Maintenance Operative - Camberwell

Title: Maintenance Operative

salary: £28,813 - £32,624 per annum

duration: Perm – 35 hours a week

Location: Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon

Benefits: fantastic working environment, uniform and PPE provided, use of company van when required, generous holiday package, and great pension scheme.

An educational institution focusing on higher education disciplines such as Design and Media is in search of a Maintenance Operative/Residence Assistant. This position entails maintaining a safe and secure environment for students, guests, contractors, and colleagues within their Halls of Residence. Collaborating with the Senior Residence Assistant, you will initially cover five buildings on rotation, within Camberwell.

You will be supporting the Senior Residence Assistant in a variety of operational activities, such as:

• Undertake daily inspections of premises (to include lighting, heating, fire extinguishers) against a set checklist, reporting findings to the Residence Manager.
• Monitor the CCTV system and maintain an effective key register/key issue control system
• Ensure the site is clean, safe and secure by undertaking regular patrols of all internal & external areas
• Undertake all cleaning duties of communal areas, external grounds
• Deep clean ground floor windows, doors, external surfaces and rooms when necessary and ensure the bin stores are tidy, that the bins are rotated and collected on time so they are accessible to residents
• Assist in a number of maintenance tasks or responsibilities
• Carrying out first-line diagnostic maintenance checks, conducting low-level repairs & handyman jobs primarily in Plumbing, Carpentry, Painting and Decorating and assisting the Residence Manager
• Assist in the monitoring and managing of supplies and equipment required for cleaning and maintenance
• Process all incoming and outgoing deliveries including the recording and safe porterage within and between designated properties
• Any other duties that may occur.

They are Europe's largest provider of higher education, bringing together over 19,000 + students from over 100 different countries. Accommodation Services currently houses over 3700 students in 14 Halls of Residence located throughout London.

This is a hands-on role, to be considered for a possible interview, you must possess:

• Relevant qualifications and equivalent experience
• Familiarity with CCTV software management systems including reviewing footage and printing still images.
• Familiarity with key card security access systems
• An appreciation of pastoral care support and identify safeguarding support in dealing with student welfare
• Experience of security, portering and mail handling operations
• Experience of customer facing facilities management services
• Experience of understanding COSSH requirements for cleaning
• Demonstrable understanding providing low level maintenance/handyman primarily in Plumbing, Carpentry, Painting and Decorating
• Communicates effectively orally, in writing and/or using visual media.

If this role sounds ideal and you would like to learn more, please apply now.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Mark Bryden (Ritz Rec Emp Agy)