Maintenance Caretaker

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This college is part of a UK wide group of 28 Special Needs Schools.

They have an amazing benefits and will pay for all your training.

Location: Minehead Somerset

Salary: GBP14,626.20 - GBP16,398.60 (FTE GBP24,377 - GBP27,331)

Hours: 24 Hours per week

Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks per year

Three days a week 9am-5pm

This specialist college is for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead.

They believe in changing lives and giving students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Their aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.

The main purpose of the role:

As one of the Maintenance Technicians your role will be to support in the implementing of all planned works onsite and all other maintenance repairs and minor alterations at any of the Academy's properties.

You will follow a planned maintenance programme for each property and revise and update as required, working independently when required and be a supportive member of the team for larger projects.

Your Skills & Experience:

• Must be a driver
• Good literacy/numeracy and communication skills
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Ability to work with hardware tools and power equipment
• Detail-orientated with an aptitude for problem-solving.
• Health and Safety certificate in the work place

Benefits:

• Full training and continued support
• Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
• 10% off accommodation, hot drinks and food at the Hotel attached to the college.
• Life assurance and pension
• Health cash back plan
• Car lease scheme
• Bike to work scheme
• Perk box
• Free parking

Key duties:

• Be prepared to assist in all areas of building repairs and maintenance, subject to skills and experience, including floods, burst pipes, blocked gutters, broken windows, failure of electrical equipment, redecoration, and damaged or dangerous furniture and equipment.
• Act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds. The routine and non-routine opening of premises and grounds.
• Responding to calls outside normal working hours as a result of break-ins and emergency repairs are required.
• Make regular checks on all fire alarms, emergency lights and maintain appropriate records, logs, etc.
• Ensure that all fixtures, fittings, new installations and any work undertaken complies with appropriate Health & Safety legislation and Company Policy. To be fully aware of all Safety at Work Policies when undertaking or supervising work/contractors, and identify any remedial action required to avert or avoid potentially hazardous situations or conditions
• Prioritise and schedule all maintenance and repairs in consultation with Managers, giving due consideration for the working and living environment of learners, staff and hotel guests.
• Ensure all records, registers and other relevant logs are completed as work progresses in accordance with the inspection procedures, or as required by legislation. Liaise with the Line Manager and Administration staff to ensure all relevant equipment is properly recorded and listed for PAT testing, fire alarm inspection guarantees, asset register etc

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. There is a rotational on-call requirement for emergencies, which attracts an additional allowance.

Integritas Education and School Staffing Solutions Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and we are therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are spent unless they are protected under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.