Engineering Services Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE

As part of the Leckford Estate team, you will provide effective Mechanical and Electrical engineering support to farming and food processing operations to enable smooth operational delivery and minimal down time. You will need to be responsive and effective at dealing with maintenance requests, reactive and urgent maintenance issues. You will need to effectively manage your time as well to carry out planned preventative maintenance as assigned schedules.
The Leckford Estate was purchased by John Spedan Lewis, the founder of the John Lewis Partnership, in 1929. The estate is 2,800 Acres in size and is split down the middle, north to south, by the River Test, famous as the home of fly-fishing.

The estate is organised around four business units, supported by the estate office team:
- Farming – with arable, dairy, beef, orchard and vineyard enterprises
- Food Processing – Processing Dairy and an Oilseed Processing Unit
- Retail, Leisure and Events – including a Farm Shop, Café, Nursery, Fishing and Golf
- Property

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• Salary   - £32,900 - £52,800.  

• Contract type - This position is a Fixed Term contract (Secondment) until December 2025.

• Location - This role is based at our Leckford Estate, Hampshire

Key responsibilities 

• Respond to minor maintenance requests, reactive and urgent maintenance issues as directed by Property Services Manager, team leader 

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance as assigned schedules 

• Ensure costs are minimised and agreed levels of service are achieved 

• Provide Planned out of hours support when required 

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders 

• Ensure all trailer and vehicle attachments are inspected to agreed time table 

• First fix vehicle repairs where possible  

• Co-ordinate all Allianz records/inspections/Equipment

Essential skills/experience you’ll need 

• Electrical Back ground 

• To hold 18th edition IEE wiring regulations certificate

• Full and clean driving license

• Experience working in a farming / food manufacturing business

• Welding Qualifications 

• Tyre repairs  

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Closing Date:

May 28, 2025

Pay:

£32,900.00 - £51,800.00 Annual

Contract Type:

Temporary

Hours of Work:

Monday to Friday with weekend cover

Job Level:

Partnership Level 9

Where You'll Be Working:

Leckford Estate, Leckford Estate Office, Leckford, Hampshire, SO20 6DA

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.  

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.