Maintenance Operative - HMP Inverness

Scottish Prison Service; Inverness; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The Scottish Prison Service is seeking a Maintenance Operative to support the Estates Maintenance Team. You will carry out basic routine planned preventive maintenance and repair tasks, and assist with housekeeping and cleaning duties on site.

You will also contribute to exterior grounds maintenance, working to set timescales, technical direction and standards to help keep SPS facilities safe and well maintained.

Responsibilities

• Carry out basic routine planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and repair tasks.
• Housekeeping and cleaning duties.
• Exterior grounds maintenance.

Job description

About The Role

The Maintenance Operative will support the Estates Maintenance Team by primarily carrying out basic routine planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and repair tasks, housekeeping and cleaning duties. This will also include exterior grounds maintenance. Work will be carried out to pre-set timescales, technical direction and standards.

About Us

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) operates in a fascinating, complex and rapidly changing environment. Our vision is to help build a safer Scotland by unlocking potential and transforming lives. To enable us to successfully deliver our vision, we are committed to nurturing and investing in our greatest strength and resource: Our People.

We are proud to employ a diverse range of people; each contributing their own unique experiences and skills to enhance the service we deliver. Whatever the role, you will find your SPS experience both challenging and rewarding. You will be committed to helping us to achieve our goals and in return we will be committed to helping you to achieve yours.

We employ approximately 5,000 staff across our prisons, headquarters, college, and training and storage facility. The hard work of our staff is the most critical component in the successful delivery of Scotland’s prison system.

We need professional, capable and motivated individuals who reflect Scotland’s diversity to deliver effective and efficient activities and services to achieve our Mission and realise our Vision.

Whatever SPS profession you embark upon, you will be a valued member of the team, helping us build a Safer Scotland for the communities we serve. We are committed to your personal and professional development and offer a wide range of career progression opportunities.