General Maintenance & Facilities Team Member

Bruntwood; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commercial property specialist in Manchester is looking for a General Maintenance Team Member to ensure high standards in maintenance and caretaking. The role involves managing contractors, conducting regular checks, and ensuring the functionality of various equipment. Candidates should possess a can-do attitude, be flexible, and preferably have some maintenance experience. This position offers excellent benefits, including generous holiday allowances, healthcare cash plans, and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus birthday off

24 hours volunteer time

Sabbatical after 5 years

Healthcare cash plan

Life assurance cover

Up to 8% matched pension scheme

Discounts at leading retailers

Enhanced maternity/shared parental leave

Interest-free learning loans

Qualifications

• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in maintenance would be beneficial.
• Enthusiastic and adaptable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards around the building’s entrance and grounds.
• Manage contractors and compliance processes.
• Perform regular building checks and inspections.
• Ensure effectiveness of all plant and equipment.

Skills

Can-do attitude

Flexibility

Ability to work independently

Teamwork

Job description

At Bruntwood, we're committed to offering more than just outstanding office, coworking, retail and lab spaces. Everything we do is tied into our vision of building vibrant communities, whilst providing businesses with the support and expertise they need to grow. We’re commercial property specialists operating across the UK.

Bruntwood own, develop, manage and maintain properties across England. Our focus is on 'Creating Thriving Cities' which is evident across our website, so have a look to gain more of a perspective on what we do, and how we operate.

Job purpose:

The General Maintenance Team Member works day to day carrying out maintenance and caretaker duties to uphold the highest standards as part of Bruntwood’s service to their clients.

This role is advertised for 40 hours per week worked Monday to Friday in our lovely Citylabs 4.0 .

What you will be doing:

• Maintain high standards of presentation around the entrance and surrounding grounds to the building as well as all common parts including Showers, lifts, toilets and corridors
• Managing contractors and their compliance processes
• Open and lock up of buildings where required
• Ensure vacant suite checks are performed and suites are maintained to a high standard
• PPM’s including fire testing, Water temperature Checks and Emergency lighting.
• Ensure the effectiveness of all plant, equipment and fabric to deliver the required Customer Service and Operational Standards
• Complete regular building standard checks and inspections
• Monitor and complete jobs
• Positive Intervention - Health and safety immediate concerns. (training to be given)
  
  

What we are looking for:

• Ultimately we are looking for a 'can-do’ attitude. Someone who is enthusiastic and flexible, adapting to a role where no day is the same
• Someone who is comfortable working predominantly independently as well as part of a team.
• Training will be provided on the role but any experience in maintenance would be beneficial
  
  

In addition to the salary shown you will be entitled to a number of other excellent benefits including:

• 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
• 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
• Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
• Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. We also offer private healthcare cover on an opt in basis too
• Life assurance cover for all colleagues
• Up to 8% matched pension scheme
• Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
• Enhanced maternity / shared parental leave - 26 weeks fully paid leave
• Interest free learning loans to help you develop new skills
  
  

In addition to what to expect within the role and your benefits, it’s good to know that you’ll be working for a business that gives back - The Oglesby Charitable Trust has donated more than £25m since it started out in 2001. Supporting charities across Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Medical Research and Social & Health Inequality.

Our operations team make up a huge part of our workforce. Therefore it's incredibly important to us that we recruit from diverse backgrounds to reflect the communities we operate in, and ultimately achieve our goal of creating thriving cities that are completely inclusive.

We're keen to see applications from diverse backgrounds and actively drive our selection process to be as inclusive as possible for interview.

We'll always do our best to accommodate any adjustments you need at interview. So please highlight this in your application form. If selected, we will get in touch and discuss this before your interview.

Apply now to find out more