Estates Officer

Travail Employment Group; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 27,720 - 33,880; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension 5% / 5%

Sick pay

24 days holiday + bank holidays

Free food

Gym

Free parking

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Travail Employment Group seeks a Maintenance Assistant in Harrogate to join a dedicated maintenance and care-taking team within an educational environment. The role covers planned maintenance, site safety, and on-call duties with a salary of £30,800 including on-call allowance.

35 hours per week on a rotational shift (early and afternoon). DBS enhanced check is required; a full driving licence is essential. You will support events setup and liaise with contractors to maintain a safe site.

Qualifications

• Experience in education or care settings is preferred.
• Ability to perform basic plumbing, joinery, decoration and general maintenance.
• Willingness to complete DBS enhanced check and demonstrate reliability.

Responsibilities

• Open and secure the building and facilities.
• Undertake planned and preventative maintenance tasks.
• Conduct security checks and fire alarm testing; maintain emergency lighting.
• Provide caretaking or porter services as needed.
• Set up rooms and equipment for meetings and events.
• Liaise with on-site contractors; ensure work is safe and up to standard.
• Undertake minor repairs and general upkeep; basic vehicle maintenance as required.
• Install fixtures, clear drains and guttering; complete maintenance reports.

Skills

Caretaking

Maintenance

Driving licence

Basic computer skills

PPM schedules

Education

DBS check (enhanced)

Job description

Maintenance Assistant

£30,800 (incl of on call). Harrogate

Excellent opportunity to join a close-knit maintenance and care taking team within an educational environment undertaking planned and preventative maintenance tasks and ensuring upkeep and safety on site.

Responsibilities

• Opening up, locking up of the building
• Undertaking planned buildings and preventative maintenance
• Undertaking security checks, fire alarm testing, maintaining emergency lighting
• To undertake any care taking or porter services required
• To help set up furniture, rooms and equipment for meetings and events
• Dealing within on-site contractors, ensuring work is completed safely and to an acceptable standard
• Undertake minor repairs, decoration and general upkeep
• Basic maintenance of company vehicles as required (checking oil tyre pressure etc)
• Installation of fixtures and fittings, clearing of drains, gullies, guttering
• Ensuring work in carried out in accordance with strict health and safety guidelines
• Carrying out routine checks and maintaining appropriate records
• Distribution of stock and deliveries

Hours of work

35 hours per week rotational shift pattern - early shift 6.00am to 1.30pm / afternoon shift 12.00 to 7.30pm. On call - 1 week in 6 - on call allowance paid + overtime paid.

You will

• Come from a caretaking & maintenance background ideally within education or care or similar
• Either currently hole or be happy to undertake and enhanced DBS
• Be able to undertake basic plumbing joinery, decoration, and general maintenance and repairs
• Have worked in a building maintenance, handy person or caretaker capacity previously
• Be well presented, professional and personable
• Be organised and able to work to set daily job targets
• Have a full clean driving licence
• Have experience of working to PPM schedules
• Have basic computer skills and be able to fill out maintenance reports

Benefits

• Company pension 5% / 5%
• Sick pay
• 24 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free food
• Gym
• free parking
• Cycle to work scheme

Call Yasemin at Travail on (phone number removed)