Maintenance Technician - Marlow

Places Leisure Group; Marlow; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Fitness membership

Flexible working

Additional annual leave

Personal learning & development

Company Pension scheme

Cashback for healthcare costs

Discounts on activities

Extra perks from partners

Job summary

Places Leisure Group is seeking a maintenance technician for one of our leisure centres. You will carry out general day-to-day maintenance, plan and implement work schedules, and work with contractors to resolve issues, ensuring safety and comfort for users.

You will monitor contractors, deliver maintenance reports to the Contract Technical Manager, and bring a commitment to safeguarding in public spaces, with health and safety awareness and a relevant trade qualification, ideally Pool Plant

Qualifications

• Experience in a maintenance role within public spaces.
• Awareness of health and safety standards.
• Ideally hold a Pool Plant Operator's Certificate.
• Excellent communication with external contractors.

Responsibilities

• Carry out general day-to-day maintenance at the leisure centre.
• Plan and implement work schedules and carry out tasks or organise contractor work.
• Liaise with external contractors and supervise tests/inspections.
• Monitor contractors to ensure timely completion of tests and inspections.
• Provide maintenance reports and updates to the Contract Technical Manager.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Good communication

Liaising with contractors

Health & safety awareness

Customer service

Education

Trade qualification

Pool Plant Operator's Certificate

Job description

Within this work role, you will carry out all general day to day maintenance within the leisure centre, which can result in a varied and exciting work programme. You will plan and implement work schedules, carrying out work yourself where you can or contacting contractors for any unexpected issues. You will help monitor current contractors, ensuring that they are completing test and inspections in a timely manner i.e. periodic testing to comply with regulations. You will deliver a high level of service, comfort and safety for users of the centres. Along with the Technical team it will be your joint responsibility to ensure that all equipment and facilities are fully functioning, and you will supply maintenance reports and updates to the Contract Technical Manager on a regular basis.

The successful applicant will have experience of working within a maintenance role, ideally with a trade qualification. You must have an awareness of health and safety, especially within public spaces and ideally a hold a Pool Plant Operator's Certificate. You will need excellent communication skills as you will be required to liaise with external contractors. Ideally you will be able to demonstrate at interview your excellent customer service skills and experience.

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler. We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to 500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.