General Maintenance Operative : Electrical in Bridgend

General Maintenance Operative (Electrical) at HMP Parc, Bridgend, CF35 6AP

Salary: GBP 33,471.71 per annum

Permanent: Full Time (40 hours per week)

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, ongoing training and development, and access to High Street Shop discounts.

Within Care and Rehabilitation Services, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care.

HMP and YOI Parc accommodates 1800 convicted male adult prisoners and remand/convicted young offenders and young people in a secure but modern environment.

We now have an opportunity for a General Maintenance Operative (Electrical) to join our Facilities Management team at HMP Parc. The successful candidate will be responsible to the Head of FM and as directed, undertake planned and reactive maintenance to assets and services in order to maintain a safe and decent environment across the prison that is the responsibility of the business. You will work within the FM team to meet operational and business requirements and complete all planned and reactive maintenance tasks in a timely manner following all established procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Operate within planned maintenance procedures for assets effectively and safely within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.
• Deal effectively and safely with breakdowns and damage to assets within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience as required and by out of hours response where necessary.
• Carry out maintenance inspection and repairs to various types of heating, water, ventilation, electrical, mechanical and security equipment and services on site, where necessary and within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.
• Assist in diagnosing faults on all Mechanical and Electrical support systems and rectifying where necessary and within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.
• Carry out maintenance inspection and repairs to various assets, building fabric throughout the prison estate, e.g. furniture, internal/external fixtures and fittings, grounds, access and car parking.
• Work with other craft qualified, semi-skilled and non-skilled maintenance staff to develop cross-skilling and cover all levels and aspects of maintenance activities on a team work basis.
• Participate in emergency call out arrangements and provide cover where necessary during sickness absence periods.
• Carry out maintenance activities to assist in project and improvement development works, offering alternatives to improve the effectiveness of the operation of the site, review current legislation/regulations within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.
• Maintain security awareness within a prison environment in respect to key locking and escorting maintenance contractors within the secure estate.
• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health and Safety culture across the site leading by example, including reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner and following the applicable safe systems of work for the role.

The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar nature.