Manchester/Leeds area and also Luton area engineer needed Canon/Sharp/Xerox

[chubblies]

We are looking for an experienced engineer in Manchester/Leeds area, and also an engineer in Luton area. Whilst we appreciate that we are requesting a large knowledge base with requesting Sharp, Canon and Xerox, this is an idealist request, so we are happy to consider applicants who are trained in at least 1 of these manufacturers.

If you are interested, please email ilovemyjob@commercial.co.uk with your CV and a covering letter. Please note we will only consider UK based applicants.

Full spec below:

About the Company:

Commercial Group was established in 1991 and has since grown to become the largest independently owned Business Services Group in the UK. Today, comprising of 4 divisions; IT Services, Office Supplies, Interiors and Print, the £42m turnover Company is renowned for delivering superior quality product, service and consultancy to business nationwide.

We are currently embarking on exciting and ambitious growth plans to grow to a turnover of £70m by 2019 so we need talented people to support this growth. We understand that superior performance starts and ends with our people; people with passion who like to make a difference and most importantly love what they do. If you would like to be a part of this exciting journey then we would love to hear from you!

Vacancy:

We currently have two vacancies for experienced Senior MPS (Managed Print Services) Field Engineers; this is a new position due to our exciting growth plans. The successful candidate will be responsible for servicing and maintaining MFD’s (multi-functional devices) for our customers within the Northern region, and Luton areas.

The role is a field based role covering Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool, and the other would cover Luton/north London area.


Person specification:

• The ideal candidate must have an extensive and proven background within the print industry.
• Ideally have experience of working with Canon, Xerox & Sharp MFD’s including fault finding, trouble shooting and maintenance
• Excellent customer service skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent time management skills
• Able to work under pressure and use your own initiative

Package:

-Competitive basic salary plus bonus scheme
-Company car
-Company mobile phone
-Company laptop
-25 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
-We also offer other benefits including a Company contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers and a cycle to work scheme

Working hours:

37.5 hours per week to be worked between the hours of 9:00am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday. However, occasional overtime may be required to meet the demands of the business (including weekends).

Notes:

Applicants must be willing to be enhanced DBS checked.
Applicants must be prepared to travel with occasional overnight stays.

[Jake2o]

Why is it you are asking for DBS checks in the first place for a mobile engineer? There is no legal reason for them.

[chubblies]

Why is it you are asking for DBS checks in the first place for a mobile engineer? There is no legal reason for them.

I have not said there is a legal requirement.
We require it as part of our terms of employment, as a lot of our customers are schools.
If we suddenly employed someone who was on a register for kiddy fiddling, it would not be wise for us to send them into a school.
Its a requirement policy by our company, if someone does not want to be checked then they dont need to apply

[Jake2o]

Are they going to be in a school under the following terms?
a contractor working on school premises should only be requested to undergo a check if:
· The work will be carried out regularly in schools (regularly means once a week or more or on four days or more in a single month) and
· The work gives the contractor the opportunity to have unsupervised contact with children at the school.
· If the work is done when there are no children present or on a part of a site which is segregated so that the children have no access, it would not be considered to be regulated activity and therefore there would be no eligibility.


I do understand the dilema in regard to 'kiddie fiddling' but as the law stands unless the following criteria is met then it is an offence for a person to require/demand/advertise.
I have been through this with a previous company (i hated working there and left a drunk & disorderly(D&D) on my DBS so they would not take me on after probation - appealed and had removed the D&D the week after i left as it shouldn't have been there) DBS in Liverpool agreed with me that the actions of the company were illegal and warranted prosecution.

[juliano]

Chubblies...I am with you.....many of our clients are schools and we are regularly left amongst the kids on our own and some clients have so many machines that we're invited to the christmas party as we're there so often!!

[Jake2o]

Chubblies...I am with you.....many of our clients are schools and we are regularly left amongst the kids on our own and some clients have so many machines that we're invited to the christmas party as we're there so often!!

It is only legal to ask for one if within the contract (i.e with foresight) it stipulates that the same engineer will be on site on the same day every week. It cannot just be because you might be there. It also excludes all machines that are not in an area to which children have access so staff room, teacher only rooms, secretary offices are all excluded.
It's just how the law works - (I have done some work with DBS regarding this and a company that was using them incorrectly. That is that they used them and the excuse of 'our engineers work in scools' to bypass the rehabilitation of offenders act, which is also unlawful.