Role: Maintenance Operative
Location: Newbury
Hours: Full time: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm or Part time: negotiable - minimum of 20 hours over 5 working days
Starting Salary: £21,708 (Full Time)
Are you looking for a practical, interesting and varied role with a trusted local business?
Newbury Building Society are looking for a Maintenance Operative to maintain and care for the structure and décor of their buildings and outside spaces.
No previous experience is required but you’ll need to be a practical and hands-on person with a good working knowledge of DIY tasks.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Responding to and prioritising maintenance requests as well as planned maintenance activities.
- Maintaining the external property grounds to a high standard.
- Undertaking planned H&S checks.
- Liaising with 3rd parties to arrange and supervise maintenance of security systems, CCTV, alarms and general repairs, on an out of hours basis where needed.
You’ll be based at their recently fully refurbished Newbury Head Office and occasionally at their branches and archive storage unit. You’ll need to be able to drive but they can supply a pool car.
You will build strong relationships with your team, Society employees and third parties to deliver excellent customer service and ensure a high standard of working environment.
Their small, friendly Facilities team will fully train and support you in all aspects of your day-to-day work and your future learning and development.
Essential criteria:
- Current driving license
- Good understanding of building maintenance and general DIY
- Experience of working with internal and/or external, customers to ensure the highest quality service experience
Desirable criteria:
- Previous experience in carpentry, plumbing, painting
- Experience of working within a Facilities team
- Competent in the use of Microsoft packages - Word, Excel, Outlook and Office 365