General Maintenance/Facilities Team Member - Leeds City Centre

Bruntwood; Leeds; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday + Birthday off

Volunteer time 24 hours a year

Sabbatical up to 12 months

Healthcare cash plan

Private healthcare (opt-in)

Life assurance

8% matched pension

Discounts & cashback

Enhanced maternity / shared parental -

Learning loans

Job summary

Bruntwood is seeking a Facilities Team Member to join the Leeds City Centre team. You will carry out maintenance and caretaker duties across a group of buildings, supporting a high standard of presentation and safety.

Working 40 hours per week with rotating shifts (6am-3pm, 7am-4pm, 9am-6pm), you will open and lock up, perform checks, and help maintain plant and common areas. Training is provided, and a range of generous benefits is on offer.

Qualifications

• Can-do attitude, enthusiastic, flexible and adaptable.
• Enjoys working independently as well as part of a team.
• Able to manage own time and workload efficiently.
• Training provided; maintenance experience beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of presentation around entrances and surrounding external grounds and all common areas.
• Open and lock up of buildings where required.
• Ensure vacant suites are checked and maintained to a high standard.
• Complete daily building standard checks and inspections.
• PPMs including fire testing, water temperature checks and emergency lighting.
• Ensure plant, equipment and fabric deliver required customer service and operational standards.
• Monitor and complete jobs.
• Positive Intervention – address health and safety concerns promptly.

Skills

Can-do attitude

Team player

Time management

Independent worker

Initiative

Maintenance experience (beneficial)

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 Facilities Team Member works across a group of buildings in Leeds City Centre, carrying out maintenance and caretaker duties to uphold the highest standards as part of Bruntwood’s service to their customers.

We're currently recruiting for a Facilities Team Member to work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday in our lovely Leeds City Centre building, West Village.

Shift patterns rotate between 6am-3pm, 7am-4pm and 9am-6pm.

What you will be doing:

• Maintain high standards of presentation around the entrance and surrounding external grounds to the building as well as all common parts including showers, lifts, toilets and corridors
• Open and lock up of buildings where required
• Ensure vacant suite checks are performed and suites are maintained to a high standard
• Complete daily building standard checks and inspections
• 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
• Monitor and complete jobs
• Positive Intervention - Health and safety immediate concerns.

What we are looking for:

• Ultimately we are looking for a 'can-do’ attitude. Someone who is enthusiastic, flexible and adaptable.
• Someone who enjoys working independently as well as part of a team. We have a great working environment here at Bruntwood and therefore we are keen for people to join who want to be part of a collaborative, positive working environment
• Someone with commitment, drive and who shows great initiative - you'll be able to manage your own time and workload efficiently
• Training will be provided on the role but any experience in maintenance would be beneficial but not a must

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'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.