Mobile Cleaner in Preston

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Job title: Mobile Cleaner

Rate of pay: £13.77 per hour

Position type: Permanent

Type of employment: Full time

Contractual hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Network Rail, North Union House, Christian Road, Preston, Lancashire, England PR1 8ND

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced and flexible Mobile Cleaner, to join our Network Rail cleaning team. This is a varied and hands-on role providing operational support across multiple sites throughout the North West region.

You will work closely with the Service Support Managers (SSMs) and site teams, providing cover during annual leave, sickness absence, vacancies, and periods of increased operational demand. The role will involve supporting daily cleaning operations, carrying out deep cleans, responding to client requests, and helping maintain high standards across a diverse portfolio of sites.

Due to the nature of the role, regular travel is required from Manchester City Centre to Whitehaven and locations in between, therefore a company vehicle will be provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational cleaning support across multiple Network Rail sites.
• Cover cleaning team absences including annual leave, sickness, and vacancies.
• Deliver and support routine, periodic, and specialist deep cleaning activities.
• Respond to client requests and service requirements in a professional and timely manner.
• Work alongside site teams to ensure cleaning specifications and quality standards are achieved.
• Assist with staff training, inductions,
• Ensure Health & Safety procedures, COSHH requirements, and safe systems of work are followed at all times.
• Support stock management and distribution of cleaning consumables and uniforms.
• Build strong working relationships with clients and operational teams.

What We're Looking For

• Previous cleaning experience is essential.
• Proven experience within mobile cleaning, specialist cleaning, or multi-site operations.
• Strong practical cleaning knowledge, including deep cleaning techniques and equipment use.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently across various locations.
• Flexible approach to working hours and travelling throughout the region.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and adapt to changing operational needs.
• A proactive and professional attitude with a commitment to high standards.

Benefits

• Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
• We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
• We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
• When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
• We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
• Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants.
• We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
• We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

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