A Ministry of Justice owned company delivering Facility Services alongside HMPPS.
1 days ago
$43,177
Junior (1-3 years), Intermediate (4-7 years)
Full Time
Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Onsite
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees Employees
Service Specialisms
Sector Specialisms
We are seeking a Level 3 qualified plumber to join our team at HMP Bedford, a Category B adult male prison, working as a Mechanical Engineer. The position forms part of the prison’s Facilities Maintenance Team.
We are a Ministry of Justice business delivering critical, time‑bound services to HMPPS and are looking for a plumber to join us as a Mechanical Engineer. The role requires one of the specified qualifications and relevant experience.
The role is Mechanical Engineer (Plumber) based at HMP Bedford, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK4 0HG. It offers a salary of £43,177.30 per annum plus a 5 % shift allowance for weekend work on a full‑time permanent contract.
Our team operates like a supportive family, working Monday to Sunday to create a safe and nurturing environment for prisoners, staff and visitors. Collaboration and mutual support are core to our approach.
As a Mechanical Engineer you will collaborate with experienced plumbers, electricians, carpenters, painters, cleaners and administrators, all dedicated to providing a secure environment. You will have the opportunity to learn from passionate colleagues across multiple trades.
If you want to use your skills to build a better future for others, this role offers the chance to contribute to rehabilitation and positive change. We encourage you to apply and join our mission.
Explore a varied and rewarding career at Gov Facilities Services Limited (GFSL). Joining us means helping to keep prisons secure and assisting prisoners in their reintegration into society.
The benefits package includes 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, death‑in‑service pay at four times salary, private GP consultations, an Employee Assistance Programme, financial reward schemes and retailer discounts. Additional non‑contractual benefits are also provided.
We place a strong emphasis on safety, provide a supportive and inclusive workplace, and offer a competitive benefits package. Real opportunities exist to develop skills and progress your career.
Pride in People reflects our commitment to diversity and inclusion, ensuring every employee has a voice, feels a sense of belonging and can be their true self. Ongoing learning, training and career progression are core to our culture.
Gov Facility Services Limited (GFSL) is a Ministry of Justice owned company. Set up in February 2018 we provide facility maintenance services to 49 prisons across the South of England. We work closely with our client, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), to deliver a range of facility services, including statutory and mandatory planned maintenance, reactive repair, cleaning, stores operation, and Project works. Our core objective is to support HMPPS in the provision of a safe working environment and the maintenance, operation and improvement of prisons. Since setting up the company, we have made significant progress in stabilising and improving the FM services we provide, while developing our core business systems and infrastructure from scratch to support a team of 1300 people and over 200 specialist supplier partners. We aim to progress these business improvements and efficiencies over the coming years to develop our position as a reliable, safe, trusted and efficient business to underpin the core operations of the Southern prison estate. Delivering our services in Prisons is challenging, but rewarding - our people enable a key part of the Justice system to work: allowing offenders to be housed securely and safely, with dignity, and helping the Prison Service reduce reoffending by providing opportunities for offenders to have purposeful activity, develop skills and gain experience of work - in this we currently support over a million hours per year of offender work across the 49 prisons we maintain. Come and Join Us We offer a diverse range of operational, technical and business roles across the South and also within our central corporate team in London and Sheffield, each providing the potential for rewarding career paths. For all of our roles, we are looking for energetic, committed people who will relish being part of something important and individuals who enjoy challenging, rewarding and varied work opportunities.