Facilities Site Technician

Location: Redditch

Reporting to: Regional Facilities Manager

As part of our continued growth, the opportunity has arisen for the Facilities Site Technician based in Redditch.

• Responsible for the maintenance, presentation, and security of the school building and site.
• Open and close premises and grounds to meet the routine and non-routine requirements of the building occupants.
• When acting as key holder, to attend the site in emergencies, taking appropriate action in the case of break-in, theft or fire, including arranging boarding up of broken windows and doors and resetting alarms. (Following notification from Cava Guard Security)
• Monitor standards of contractors on site and inform the Facilities Manager of any deviations.
• Responsible for the general maintenance and cleanliness of the site in order to provide a safe, secure and healthy environment for pupils, staff, parents, visitors and other users.
• Maintain general areas of the building (signage and appearance of the building) including external entrance and car park.
• Carry out any routine and planned maintenance requirements and to also carry out planned health and safety checks of the building.
• Ensure all assigned PPMs and remedial works are completed each period.
• Ensure measurable KPI faults are completed in time.
• Ensure necessary paperwork is in place i.e. Method statements, Risk Assessment, Permits, COSHH etc. (Authority to Work)
• Hands-on assistance when required to carrying out re-lamping, setting up stages etc. and other manual labour.
• Assess any faults or damage, and prioritise any works to be carried out, in consultation with the Facilities Manager.
• Operate the buildings energy systems to specified standards ensuring conservation measures are taken.
• Carry out Porterage duties including room setups, relocations and deliveries along with any other porterage duties which may arise.
• Prepare for after normal working hours activities, clearing and cleaning up after these activities and preparing the area for normal use the following day.
• Perform occasional non-routine cleaning tasks such as spillages where necessary.
• Ensure that cleaning areas allocated, including school playgrounds/car parks are cleaned and maintained, including removing weeds from hard surfaces, removing fallen leaves, litter and other debris and arranging for efficient refuse collection from the site.
• Ensure that external paths, steps and entrances are clear of debris, snow, water, leaves or other hazards and that the site and grounds are cleaned and maintained to a high standard.
• Maintain a safe working environment by ensuring health and safety standards are met and ensuring compliance with all legislative and company health and safety requirements.
• Assist in undertaking health and safety risk assessments on the premises, making appropriate recommendations for change or improvements to the Facilities Manager as necessary.
• Assist in maintaining appropriate records, manual and computerised, for all maintenance and repairs, ordering of stock and equipment on the site.
• Work occasional overtime to cover the duties of the other caretaker due to sickness, holidays etc.
• Comply with all legislative policies and procedures at all times.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty as required by the Facilities Manager

• Good communication skills both written and oral.
• Able to demonstrate good levels of customer service.
• A level head and excellent timekeeping, team working and reliability are essential.
• Ability to ‘think on your feet’ and act as the first point of contact on a wide range of issues involved in the running of the building.
• Ability to follow procedures and work on own initiative.
• Flexible approach to working hours which include early mornings, late evenings and possibly weekends.
• Hands on general maintenance skills.
• Enhanced DBS

In addition to this Bellrock also offers the successful candidate employer contributed pension scheme and a Company Retail Discount Scheme.

If you are interested in applying, please submit your CV and covering letter via the link or directly to recruitment@bellrockgroup.co.uk

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.