Job type
TemporaryLocation
LondonWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Facilities ManagementIndustry
Education & TrainingPay
13.00+ per hourClosing date
13 Sep 2024
Facilities Assistant
Your new company
Our client is a secondary school in London. They are hiring a Facilities Assistant(handyman experience) on a temporary to permanent basis. A Free School which opened in September 2014. We have 600 boys in Years 7-11. We launched our mixed-gender MBS Sixth Form in 2019 and will eventually have approximately 840 pupils studying at our school.
We are an inner-city boys’ school with a cohort of 50% Pupil Premium students. We are an academically rigorous school with an emphasis on good behaviour, commitment to learning and outstanding teaching, where knowledge is valued and available to all who are prepared to work for it. Expectations are high for all pupils. Those who need extra time and support will be helped and expected to achieve their full potential. Our motto is “studio et industria”, which can be translated as “through application and hard work”.
We are located in the heart of the prestigious Paddington Basin area built by Westminster City Council. We are just a stone’s throw from Paddington Station with all the benefits of the Elizabeth line as well as the existing Underground and National Rail connections. With two school sites, both on North Wharf Road, we are a modern, vibrant inner city secondary school.
All staff have access to an on-site gym, cycle and tech schemes, subsidised lunch, and a generous defined-contribution pensions scheme.
We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS.
We are an inner-city boys’ school with a cohort of 50% Pupil Premium students. We are an academically rigorous school with an emphasis on good behaviour, commitment to learning and outstanding teaching, where knowledge is valued and available to all who are prepared to work for it. Expectations are high for all pupils. Those who need extra time and support will be helped and expected to achieve their full potential. Our motto is “studio et industria”, which can be translated as “through application and hard work”.
We are located in the heart of the prestigious Paddington Basin area built by Westminster City Council. We are just a stone’s throw from Paddington Station with all the benefits of the Elizabeth line as well as the existing Underground and National Rail connections. With two school sites, both on North Wharf Road, we are a modern, vibrant inner city secondary school.
All staff have access to an on-site gym, cycle and tech schemes, subsidised lunch, and a generous defined-contribution pensions scheme.
We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS.
Your new role
1.To assist the FM in the maintenance and monitoring of the buildings, fixtures & fittings and furniture.2.To manage work pro-actively through the risk assessments and method statements including all planned and reactive maintenance.
3.To liaise with contractors ensuring works are completed to a satisfactory standard.
4.To assist maintain a safe and healthy working environment, with knowledge of the use and maintenance of fire panel and fire-fighting equipment, the identification of existing or potential hazards and their elimination.
5.To assist in ensuring that the statutory and non-statutory plant and equipment tests and inspections are completed at appropriate times thus ensuring that the school complies with legal requirements.
6.To assist in managing for the Planned Maintenance of mechanical, electrical and heating services including usage and monitoring of heating and hot water plant, ventilation equipment, lifts and lights.
7.To assist with health and safety Risk Assessments.
8.To assist with planned statutory compliance testing.
9.To assist with the security of the buildings including keeping an accurate record of any breaches of security.
10.To assist in the monitoring of the cleaning contractors and report any failing in standards.
11.To liaise with staff, students, visitors and contractors in a professional and friendly manner.
12.To perform any other duties commensurate with the post, as directed by the FM or member of the leadership team and carry out tasks where qualified, following Health and Safety regulations and guidelines.
