Maintenance Assistant

Contract: Professional & Technology Services

Location: Bedford, MK44 3UP

Hours of work: 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

The purpose of this role is to help our client become the world’s greatest service organisation by providing service performance facilitating our customers’ purpose through people empowerment.

The aim is to always provide a world-class and consistent building maintenance service for our stakeholders.

Job Description

The Maintenance Assistant is responsible for the repairs and maintenance of all departments within the company building.

Additionally, the Maintenance Assistant will assess and consider the safety of our employees, the security of our assets, and the service to our clients and team members daily.

Key Responsibilities

General maintenance and repairs including but not limited to:

• Changing light bulbs and ensuring other fixtures and fittings are in good working order
• Rewiring, changing fuses, junction boxes etc.
• Minor plumbing and carpentry
• Clearing or cleaning general areas
• Shifting furniture or equipment
• Assembling furniture or equipment
• Maintaining Garden/landscape
• Maintaining footpath/pathways
• Painting and decorating

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Secondary education, high school graduate, certificate in trade school or equivalent work experience
• Must understand how facility related environments work
• Must be able to effectively communicate (oral and written) with all employees, contractors, and vendors
• Initiative-taker and collaborator
• Ability to prioritise and manage multi-functional tasks
• Ability to work quickly and effectively under pressure
• Ability to use standard powered and non-powered tools