GROUP MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE in Devizes

We are seeking a Group Maintenance Operative to work for our existing Group Maintenance Manager on maintenance and projects across the properties within the group.

Hours

Full-time 39 hours per week (with some overtime / out of hours working)

Key Duties Will Include

• Providing first and immediate response to issues with building fabric, services, and premises in general.
• Proactively managing projects ensuring prevention of major damage to avoid extensive costs.
• Carrying out repairs to the fabric of a building, for example: walls, doors, doorframes, skirting boards or plaster damage to internal walls
• Maintaining plumbing and drainage systems, including repairs to WC systems, leaking taps or water testing and unblocking drains
• Maintaining high levels of water hygiene within buildings
• Managing safe repair of electrical installation to legal requirements, replacing damaged sockets, plugs, lighting and fuses.
• Understanding and maintaining building plant, safety systems and equipment
• Implementing energy, environment, and sustainable practices
• Maintaining grounds and external fabrication of buildings, such as drainage and guttering
• Demonstrating the principles of Planned Preventative Maintenance
• Complying with organisational safety, policies and procedures and identifying hazards and reducing them
• Considering safety compliance across a wide range of sites
• Adhering to working at height legislation
• Preparing plans for refurbishment or deep cleans of equipment and surfaces
• Understanding the importance of customer service
• Recording and reporting of information accurately either internally or externally

The Ideal Applicant

• Qualification in a building trade
• H&S qualifications: (note – training can be provided)
• IOSH managing safety or site managers safety training scheme (SMSTS) or NEBOSH general certificate in construction (preferable).
• PASMA, cherry picker and forklift tickets (preferable, to have at least one)
• Risk assessment & Method Statements creating and review
• Working at height
• Trailer loading lashing

Benefits

At T H WHITE, it is our philosophy to try to do everything we can to ensure that everyone working for us is happy and gets pleasure and satisfaction from their work. We are committed to training and developing our employees to enable them to achieve their maximum potential. We also provide the following:

• Market surveyed salary – reviewed annually
• Employer contributory pension/ death in service cover
• Share Plan
• Division cross-sell incentive scheme
• Staff accounts at every branch with discounted prices
• Extra holiday entitlement – after a certain number of years
• Company sick pay after qualifying period
• Role-specific company clothing/uniform
• Recognition and support for health and work-related well-being