Lead Facilities Assistant

Skanska; Mid Calder; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Midlothian seeks a Lead Facilities Assistant to oversee facilities support, supervising a team, conducting inspections, and managing maintenance tasks. The ideal candidate has experience in a customer-focused environment and understands health and safety. This role also involves assisting with conference setups and service management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a busy, customer-focused environment.
• Understanding of health and safety in the workplace.
• Demonstrable home maintenance skills.
• Experience in a maintenance environment.
• Ability to follow instructions and procedures.
• Proficiency in using office computer systems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of Facilities Assistants.
• Conduct routine checks and inspections of facilities.
• Undertake minor maintenance work.
• Provide initial response to reported faults.
• Assist with conference room setups.
• Manage subcontractor signing in.

Skills

Customer service skills

Health and safety knowledge

Maintenance skills

Instructional understanding

Computer skills (email, spreadsheets, databases)

Job description

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Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an

inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Lead Facilities Assistant to join our Facilities team in Midlothian.

Working as a Lead Facilities Assistant you will be responsible for providing facilities support within the Midlothian area. This principally involves Supervising a team of Facilities Assistants and supporting Facilities Manager in dealing with events via Helpdesk which will include, Security, reception, portering and caretaking services but also includes planned and reactive maintenance activities and statutory compliance.

What You’ll do:

• Building and Cleaning monitoring. Auditing of statutory testing.
• Conducting routine checks and inspection of facilities and equipment.
• Undertaking minor maintenance work such as lamp changing.
• Providing initial response to any reported faults.
• Conducting repairs to fixtures and fittings.
• Assisting with minor and major moves within the school.
• Undertaking conference room set up for meetings in Community rooms.
• Manage the signing in of Subcontractors for Skanska
• Book in Permit holders for Lets.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Proven experience of working in a busy and demanding customer focused environment.
• Understanding of health and safety and its application to the working environment.
• Demonstrable maintenance skills such as home maintenance.
• Experience of working within a maintenance environment.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions and procedures.
• Ability to use office computer systems including e-mail, spreadsheets, and databases.

This vacancy is classed as a Regulated Role by Disclosure Scotland. The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 makes it an offence for an organisation to engage a person who is barred from working with children and/or protected adults and for an individual to put themselves forward for a regulated role whilst barred. In accordance with the requirements of our statutory obligations, all offers made to Regulated Roles must be made subject to the receipt of confirmation of PVG Scheme membership.