Facilities Maintenance Technician

Facilities Maintenance Technician

Salary: £25,000 Per Annum, Plus benefits

Shifts: Full Time, 7:30am - 4:00pm

Manpower is recruiting for a Facilities Maintenance Technician on behalf of our client located in Cambridge.

Purpose of the Role

To provide day to day support for the Facilities Department: Maintenance and the Health, Safety & Environment functions. Indicative tasks are set out below; these may vary from time to time according to work load and departmental / business needs.

Although infrequent, this role will require some emergency call out cover and out of hours contractor support.

Site core hours are 07:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs; the role is for a basic 37.5 hrs per week with the expectation that the FTA would normally be on site from 07:30 to 16:00 hrs with an allowance of 1-hour for lunch.

Role and Responsibilities:

Facilities Services

This is a critical Facilities role, the Facilities maintenance technician will act as the 'eyes & ears' of the Facilities team, spotting and highlighting problems before they become an issue and pro-actively raising and completing work orders.

• Provide basic building repair and maintenance including:

• Painting & decorating
• Basic Plumbing / mechanical support
• Basic Carpentry
• Planned maintenance checks of plant and equipment
• Day to day management of work order system (MOPs)

• General portering;

• Parcel deliveries & distribution,
• Meeting rooms & events set up
• Furniture & office moves and basic furniture assembly

• Support the site needs for forklift operations and mobile tower/scaffold erection and certification

• Preparation of Hazardous and WEEE waste collection, including documentation and transfer notes.
• Oversee and keep tidy service compound and waste storage areas
• Conduct daily, weekly and monthly maintenance checks
• Provide reception lunch cover as required
• Day to day management of contractors in line with HSE policies and procedures

• Responsible for specified small works on site including: Planning, quoting, obtaining POs and working to budget and timetable

Competencies

• Must be physically fit and able to perform manual handling tasks for all aspects of furniture and equipment moves using suitable aides.
• A minimum of 3-years of knowledge in a technical trade or trade support role, the successful applicant will have excellent practical (trade) skills to at least an advanced DIY level.
• The role requires a high degree of independent action and the candidate must be able to work alone and part of a team.
• Fluent and Literate in (UK) English.
• PC literate; basic working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel.