- Carry out repairs and maintenance to a high standard in a proactive approach.
- Conduct regular inspections and ensuring the upkeep and maintenance of all areas of the school.
- Keep a record of all the day-to-day maintenance and service activities undertaken
- Comply with all corporate policies regarding Health and Safety whilst carrying out maintenance functions.
- Report defects, damages and malfunctions to the School Business Manager
- Ensure the effective completion of all tasks.
- Play a full part in building good relationships with other staff, students and stakeholders.
- Carry out regular planned maintenance inspection on services, utilities and the building fabric throughout the school report findings and take necessary actions.
- Ensure that all emergencies are dealt with speedily and effectively
- General maintenance knowledge preferably with a construction trade.
- Knowledge of current Health & Safety regulations
- Understanding of hot & cold water systems
- Knowledge of good working trade practices.
- Knowledge of required safety checks fire/water/asbestos/general required within a college/school environment
- Experience of managing people
- Ability to identify work priorities and manage workloads
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Training and Development - Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
- Save money on your bills - With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
- Competitive Pay and Reward - Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.
- UK Health Cash Plan - This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
- Employee Assistance Programme - Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available /7.
- Refer a friend for £1, - We'll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
Maintenance Technician - West Yorkshire, United Kingdom - The Aurora Group
Description
Overview
and ResponsibilitiesMaintenance Technician – Aurora Ivy Lane School
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Contract: permanent, hours per week, year-round contract including work in school holidays. Part time considered for the right candidate.
Salary: £. - £. per hour (£, - £, per annum)
Closing Date: Thursday rd May
Aurora Ivy Lane School
Aurora Ivy Lane School is a 'Good' (Ofsted, October 3) rated innovative provider of specialist education, supporting young people aged - with complex needs including autism, moderate and severe learning disabilities; speech, language, communication and interaction needs and behaviours that can challenge.
The main purpose of the role:
To support our growth, we are looking to recruit a skilled and experienced Maintenance Technician to join our Support Services team.
The Support Services team is an essential pillar in enabling our students to achieve their full potential.
The role requires emphasis on Health & Safety relevant to the premises ensuring that the building and grounds are continually fit for purpose for students and staff to enable them to fulfil their roles.
This job involves various duties to help the School Business Manager keep the property in good order, carrying out general maintenance, repairs to the building, and planned maintenance. This will require a high level of attention to detail to promote the character of the building.
Key Duties
For the full job description, please contact Kirsty from the recruitment team
Skills and Qualifications
Successful Candidate Qualities
Benefits and Additional Information
What's on offer?
How to apply?
Please complete a full online application form. If you would like assistance in completing this application form or more information on this position, please contact Kirsty in the Recruitment Team at >
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 4 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.