Facilities Officer - London, United Kingdom - UPP Ltd

UPP Ltd

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A successful university campus is about so much more than buildings.

It's about the environment, the atmosphere and the people - creating that sense of home that will help students feel safe, secure, and help them thrive.

At UPP, we understand just how important this is and that's why at each of the universities we partner with we have a dedicated onsite team offering a range of facilities management services designed to support the safety of the building and ensure students enjoy a high quality of life throughout their stay.

Here at UPP we currently have an opportunity for a zero hours Facilities Officer to join our London (Euston/Kings Cross) team.
This is a zero hours position working either days or night shifts depending on business requirements. The salary is £14.33 per hour.

The Facilities Officer will provide a range of support to the residence's management team and assist with the provision of a suitably equipped and customer centred, secure environment for residents to live and to study in accordance with the license agreement.

Role responsibilities include:

Carry out regular walks around the residence and grounds, reporting any security/safety issues
Monitor and control health, safety and maintenance standards within residence and grounds
Respond effectively to fire alarm activations and liaise with the emergency services
Monitor the signing in and out of all guests, visitors and contractors
Keep the building keep and tidy and support the team with removing/picking up any rubbish
Support with room checks and any clearing of rooms when students depart and room checks prior to the new academic year
Complete help desk forms for reactive maintenance using the Facilities Management System and pass to the relevant persons
Carry out basic maintenance activities to include, changing batteries in a door, unblocking sinks, unblocking showers
Carry out any Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks including fire blanket and extinguisher checks, weekly flushing of low used outlets, sprinkler checks and door alarms and making and issuing key cards
Deal with queries and complaints in an efficient, professional and courteous manner
Complete all necessary reports including incident reports, noise reports, accident reports and others as required
Monitor the conduct of students, encouraging reasonable and fair behaviour, reporting any breach of the Code of Conduct and license agreement to the duty warden/tutor and residence manager as appropriate
Liaise, as necessary, with other Facilities officers, university clients, subcontractors, UPPRSL staff and residents and conference delegates

We are looking for you to have worked in a similar role and environment and have great communication, IT and organisation skills, along with a can-do attitude and the passion to do a great job.

You will also be flexible to work (with notice) additional hours when the needed, especially during the main student arrival and departure weekends.

We truly care about the experience of our residents and invite you to join our friendly team and help make a positive difference to students living away from home in our accommodation.

What we offer:

In return, we are offering a fun and interesting environment to work in with a competitive salary and a great benefits package which includes discounts from a variety of top retailers, restaurants gyms and more.

Innovation, Sustainability, Community, Partnership and Respect are our core values. These outline what is important to our business and our people.

Job Type:
Contract

Salary:
£14.33 per hour

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