Your new company

Your new job role is working is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and professional Estates team as a Site Assistant with responsibility as a key holder. You will be working within a small friendly estates team for a further education establishment based within the Macclesfield area.

Your new role

• Carrying out planned maintenance and repair work on College grounds and buildings.

• To be responsible for ensuring that site management, safety and security is maintained at all times.

• To carry out car park attending on open and closing hours of the building.
  
  

What you'll need to succeed

• Full UK Driving License

• Experience of basic maintenance and general repair work along with manual handling techniques is essential.
• Industry experience in a relevant trade would be advantageous

• Ability to pass an Enhanced DBS

• Referencing covering the past 5 years

• Worked within public sector organisation (preferred)

• Shift work and some evening work is required, alongside occasional weekends

• With a ‘flexible can do’ approach to your work, you will have good communication and interpersonal skills

• Be an excellent team player as well as have the ability to work under pressure using your own initiative when responding to the Estate department's changing work demands.

• You will be able to demonstrate a good level of health and safety awareness and the ability to apply safe working practices.

• Ideally you will have a First Aid at Work certificate, or be willing to undertake this qualification.

• Experience of basic maintenance and general repair work along with manual handling techniques is essential.

• Industry experience in a relevant trade would be advantageous

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary of £27,950.25

• Shift pattern of the revised hours are as below on an alternating pattern of 1-week early shift then 1-week late shift.
  Early Shift Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs 06:00 – 14:00 (30 min break)Friday 07:00 – 14:30 (30 min break)
  Late Shift Monday 10:30 – 18:30 (30 min break)Tuesday & Wednesday 13:30 – 21:30 (30 min break)Thursday (normal) 10:30 – 18:30 (30 min break)Thursday (events) 12:00 – 20:00 (30 min break)Friday 09:30 – 17:00 (30 min break)

• Excellent pension package as per the Cheshire Pension scheme

• Cycle to work

• Free breakfast on site Monday to Thursday

• Free parking

What you need to do now

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