Facilities Technician - Lorne Primary School - 12534_1764685514

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Edinburgh seeks a Facilities Technician to join their Facilities Management team. This role involves delivering essential janitorial services in various properties, ensuring they remain safe and functional. The ideal candidate will enjoy flexible working hours and numerous employee benefits, including annual leave and a pension scheme. Successful candidates will need to undergo pre-employment checks, including family background checks, to ensure safety in handling facilities involving children and vulnerable adults.

Benefits

Paid annual leave

Excellent pension scheme

Flexible hours

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities management and janitorial services.
• Ability to perform small repairs and general maintenance.
• Strong understanding of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver janitorial service across properties.
• Manage day-to-day cleaning and maintenance activities.
• Conduct basic security functions.

Skills

Janitorial services

Maintenance

Customer service

Job description

Facilities Technician - fixed term until 22/05/2026

Lorne Primary School

Salary: £26,337 - £28,835
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

As a Facilities Technician with the City of Edinburgh Council, you'll be a key member of our Facilities Management team. You'll deliver a vital janitorial service across our estate to ensure our properties are safe places to work or learn in. Enjoy secure and flexible employment with above‑market rates and excellent conditions, whilst being able to balance family, caring or studying commitments.

• Trusted employer
• Security offered by permanent positions
• Flexible hours to suit (morning, evening or daytime) from 10 to 36 hours
• Sessional hours (school term only) available on some posts
• Paid annual leave (where applicable)
• Excellent pension scheme
• Opportunities to progress to supervisory level
• Employee benefits and colleague discount scheme
• Community connection – looking after your community's essential buildings used by your family, friends and neighbours.

As part of our team, you will be valued and respected with a key focus on training and development.

MAJOR TASKS/JOB ACTIVITIES

You will undertake day to day FM, janitorial and DIY operations across one or more buildings, ranging from small repairs and general maintenance to reactive cleaning, supporting moves and conducting basic security functions.

• Equipment and furniture and fitting maintenance
• Building maintenance and services
• Security of premises and grounds
• Grounds maintenance
• Cleaning / Tidying

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre‑employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency‑based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Find out more on Our Behaviours web page https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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