Fabric Technician

The Vacancy

Fabric Technician (Handyman / Fabric Engineer)

📍 Chiswick, London (Client Site)
🕗 Monday – Friday ¦ 8:00am – 5:00pm

The Role

WPS are looking for a skilled Fabric Technician to join our team, based full-time at a client site in Chiswick, London. This is a static, site-based role providing high-quality building fabric and handyman services, ensuring the site is maintained to an excellent standard.

You’ll be responsible for carrying out planned and reactive fabric works across the site, working closely with the facilities team and representing WPS professionally at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• Carrying out general fabric maintenance and repairs, including:
  • Painting & decorating
  • Basic carpentry and joinery
  • Minor plumbing repairs (e.g. taps, seals, toilets)
  • Patch repairs to walls, floors and ceilings
• Responding to reactive maintenance requests in a timely manner
• Completing planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks
• Identifying and reporting additional works required
• Ensuring all work is completed safely and in line with H&S procedures
• Maintaining accurate records using site systems where required

About You

• Proven experience in a fabric, handyman or building maintenance role
• A relevant qualification or trade background (e.g. handyman, painting & decorating, carpentry or similar)
• Comfortable working independently in a client-facing environment
• Good knowledge of health & safety procedures
• Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to work
• Reliable, well organised and takes pride in high-quality workmanship

What We Offer

• Monday to Friday working hours (no shifts or weekends)
• Long-term opportunity with a leading UK property services provider
• Supportive team environment and clear standards on site
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.