Door Entry Engineer

Portsmouth City Council – Fairfield House
 
Hours: 40 hrs/week
 
Salary: £36,206
 
Benefits: 23 days holiday + bank hols · Pension · Life Assurance
 
The Role
 
Join our in-house maintenance team keeping Portsmouth’s homes, schools, offices and heritage sites safe and secure. You’ll handle day-to-day and void repairs, fault-find, program and commission door-entry and access-control systems (Videx, Tynetec, KMS, PAC and more). Most work is first-visit fixes, but you’ll also organise follow-ups and other trades when needed.
 
What you’ll be doing

• Responsive & routine repairs across PCC’s property portfolio
• Diagnosing issues, choosing the right fix and documenting every job on a PDA
• Putting safety first—risk assessments, correct PPE and tidy, protected work areas
• Delivering great customer service: polite, professional and proactive
• Looking after your van stock and kit so you’ve always got the right tools for the job

About you

• Experience: 2–5 yrs social-housing/maintenance
• · 3–5 yrs security industry
• Know-how: solid understanding of door-entry hardware & software, building materials and regs
• Qualifications:
  • City & Guilds Electronic Security Systems (essential)
  • City & Guilds Electronic Principles &/or BS EN 16005 Automation (nice to have)
• Confident fault-finder and problem-solver who owns each job end-to-end
• Team player with a “do-the-right-thing” mindset

Company Benefits:

• 31 days annual leave rising to 36 days with length of service (including bank holidays) • We offer a flexible scheme to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave per year.
• Company sick pay after probation
• Life Insurance
• Octopus Electric Dreams Car Scheme to enable staff to drive a new electric car – paid for through salary sacrifice.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Employee recognition scheme
• Length of Service Rewards
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Defined contribution Pension Scheme of 8% (5% Employer and 3% Employee)
• Our Employee Assistance Programme to support all staff • Refer a Friend scheme