Caretaker - Danesgate School, York - 27 hours per week
Sewell Group, United Kingdom
Job Description
About our company:
Sewell Group has a long and illustrious history dating back to 1876, leading the way in core business areas; Investments, Projects, Construction, Safety, Health amp; Environment, Facilities and Fuel amp; Convenience Retailing. Sewell is recognised as a ‘Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For’, living the core philosophy of ‘a great place to work and a great company to deal with’, with customers and communities at its heart.
Sewell Facilities provide a full range of tailored, cost effective packages, for all purposes across a variety of industry sectors. This includes planned and reactive buildings maintenance services and life cycle planning, together with the provision of soft services such as front of house, catering, cleaning, grounds maintenance and site supervision. The multi-disciplined, multi-skilled Facilities team is supported by a strong supply chain and specialist service partners. Sewell Facilities are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year via a Helpdesk which is part of our Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system.
Role Overview:
Reporting to the Facilities Management Team, the Caretaker will be based at Danesgate Primary School and will have overall responsibility for maintenance and porterage. The Caretaker will also 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.
Hours of work:
- Split Shifts
- Monday-Thursday, 6.45am-9.15am amp; 4.00pm-7.00pm
- Friday, 6.45am-9.15am and 4.30pm-7.00pm
- 27 hours per week
Reporting to the Facilities Manager/Facilities Team Manager, the Caretaker will be responsible for maintenance, porterage and cleaning services. The Caretaker will also 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. The Caretaker will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the team and may be required to take part in the out of hours on-call rota system.
Key responsibilities:
Requirements
Skills amp; Attributes:
As well as exhibiting the Sewell Behaviours, the successful person will have the following:
Essential:
- Have a positive and professional attitude
- Be computer literate (Microsoft Office)
- Have a proactive attitude towards maintaining the facility at a world class quality level
- Hold excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with Tenant Groups amp; subcontractors
- Possess good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks
- Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression
- Have a trade background or good practical core skills together with previous maintenance experience
- Have a flexible outlook towards hours worked (some out of hours working may be required)
- Have working knowledge of current Health and Safety practice
Desirable:
- Joinery Experience
- Previous working experience within a school environment
- Be First Aid at Work trained
- Hold a Valid UK Driving license
Benefits
- 9.52 per hour
- 6 monthly bonus opportunity
- Auto enrolment pension
- Access to thousands of highstreet retail d