Technician

As a Technician, you'll be servicing our customers across Edinburgh and the Lothians in a company van and therefore you need a UK driving licence to become one of our Technicians. Travel further afield may also be required, subject to workload. What will you be doing?

• You will hack-off ceiling/wall plaster, strip and replace timber wall framing and partitions, prior to installing damp proof courses and install cavity drainage membrane to industry standards
• You will be required to carry out timber treatments such as insecticide/fungicide sprays and remedial repairs for dry and wet rot, which include the timber renewal element and chemical treatments.
• Remove and renew timber lintels, including bricking back up
• You will be required to carry out our specialist condensation treatments which may include loft insulation, painting internal/external walls in our specialist coatings and installing thermal wall products.
• There may be an element of patch plastering involved in this role
• You will strip and replace timber floors (including splicing timber floor joists to preservation standards), carry out solum sealing, renew door frames, architraves, windows, sills and doors
• Splicing of roof timbers and specialist timber resin repairs
• Our specialist technicians also carry out basement waterproofing work, and structural defects repairs, such as wall tie installation and crack-stitching
  
  We would love you to have:
• Preservation joinery experience
• An apprenticeship background, City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications (not essential)
• Experience working as a Joiner, Carpenter or a Preservation Technician
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence for at least 2 years with no more than 6 penalty points
• A can-do attitude, and able to use your own initiative in tricky situations
• Great communication and customer service skills with a keen, enthusiastic and friendly approach
  
  A competitive package of salary plus bonus, with realistic OTE £30,000 per annum
• Company van, fuel card, uniform and tools
• Monthly bonus scheme
• Sales lead commission
• Grading promotions that increase your basic salary based on your annual performance for the first three years
• RI Rewards (cashback and discounts on multiple retailers)
• The opportunity to work within a diverse, fast-paced, and growing company
Whether you are a newly qualified Joiner and Carpenter or an experienced Joiner and Carpenter, we want to hear from you! Peter Cox, part of the Rentokil Initial group, are one of the UK's market leaders in damp proofing, waterproofing, timber preservation and wall stabilisation. We are a government accredited learning organisation; we deliver the best training, qualifications and opportunities to our people. This means that as soon as you walk in the door, we spend time making sure you are an expert in your field. There will be opportunities to broaden your skill set through a host of courses provided internally. Fancy a promotion in the future? The skills you learn can ready you for managerial positions!