Building Assistant

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Bishopbriggs; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual GP

Salary Finance

Flexible holiday options

Life cover

Pension contributions

Mitie Stars recognition

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Mitie is seeking a Building Assistant to support the smooth operation of the DVSA - Bishopbriggs Driving Test Centre’s office environment. You will assist with facilities coordination, room setups, security checks, contractor access, and compliance logging.

The role focuses on health & safety duties, site security, and daily logistics, with opportunities to develop in facilities and building management services within a market-leading provider.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Awareness of health and safety principles; Fire Warden or First Aid training desirable.
• Experience in facilities, building operations, or office support roles is desirable.
• Good customer service skills with a professional approach.
• Physically capable of moving and setting up furniture and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine visual checks of office areas and report building issues.
• Assist with meeting room set-ups, moves, and workspace reconfiguration; support staff, visitors, and events.
• Carry out health and safety duties including weekly fire alarm testing and reporting hazards.
• Assist with security and access management, including visitor control and escorting contractors.
• Manage logistics and compliance support such as deliveries, stock monitoring, logbooks, meter readings, and maintenance support.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Health & safety awareness

Customer service

Independent work

Physical fitness

Job description

Better places, thriving communities. Better places, thriving communities.

ROLE: Building Assistant

HOURS: 40 Hours

LOCATION: DVSA - Bishopbriggs - Driving Test Centre

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Building Assistant who supports the smooth and safe operation of the office environment by assisting with facilities coordination, room set-ups, security checks, contractor access, and compliance logging.

Role Responsibilities

• Conduct routine visual checks of office areas and report building issues to the Facilities Manager or contractors, ensuring all spaces remain presentable and functional.
• Support meeting room set‑ups, office moves, furniture rearrangement, and workspace reconfiguration, along with assisting staff, visitors, and internal events.
• Carry out health and safety duties including weekly fire alarm testing, ensuring escape routes are clear, placing safety signage, and reporting hazards.
• Assist with security and access management including unlocking/locking procedures, visitor access control, and escorting contractors in secure areas.
• Manage logistics and compliance support including deliveries, stock monitoring, updating logbooks, meter readings, and supporting maintenance activities.

Required Qualifications

• Strong organisational and communication skills with the ability to work proactively and independently.
• Awareness of health and safety principles (Fire Warden or First Aid training desirable).
• Experience in facilities, building operations, or office support roles is desirable.
• Good customer service skills with a professional and courteous approach.
• Physically capable of moving and setting up furniture and equipment.

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to work in a professional office environment supporting facilities and operations.
• Be part of a team that prioritises safety, service, and operational excellence.
• Development opportunities within facilities and building management services.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

• We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household.
• So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
• We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.
• For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee.
• Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
• When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices.
• You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year.
• You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost.
• There are many choices!
• We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform.
• And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
• Life cover of up to four times your salary is available.
• We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
• We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work.
• There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Ashish Gautam at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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