Caretaker - Swindon, England - Pinnacle Group
Description
Caretaker (3674)
:
Overview:
Ref:
3674
Salary:
£23,000 - £23,000/hour
Location:
- United Kingdom
- England
- South West England
- Wiltshire
- Swindon
Contract Type:
Permanent
Posted:
12 April 2024
Pinnacle Group provides people-first, integrated services across a range of community-facing assets and infrastructure - including multi-tenure housing, schools, open spaces, public buildings, utilities and broadband networks - as well as a range of complementary employment and wellbeing outcomes.
Across the UK, Pinnacle supports over 300,000 homes, 200 schools and 80 public buildings creating value, providing stewardship and generating positive outcomes for our customers, our partners and our clients.
Our FM business delivers Facilities Management to homes, public and private sector bodies including Registered Providers, schools, universities and blue light statutory authorities.
We pride ourselves on placing people at the centre of what we do, while maintaining our values of high quality and excellent customer care.
The Role - School Caretaker
Pinnacle Group are looking for a Weekend Caretaker to ensure that the internal and external school facilities are available, fully functional, H&S compliant and aesthetically pleasing where this falls within the remit of the caretaking team.
Your main working location will be Nova Hreod school, however flexibility to work in various Swindon FM schools will be required.
Duties/Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring security integrity of the school buildings and grounds through locking and unlocking, patrols, monitoring third party lettings
- Carry out dayto day duties according to daily schedule, i.e., litter picking, sweeping, refreshing toilets
- Carry out defined Planned Preventative Maintenance responsibilities in accordance with each school's schedule and individual's skills
- Carry out initial investigations into reactive requests made during the day relating to deficiencies in accommodation and making temporary or permanent repairs or otherwise notifying management of the need to call in a service provider, in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales
- Respond to emergency situations such as floods, bodily fluids and effecting temporary or permanent rectification in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales
- Respond to request for collection of parcels, movement of furniture rearrangement of rooms etc in accordance with
- Where appropriate provide access, escort, liaise with and assist service providers on site to undertake remedial work or Planned Prevented Maintenance
- Being proactive by noticing deficiencies in the facilities and either rectifying if within capabilities or bringing the defect to the attention of management
- Daily visual checks of BMS, boiler and hot water functioning Monthly pest inspections
- Weekly checking and clearing drains, gullies for blockages
- Weekly plant room check/plant changeover monthly change/sterilize shower heads Painting (patch and programme)
- Unlocking and Locking the school ensuring that persons are not locked in
- General walk around to check facilities available
- Change CCTV tapes procedures, review/monitor tapes in the event of an incident
- Refresh toilets and reception areas
- Setting up rooms/assemblies against schedule
- Challenge visitors not wearing badges
- Escort from premises and report
- Investigating reactive requests, carrying out temporary repairs and notifying management of further repairs required
- Clear up spillages and bodily fluids
- Cleaning ground level windows internally and externally including internal partition glazing
- Putting up and taking down of sports equipment
Skills Required:
- Proactive approach
- Range of general handyman skills such as minor plumbing, carpentry, electrical
- Good customer service skills
- Amenable and approachable personality
- Good timekeeping, smart and presentable
- Good knowledge and use of Microsoft Outlook and Excel Documents
- Ability to liaise with and assist external service providers Ability to work in a team
- Ability to multi skill and multi task.
- Willingness to learn new skills and undertake training to develop role
- Flexible and adaptable in approach
Contact information:
SwindonFM Mock
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