – 16:30hrs (part of the on call rota1 in 11, with weekly on call payments of £160.00 per designated call week)
Up to £37,000 + LWA £6,200 per annum + Benefits Package
Ready to impact a better future?
As a Plumber / Gas Safe Engineer in our Justice and Immigration Facilities Management team, you’ll play a key role in maintaining gas systems and plumbing infrastructure within a secure environment. Your work will help ensure essential services remain safe, compliant, and reliable for everyone on site.
This is more than a maintenance role. You’ll be supporting systems that communities rely on every day, helping to create safe, well-functioning environments while delivering a positive impact through your expertise, care, and commitment to high standards.
What you’ll do as a Plumber / Gas Safe Engineer
You’ll be entrusted to:
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Carry out planned preventative maintenance, repairs, and testing of gas systems and plumbing installations throughout the establishment and cells.
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Diagnose faults and complete defect rectification on plant and equipment
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Install new plant, systems, and equipment as required
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Support colleagues across the maintenance team with wider site activities
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Maintain accurate schedules, records, and reports on work completed
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Investigate equipment performance issues and provide recommendations for improvement
Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…
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A recognised trade apprenticeship or equivalent plumbing qualification (City and Guilds or NVQ)
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Gas Safe registration with relevant commercial and domestic gas qualifications
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Experience working with both commercial and domestic systems
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Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and prioritise workload
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Good communication skills and a proactive approach to teamwork and continuous improvement
Vetting and checks
An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.
Discover all you need to keep growing
We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer
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25 days plus bank holidays (does this apply - and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
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Free on site car parking
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Free use of on site gym
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Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
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Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
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Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
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Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
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Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
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Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Apply
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.
