Maintenance Operative - Full time in Whickham

Salary Band 2, £25,146 (plus a Real Living Wage Supplement)

Location: Whickham, Gateshead, occasional travel to other force locations may be required.

Hours/Contract: Full Time, Fixed term contract until 31st December 2028

Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Business Services Team as a Maintenance Operative

As a Maintenance Operative you will provide a building and vehicle maintenance service and ad-hoc driving duties to the force to support the needs of operational activities and ensure a safe and functional working environment for Northumbria Police staff and visitors.

What you’ll do

• Maintain designated buildings to ensure that staff and visitors using the buildings are provided with a safe and functional environment by undertaking all related building checks.
• Carry out basic repairs and maintenance including assessments of work to be undertaken, assigned testing, and scheduled servicing of buildings and equipment.
• Undertake office furniture moves and transfers in order to help ensure that everyone has the necessary equipment and supplies for their needs.
• Collect and dispose of confidential and non-confidential waste, unwanted furniture and equipment.
• Provide cover for other driving posts when requested to ensure driver cover is maintained.
• Arrange servicing, undertake routine vehicle checks and minor maintenance of police vehicles, reporting problems/defects to Fleet Management and arrange valeting.
• Assist contractors with repairs and provide an escort service to non-vetted contractors.
• Undertake driving duties, taking/collecting vehicles for repair. Take vehicles to external garages for tyre replacements, collecting items from Stores and local trade suppliers.

What you’ll bring

• Knowledge of general building maintenance skills and upkeep.
• A full driving licence and able to drive manual vehicles including transit sized vans.
• Being able to trouble shoot building faults, remedy basic issues, or elevate as appropriate.
• Being able to work as part of a wider team and cover other locations as required.
• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues, line managers and contractors to ensure issues are understood and appropriate action can be taken.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, working together to improve the lives of disabled employees. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. In cases of very high application volumes, we may prioritise those who most closely meet the criteria, applying the same fair approach for all candidates.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Northumbria Police are currently a Real Living Wage employer - this means that if the hourly rate paid to you by Northumbria Police in respect of your assigned role does not meet the Real Living Wage, then an additional payment will be made.

Terms of appointment

This is a fixed term role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.