Caretaker/Cleaner - Dunnington - 25 hours per week (York)
Sewell Group, United Kingdom
Job Description
About our Company:
Sewell Group is a multi-disciplined group of companies operating across the North of England. As a family business, it has a long and illustrious history dating back to 1876. Alongside its retail division, which operates 13 fuel and convenience stores across East Yorkshire, Sewell Estates is a collective of built environment businesses made up of Sewell Investments, Sewell Construction, Sewell Facilities Management, Illingworth and Gregory, and Shared Agenda.
At the heart of the business’ vision and strategy is delivering value for the communities it serves, promoting opportunities by employing local people and investing in developing talent, as well as giving back to communities and supporting the regional economy through commissioning the local supply chain.
Sewell pride themselves on their commitment to support, train, develop and reward employees. In return, they ask that their employees work hard, live the company behaviours and have some fun along the way. Culture is a massive part of the day-to-day life at Sewell and its people follow core principles of being Positive; Professional; Customer Focused; Team Players; and Always Doing the Right Thing.
In 2021 the Group was recognised as one of only 18 businesses across the country in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity the most prestigious accolade for UK businesses.
Role Overview:
Reporting to the Facilities Management Team, the Caretaker/Cleaner will be based at Dunnington Primary School and will have overall responsibility for maintenance and porterage. They will ensure that all services are provided to a consistently high standard and assist the Facilities Management team in all areas required to meet the needs of both the business and the client.
In addition, the Caretaker/Cleaner is responsible for carrying out general cleaning duties on site and supporting the wider team to ensure that all areas are cleaned to the highest of standards possible, including the flexibility for working overtime during holiday and sickness periods.
Hours:
- Caretaker, 7.00am-9.00am, Monday-Friday, 10 hours per week, 11.23 per hour
- Cleaner, 3.30pm-6.30pm, Monday-Friday, 15 hours per week, 10.73 per hour
- Total of 25 hours per week
Key responsibilities
- Planned and reactive maintenance as required including utility monitoring
- General maintenance and repairs to building fabric and associated equipment as necessary
- Identification and reporting/repairing of defects and maintenance requirements
- Porterage and caretaking tasks; including accepting deliveries, litter picking, weeding, removal of rubbish and the setting out of furniture to agreed timescales and standards
- Supervision and induction of Subcontractors; including checking risk assessments amp; method statements prior to work commencement
- Health amp; Safety duties; ensuring that the building is operated in a safe and legally compliant manner at all times
- Client liaison; including communication with the Head Teacher / nominated deputy
- Health, Safety and Environmental watchdog
- Be a main key holder to the Site
- Ensure safe pedestrian access especially during adverse weather conditions
- Cleaning duties on site to include vacuuming carpets, mopping floors, wiping and cleaning surfaces, skirtings, chairs and tables, cleaning of classrooms, staff rooms, kitchen areas, toilet areas and hallways
- Liaise with Cleaning Supervisor with regards to low stock and order requirements
- On occasion you may be asked to operate cleaning machinery such as floor/carpet cleaners, of which full training would be given
Requirements
Skills amp; Attributes:
As well as exhibiting the Sewell Behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Team and Customer Focused, with a mentality of Doing the Right Thing, the successful person will have the following:
Essential:
- A satisfactory Enhanced DBS (criminal background) check
- Good practical core skills together with previous maintenance experience
- Have working knowledge of current Health and Safety practice
- Hold excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with customers amp; subcontractors
- Have a proactive attitude towards maintaining the facility at a world class quality level
- A positive, approachable and professional attitude and demeanour
- Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks and
- Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression
- Have a flexible outlook