We are a long established and successful company who are one of Europe's leading designers and manufactures within the engineering sector. We employ over 250 staff and due to our continued growth, we are seeking a Factory Caretaker and Facilities Assistant to join our busy and friendly Facilities Team. The successful candidate will be taking ownership for maintaining house keeping standards and appearance of all areas inside and outside of the office, stores and manufacturing areas. The role would suit candidates looking for a varied role as part of a facilities department working across our large site. Ideally with previous experience working within a factory, warehouse, facilities, building maintenance or cleaning environment. You will take pride in your work and be enthusiastic and able to work under own initiative with limited direct supervision. Ideally you will have some experience knowledge of health and safety procedures and of working with basic hand held tools and cleaning products. If you are looking to build upon your existing experience by joining an international engineering company we would like to hear from you as we can offer career development and progression in the future.
You will be working Monday to Thursday 8.30am-5pm and Friday 8.30am – 2.30pm. We can offer a permanent position with a well established and professional local company along with free parking, personal pension, medical cover and gym membership, 24 days holiday and an annual profit share bonus scheme on top of salary.
The day to day duties of the role are:-
- Undertake scheduled and allocated BMR (Building Maintenance Request) via our Jira ticketing system and communicate outcome to the internal customer
- Ensure accurate recording of tasks in line with cleaning schedule matrix
- Clean warehouse/production/mezzanine floors in all units
- Ensure the cleanliness of production areas such as production offices, lab area, workshops
- Keep all gangways and fire exits clean and clear from obstructions
- Clean and tidy the area in the front and the rear of the factory, including the waste bin area, designated smoking area and extractor fans at the rear of the factory
- Ensure that all external waste and debris is collected up and disposed of appropriately including the collections of scrap pallets for disposal
- Maintain the car park and outside areas of all units, including the cycle sheds, ensuring they remain in a safe, clean and tidy state.
- Monitor and empty recycling sacks/bins in office and warehouses for correct waste segregation.
- Responsibility for maintaining the general housing keeping in the rest areas including the daily monitoring of refreshments in main canteen and keeping containers for refreshments clean and hygiene
To be successful you will ideally have previous experience of working in a factory, warehouse, building maintenance, cleaning or facilities environment and able to use basic tools, perhaps also have some knowledge of cleaning equipment and cleaning agents with good verbal and written communication skills.
This is a rare opportunity to join an international, local company who have expanded steadily over the last 20 years and so can offer stability, generous starting salary plus annual bonus scheme, good benefits package including pension and medical cover, gym membership, Mon to Fri hours with an early finish on a Friday, 24 days holiday and scope for future development.
Please forward your CV asap for immediate consideration.