Maintenance Assistant

Somerset County Cricket Club; Taunton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant sports club as a Maintenance Assistant, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the facilities are well-maintained for events. This physically demanding position requires flexibility to work during evenings, weekends, and public holidays. You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of customer service and safety, contributing to an outstanding experience for all attendees. If you are proactive, enjoy working in a team, and are committed to upholding safety standards, this is the perfect opportunity for you to be part of an exciting environment at the Cooper Associates County Ground.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible to work in the UK.
• Punctual, approachable, and a team player with high standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain facilities on event days and ensure customer safety.
• Perform basic maintenance tasks and troubleshoot outages.

Skills

Customer Service

Janitorial Skills

Basic Maintenance

Safety Awareness

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

Eligibility to work in the UK

Job description

Job Title: Maintenance Assistant

Accountable to: Head Steward

Contract: Casual

Hours: Variable, confirmed a minimum of 10 days in advance. Hours will include evenings, weekends, and Public Holidays.

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Location: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton and other nominated Club venues.

Closing date: 31 January 2025

The Role

We have opportunities for 4 Maintenance Assistants to join us and take a proactive role in maintaining the facilities on event days, contributing towards the delivery of an outstanding customer experience for all those attending The Cooper Associates County Ground and other nominated Club venues.

In this role, you will have responsibility for maintaining a positive approach to the highest standards of customer service and spectator safety. You'll have janitorial responsibilities, maintaining stock levels across the Stadium and undertaking basic cleans. You’ll carry out basic maintenance tasks as they are reported, and you will troubleshoot power, data, or water outages, and isolate gas points in the event of an emergency, with support and instruction from the wider Safety Team.

Alongside this, you'll provide support in managing the safety of all those attending events at the Ground or other Club venues. This will involve having awareness of the Stadium Regulations and Members’ and Spectators’ Code of Conduct, and reporting breaches to the Safety Steward team.

You will be committed to upholding Somerset County Cricket Club’s high standards and values, adhering to the Safety Team’s Code of Conduct and undertake all necessary training relating to the role.

Amongst other things, you are punctual, approachable and a team-player who holds high standards of personal and professional integrity. You remain calm in pressurised situations and have a desire to learn from others.

You'll need to be flexible and available to work unsociable hours over weekends, public holidays, and evenings. Please note, this is a physically demanding role and you will need the stamina to be able to work on your feet for long periods.

You will need to be eligible to work in the UK.

It is important you read the job description as you'll need to refer to this within your application to show how you meet the essential criteria.

Interviews will be held between 11 - 13 & 18 - 20 February 2025.

To learn more about us as a Club, our purpose, vision and values, please click this link: SCCC

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