General Property Maintenance Operative in Nottingham

As a Maintenance Operative/Handyperson, you’ll play a key role in keeping our Data Centre Estate running smoothly - from Gosport to Glasgow. You’ll carry out a variety of planned and reactive maintenance tasks, ensure compliance across all sites, and support the wider operations team to maintain safe, efficient, and high‑performing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a wide range of planned and reactive maintenance tasks, including basic plumbing, joinery, decoration, minor electrical work (including PAT testing), grounds maintenance and general repairs.
• Complete essential fire safety, legionella, and compliance checks to ensure all sites meet legal and operational standards.
• Manage van stock, materials, and equipment to ensure everything is well‑maintained, cost‑effective, and available when needed.
• Organise and manage your own workload, ensuring tasks are completed within agreed SLAs.
• Maintain accurate tickets, service logs, and maintenance records.
• Travel extensively between sites (occasional overnight stays may be required).
• Support local site management by supervising maintenance activities carried out by specialist vendors and suppliers.
• Assist the Data Centre IT Operations Teams with equipment processing and recycling when required.
• Carry out any additional general maintenance tasks within your skillset.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Planned maintenance completion rate – Scheduled tasks completed on time and to the required standard.
• Reactive repair response time – Speed of response and resolution against SLA targets.
• Quality of workmanship – Minimal repeat visits or corrective work required.
• Range‑of‑skill utilisation – Demonstrated competence across plumbing, joinery, decoration, electrical tasks, grounds maintenance and repairs.
• Accuracy of fire safety & legionella checks – All compliance tasks completed on schedule, with no missed or overdue items.
• Compliance documentation quality – Records completed accurately and stored correctly.
• Adherence to Health & Safety procedures – PPE usage, safe working practices, and hazard/near‑miss reporting.
• Van stock accuracy – Well‑maintained stock levels with minimal shortages or waste.
• Cost‑effective material usage – Efficient use of materials and minimisation of unnecessary spend.
• Equipment care – Tools and equipment kept in good working order and defects reported promptly.
• Work planning & prioritisation – Ability to manage workload independently and respond to changing priorities.
• Travel efficiency – Effective planning of routes and site visits to minimise downtime.

Essential qualifications

• Experience working as a Maintenance Operative or Handyperson - ideally across multiple sites.
• A positive, proactive “can‑do” attitude, with the ability to work under pressure and contribute effectively to a team.
• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills.
• Reliability, professionalism, and excellent timekeeping.
• Strong general multi‑trade skills such as plumbing, joinery, and basic electrical work.
• A solid understanding of compliance, Health & Safety, and safe working practices.
• A full UK driving licence (a van will be provided).
• Willingness to travel – Ability and willingness to cover multiple sites, including overnight stays when required.

Nice to have

• City & Guilds 2391 (Electrical Safety)
• Plumbing & Heating NVQ Level 2+
• Joinery NVQ Level 2+
• Legionella Awareness Certificate
• CSCS card

Salary: Up to £30k + Company Van + Additional Benefits

Who you’ll be doing it for

Iomart is the UK’s leading Secure Cloud Managed Services Provider. We are passionate about delivering Hybrid Cloud, Data Protection, Cyber Security and Secure Connectivity to over 9,000 organisations in the UK and globally.

We have over 25 years expertise in data centre and cloud services, over 600 skilled professionals and turnover over £143m. Our HQ is in Glasgow and offices across the UK. We provide critical services across all public and private sectors.

What to do next

Please click apply if you like the sound of this. If you do not have an up to date CV or want to have a chat about the role first please feel free to contact me on careers@iomart.com. We’re an equal opportunities employer and want our vacancies to be available to all, so if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments during the process then just let us know.