Maintenance Assistant - Static Site
We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established national facilities management provider, looking for a Premises Assistant to join their project team looking after a group of school sites in Bristol. You'll be a key part of the team that keeps these sites safe, compliant and running smoothly, helping to make sure pupils, staff and visitors have a good experience every day.
THE ROLE
- Looking after day-to-day premises services across the school sites
- Supporting planned and reactive maintenance, working to the contract's maintenance plan and service standards
- Working closely with the Lead Engineers so jobs are completed on time
- Making sure health and safety, statutory and regulatory requirements are followed, using safe systems of work
- Keeping an eye on stock and materials so parts are on hand and budgets stay on track
- Helping to make sure each site has the people and materials it needs to meet its commitments
- Taking your turn on the on-call rota and stepping in to cover absences when needed
WHO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM
- Experience in facilities management or premises maintenance, ideally in a customer-focused setting
- Good general maintenance and repair skills across a range of site tasks
- Experience of using building maintenance systems and supporting day-to-day site operations
- Well organised and flexible, with the ability to juggle a varied workload
- Physically fit and comfortable with hands-on work, including outdoors in all weathers
- A good working knowledge of health and safety legislation and COSHH
- IOSH Managing Safely, or a willingness to work towards it
- An enhanced DBS check is required for this role
WHAT'S ON OFFER
- Salary of £27,969 per annum
- 40 hours a week, with shifts between 6am and 7pm
- On-call rota of 1 in 3, paid at £100 per week on top of your working hours
- 25 days' annual leave
- Company pension, with 5% employee and 4% employer contributions
- Overtime available at enhanced rates: time and a half outside normal hours Monday to Friday and up to 12.30pm on Saturday, then double time from 1pm on Saturday and all day Sunday
- A varied role with a respected national employer, with the chance to develop your skills
If you'd like a role that makes a real difference to the schools you look after, send me your up-to-date CV and I'll give you a call for a confidential chat about the position