I've recently made the same move for the same reasons - I'm doing maintenance in a hotel.
The pay isn't great, but it's just under 30 mins drive from home, I get free parking, a free lunch (plus free snacks as per whatever is left over from functions) and it's regular work on the cards so probably works out similar to doing site work on contracts.
Last week I changed a few light bulbs (yes I call them that), 'fixed' a door bell, screwed a toilet brush holder back, replaced a transformer in an uplighter, changed a high level floodlight, took down a rusty old floodlight, 'fixed' 2 table lamps, 'fixed' a massage table bed, replaced a broken fast-fix box for a socket, dressed some TV cables across an external wall, replaced a couple of old HID floodlights for LEDs, and a few other things.
A few weeks ago I was inflicted with the task of PAT testing all the rooms which was boring as F, but I should be doing a board change outside before long, which I'm actually looking forward to.
Apart from the 'maintenance manager' I'm the only spark - I'm working with 3 painters & decorators (and another who's off sick a lot) and a handyman.
The job in itself is OK, but you get all the ancillary HR bullsh that goes with this kind of job.
You could probably get more money in an industrial situation; again, Tony is your man to speak to about that.