Founding 50 · London

Engineer recruitment

Earn £80–£100 per call-out + hourly. Jobs come to you.

Be one of the first 50 FixMate engineers in London. Fixed pay per job, no negotiation. You set your own hours. Weekly payouts direct to your bank.

Apply now — it takes 5 minutes

No joining fee. £25 minimum payout threshold. No exclusivity required.

What Founding 50 engineers get

Priority dispatch

Founding engineers get first-pick on new jobs in their area

Weekly guaranteed payouts

Paid within 14 days · every Monday, direct to your bank. We handle payment disputes.

Dedicated onboarding support

Direct line to the FixMate team while we're small

Example weekly payout (5 jobs · 1 additional hr each)

£700

£80 call-out + £60/hr additional · paid within 14 days · every Monday via Stripe

Earnings calculator

What could you earn?

Adjust the sliders and see your real take-home based on FixMate's engineer pay formula.

Jobs per week

5 jobs

120

Avg. additional hours per job

1 hr

04 hrs

Per job

£140

Weekly gross

£700

Monthly gross

£3,010

Annual gross (illustrative)

£36,400

Formula: call-out rate + (additional hours × hourly rate). These figures are before tax, NI, and expenses — illustrative only.
Earnings depend on availability, demand, and quality score. FixMate does not guarantee a minimum number of jobs.

How it works

From application to first payout in days

No agency fees. No waiting weeks. Most engineers earn within 5 days of approval.

01

Apply — 5 minutes

Fill in your details, trade, and upload your photo. No interview. Application takes under 5 minutes.

02

KYC & vetting

Identity check, certification upload, DBS review. We cover the cost. Typically cleared in 3–5 working days.

03

Get dispatched

Go online, jobs come to you. Accept or decline each offer — you see the exact earn before committing. No bidding, no quoting.

04

Get paid weekly

Every Monday, completed jobs batch to your Stripe account. No invoicing, no chasing. Just complete the job and get paid.

FOR ENGINEERS

More jobs. Better pay. No admin.

FixMate dispatches jobs directly to your phone. You set your availability, we handle everything else — payments, customers, scheduling.

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01 Your payout, your rate — transparent earnings on every job

02 Vetted work — quality customers only

03 Digital job reports — no paperwork

04 Same-week payouts via Stripe

Why FixMate

Built around the engineer, not the agency

Work when you want — full schedule control

Set your available hours in the app, go offline any time with a tap. No shifts, no minimums, no penalty for days off. FixMate only dispatches jobs to you when you're marked available — you're in charge of your diary, not us.

Jobs dispatched to you in real time

No lead-chasing, no quoting competitions. A customer books, our system matches you based on location, trade, and quality score. Accept or decline in one tap — you see the address and your exact earnings before committing.

Guaranteed pay per job, paid weekly via Stripe

Paid within 14 days of job completion — every Monday. FixMate handles all payment disputes — if a customer challenges a charge, it's our problem, not yours. £25 minimum payout threshold before your bank transfer triggers.

Quality score grows with every 5★ review → priority dispatch

Your dispatch score is a live measure of your quality. The higher it is, the more jobs come your way. Good engineers get better jobs. It's a flywheel: quality work → better rating → more dispatch → higher earnings.

Free access to FixMate Trades Academy

6 certified CPD courses, free for active FixMate engineers. Electrical compliance, gas safe fundamentals, plumbing cert refreshers, and more — all through our partner academies. Renews your certifications, improves your quality score.

Referral programme

Bring a mate. Earn £100.

£100

per successful engineer referral

Refer a vetted engineer who goes on to complete 5 jobs on FixMate — we pay you £100 automatically on their 5th job. No cap on referrals.

Your personal code is generated when you join. Reward paid to your FixMate wallet after referee completes job #5. Available to active engineers only.

Requirements

What you'll need to apply

We vet every engineer. This protects you and the customers you'll work with.

Gas Safe / NICEIC / Trade Qual

Valid certification for your primary trade. Must be current and verifiable.

Public Liability Insurance

Minimum £1M PLI required. We'll verify directly with your insurer.

UTR Number

You'll be self-employed. A valid 10-digit UTR for self-assessment is required.

Clean DBS Check

Standard DBS. We'll run one if you don't have a recent one (within 3 years).

Smartphone

You'll receive and manage jobs via the FixMate engineer app (mobile web).

Own Van & Tools

You supply your own transport and trade tools. We supply the jobs.

Only 1 in 10 applicants make it through vetting. That's the point — customers trust FixMate because every engineer on the platform is genuinely vetted.

FAQ

The questions you actually have

Jobs are matched automatically by proximity, trade, and dispatch score. When a customer books, the closest available engineer with the right trade and a qualifying score gets the offer first. You have a short window to accept or decline — if you decline, it moves to the next engineer. There is no first-come-first-served race.

You don't deal with payment — FixMate pays you on a fixed schedule regardless. Customers pay FixMate upfront when they book. You never handle money or chase invoices. If there's a chargeback or dispute, that's FixMate's problem to resolve — your payout is not affected.

Yes. FixMate is non-exclusive. Run it alongside Checkatrade, your own clients, another platform — whatever works for you. You control your availability hours. When you're offline on FixMate, no jobs are sent to you.

Most engineers get through vetting in 3–5 working days, assuming documents are ready. Once approved, you're live and receiving jobs immediately. Active Founding 50 engineers typically hit their first £200 within 48 hours of going live.

Currently: plumbing, electrical, gas & heating (Gas Safe), roofing, handyman, locksmith, and appliance repair. We're expanding trade coverage as we grow. If yours isn't listed, apply anyway — we'll let you know when your trade goes live in your area.

No joining fee. No monthly subscription. Payout is calculated on a call-out + hourly basis — you see your earn before you accept any job. Tier 1: £80 first hour, £60/hr after. Tier 2: £100 first hour, £70/hr after. Paid within 14 days of job completion — every Monday via Stripe. If you don't work, you don't pay anything.