Maintenance Technician

Here at Fresh we are excited to be recruiting for a Maintenance Technician at Potterow, our perfect student home located directly opposite the University of Edinburgh. The accommodation includes a gym, games room and residents’ events – Everything needed to make the best student living experience.

If you’re looking for a fun and friendly place to work where we value our students, and they value us right back, an environment where you’ll receive excellent training and mentoring - keep on reading!

Working 22.5 hours per week Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9am to 5pm and as a part of a close-knit team, you’ll be undertaking minor reactive repairs and carrying out planned maintenance works which includes painting and decorating, health and safety checks, grounds maintenance, gardening, and refuse & recycling management. You’ll also need to be competent with minor electrical maintenance as you’ll be responsible for the installation of white goods, carrying out visual PAT testing, changing plugs and fuses, emergency lighting checks and replacing lamps and light ballasts.

As we work in our residents’ living spaces, you’ll need to be a good communicator who always demonstrates professionalism and can ensure discretion and diplomacy when needed, including maintaining confidentiality regards recording sensitive information.

Why work for Fresh?

Fresh can offer you an exciting, collaborative, people-first environment where you can build your own career in a fast-growing industry. We have a dedicated Training team to assist with your job training, and an in-house Learning & Development team to support you with personal and professional development including vocational qualifications, as well as a health cash plan and exclusive shopping discounts.

About you:

We’re looking for an outgoing person who has strong communication skills and is confident in their ability to undertake general maintenance works, both planned and reactive and can adapt to different situations whilst maintaining professionalism.

About Fresh:

Fresh are a multi award-winning student accommodation provider with over 20,000 beds in our portfolio across the UK & Ireland. We’re looking for someone to support their residents and the wider operational team.

We create great places to live, built on the simple principle that the people around you can make a huge difference to your way of life. If you’re a people person who loves working collaboratively and is great at making things happen, then you’ll fit right in!