Technical Support Officer – Mechanical

Bridgend County Borough Council seeks a Technical Support Officer - Mechanical to join their Corporate Landlord team. The role involves managing a diverse property portfolio, ensuring timely delivery of reactive and planned maintenance works to meet client satisfaction. The successful candidate will be innovative in decarbonisation approaches to enhance the Council's sustainability efforts. The Council prioritises staff wellbeing, offering professional development, flexible working, and various employee benefits. A valid driving licence is required, along with standby duties and emergency response responsibilities. Applications are open until 10 July 2025, with interviews scheduled for 25 July 2025.

Technical Support Officer – Mechanical
Job description
37 hours per week
Are you a team player with highly developed inter-personal skills and the ability to work on your own initiative? Do you like a challenge and variety to your day?
At Bridgend County Borough Council, we’re transforming the way we manage our property estate. We manage a diverse property portfolio, from schools to industrial estates and from care homes to market stalls. We operate a Corporate Landlord approach – bringing together the management that leads our strategic property management, design and hard/soft Facilities Management teams.
We are looking for a Project manager – Mechanical, to join our Corporate Landlord team in providing a wide-ranging service across the Council’s property portfolio. The successful candidate will ensure that all reactive & planned maintenance works are delivered on time and to a cost & quality of the client’s satisfaction.
You will be enthusiastic for new and innovative decarbonisation approaches to schemes as the team develops new skills to help the Council reduce its carbon footprint.
In return we believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us and regularly promoted, as are professional support and continuous professional development. At BCBC we also offer payment of professional fees, flexible working practices, subsidised local authority pension, generous leave policy, opportunities to purchase additional leave, salary sacrifice schemes, plus employee discounts online and in store.
So, if you think you fit the bill and want to do something a bit more rewarding, please contact us and tell us what you can do!
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
A valid driving licence is requirement for this post.
Standby Duties and Emergency Response are a requirement of this post.
The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Closing Date: 10 July 2025
Interview Date: 25 July 2025