Facilities Maintenance Assistant

South West Norse; Clyst Heath; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Norse recruiting a Facilities Maintenance Assistant for a permanent role at County Hall, Exeter. The role covers caretaking, cleaning and building management alongside minor repairs and site maintenance.

Applicants should hold a full UK driving licence and demonstrate good customer service, attention to detail, and strong communication skills. DBS check will be required and training provided as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance, caretaking or facilities management roles.
• Ability to deliver a high level of customer service.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision or as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to Health and Safety guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance tasks, both planned and reactive.
• Visit sites for compliance checks and remedial repairs.
• Supervise on-site contractors for major works.
• General site maintenance, cleaning and hygiene tasks as required.
• Provide efficient portering services under the Facilities Manager.

Skills

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

South West Norse represents the highly successful joint venture partnership between Norse Group and Devon County Council, providing a range of facilities management and contract services across the South West. We are currently recruiting a Facilities Maintenance Assistant to join our fast-paced team at County Hall, Exeter on a Permanent basis to assist with general maintenance queries.

Requirements

• A full UK Driving Licence is required for this role

The Role

For this role, you will be required to execute a diverse range of maintenance duties across the site, ranging from caretaking, cleaning and building management in accordance with the relevant guidance and ACOP (Approved Code of Practice). We are therefore seeking an individual with a broad knowledge around maintenance and repair tasks. You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring Health and Safety guidelines, policies and procedures are adhered to
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance tasks, both on a pre-planned and reactive basis
• Visiting sites for compliance checks and remedial repairs
• Supervise on-site contractors for major works
• General site maintenance duties including cleaning and hygiene services when required
• Provide efficient portering services within a timely under the direction of the Facilities Manager

Whilst we are happy to provide ongoing support and training in the role, we are looking for you to have some previous experience across a building maintenance, caretaking or facilities management role. This will ideally include delivering a range of minor repairs and site maintenance duties. We will be looking for you to demonstrate:

• Ability to deliver a good level of customer service
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, comfortable engaging with members of the public
• Self-motivated, with the ability to use your own initiative and work effectively under minimal supervision as well as part of a team.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful or unfair discrimination.