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Building Maintenance Assistant

Job Reference SDX/TP/1040325/66927

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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Permanent – Full Time
Salary:
Competitive
Working Hours:
40 hours per week
Location:
Romford
Closing Date:
30/07/2021
Job Category:
Building and Construction
Sodexo Segment:
UK Healthcare

Package Description

Annual Salary £37209 + On Call Allowance + AP Allowance

Job Introduction

  • Assisting with the safe operation and maintenance of the building within the hospital site.
  • Assisting the building team to carry out a wide range of work, ensuring planned preventative maintenance (PPM) Statutory, Routine and Reactive, Fire door and compartmentation compliance .Work is carried out within the confines of the PFI contract and ensuring compliance with Sodexo and the Trust safety standards and procedures within the contractual time lines and KPI’s.

Main Responsibilities

  • To work in hazardous areas taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment
  • Provide assistance and support including liaison with building contractors appointed on Maintenance tasks, capital projects and minor upgrade works.
  • To support liaison with subcontractors regarding plant or equipment
  • Work overtime to assist in emergency repairs as required by management.
  • At all times to carry Trust/Sodexo communication devices (Tablets/ mobile phones etc) to facilitate immediate response to emergencies.
  • Attend training courses as required.
  • Fire Door Training
  • Fire Door Compartmentation Training
  • BM Trada Training
  • Part of the Gritting / Snow Clearing Team
  • General Housekeeping ie: sweeping / clearing
  • Demonstrate a clear commitment to inter-trade flexibility
  • Provide such flexibility as necessary to cover emergency works.
  • Observe all statutory and legal requirements, particularly in relation to Health & Safety at Work Act.
  • Use Sodexo’s CAFM system for work processing and monitoring of Estates Maintenance procedures.
  • Have the ability and willingness to work across all trades within the sphere of their competency and under guidance from others if outside this.
  • Liaising with the Client, Helpdesk, contractors, Clinical nursing staff and heads of departments regarding work requests, information & planning.
  • Provide support information and assistance to the management team as requested
  • Provide such flexibility as necessary with a can-do attitude
  • Convey a professional image of the Estates department to the client whilst encouraging and maintaining good working relationships with all users of the Estates service

The Ideal Candidate

  • Experience of working in a trade based or engineering environment
  • Good verbal, numerate and interpersonal skills
  • Willing to attend specialist training courses.
  • Able to communicate with people on a range of matters.
  • Able to develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development.
  • Can promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security.
  • Able to contribute to the improvement of services and quality.
  • Able to support equality and value diversity.
  • Ability to work without constant supervision.
  • Adaptable to change.
  • Capable of working in a demand driven service.
  • Communication at all levels within the organisation
  • Working to deadlines.
  • Availability for undertaking overtime.
  • Provide additional cover at short notice in the event of sickness and absence within the team.
  • Able and willing to undertake Emergency Situation repairs.
  • Satisfactory attendance record
  • Satisfactory health check

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process