Estate Maintenance Assistant

We are looking for an experienced Estates Maintenance Assistant to join an established family-owned business in Leeds. Our client is a leading manufacturer and supplier of electrical power distribution equipment and pioneers of super low loss amorphous transformer technology.

The Role:

• This is a new role working with the Estates team to assist with ensuring that the service, buildings, facilities and equipment requirements are maintained and fit for purpose.
• Successful candidate will lead on Daily, weekly, monthly PPMs.
• Develop and maintain routine and PPM on all machinery, apparatus and equipment including electrical equipment.
• Maintain up to date files for all maintenance engineer functions, including use of sub-contractors.
• General handyman maintenance, repairs and ground maintenance - Carry out breakdown & repairs throughout the premises and grounds (out of hours may be required).
• Basic plumbing and joinery tasks, changing light bulbs, painting.
• Provide operational support to the Estates Department.
• Identifying maintenance, repairs and new jobs and assisting in the planning of work with the Estates Manager.
• Winter maintenance - ensure pathways around site are safe by scraping, brushing or rock-salting as appropriate.
• Locking / Unlocking of buildings and grounds daily.
• Contractor site management.
• Manage Estates tools and equipment.
• Manage monthly meter readings across all sites and data input.
• Ensure that fire escapes / routes are free of obstructions and all doors are unlocked daily.
• Assisting the Estates Manager and Health & Safety Manager in dealing with fire and security alarms and evacuation events and to operate, manage and maintain accurate records for all fire and emergency systems.
• Monthly man down alarm tests across all sites and data input.
• Comply with risk assessments and method statements.
• Estates administration duties.
• Key holder responsibility and out of hours response.
• CCTV Operation, monitoring and site safety.
• Reactive maintenance tasks.
• Liaising with stock handlers to organise skip exchanges and collections.
• Scheduled pressure washing of fences and grounds.
• Waste management and specialist/general cleaning duties.
• Assist the Estates Manager with the management of the contract cleaning team.
• Carrying out day-to-day site checks, compliance testing and auditing tasks.
• Attend site at short notice which may be outside your normal working hours.
• Weekend work is required occasionally to allow for large improvement works to be completed without impacting production.
• Carry out any reasonable ad-hoc duties requested by your direct Line Manager or the Management Team.
• Conduct all activities in line with established Health & Safety regulations, relevant industry standards and best practice industry standards, ensuring the safety of all employees.
• Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain a working knowledge of all Electrical, PUWER, LOLER, PSSR, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Building regulations to maintain compliance.
• Ensure all contractors are managed in line with business and legislative requirements.
• Provide regular situation reports to your manager.
• Safeguard all Company assets.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• 3 years + of working in a maintenance or facility management role (ideally within manufacturing/engineering) - essential.
• Knowledge & experience managing Planned Preventative Maintenance programs - essential.
• Sound knowledge of LOLER, PUWER - essential.
• Sound practical skills and experience of using power tools - essential.
• Proficient in using tools and equipment commonly used for maintenance tasks.
• Basic Joinery / Plumbing knowledge - essential.
• Ability to prioritise tasks, multitask and manage time to meet deadlines - essential.
• Full UK driving license - essential.
• Fitness, you will be on your feet most of the day, you will be kneeling, lifting and stretching, the role will also involve working outside.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Must be able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Good command of English with excellent written/verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills, with the ability to liaise with internal stakeholders, third parties, suppliers/contractors.
• Solutions driven with a positive and proactive manner.
• Good IT skills with knowledge of the MS suite software, in particular Word, Excel and Outlook with the ability to use a laptop, computer or tablet.
• Flexible approach for out of hours calls and/or weekend work.
• FLT Counterbalance - desirable.
• Trained on powered pump trucks, overhead crane, Genie lifter, ICM Cleaning machine - desirable.
• First aid at work qualified - desirable.
• Health and safety awareness certification - desirable.
• NEBOSH / IOSH Managing safely certificate - desirable.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety with ability to undertake risk assessments.

Salary and benefits:

• Salary negotiable.
• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
• Excellent staff canteen facilities with tea and coffee provided.
• Pension.
• Profit related bonus scheme.
• Death in Service.
• Healthcare, wellbeing and EAP scheme.
• Parking on site plus EV chargers and EV salary sacrifice scheme.

Experience:

• Working in a maintenance or facility management role: 3 years (preferred).
• Planned Preventative Maintenance programs: 1 year (preferred).
• LOLER, PUWER: 1 year (preferred).
• Basic Joinery / Plumbing: 1 year (preferred).

Licence/Certification:

• UK driving license (required).