Multi Trade Engineer - Wembley - Unite Foundation

Description

Location: London

Hours and Rota: 8am - 8pm, Monday to Friday, 10am - 6pm, Saturday and Sunday plus On-Call rota

Essential: A full driving license valid for driving in the UK

The Role

This role will be required to carry out any repairs and remedy any defects to Unite Students properties as instructed by Facilities Managers and Team Leaders. The role is responsible for delivering planned preventative maintenance, responsive repairs and ensuring the delivery of safe, warm, working homes to our customers.

What You ll Be Doing

• Demonstrate more than one of the following skills: Electrical, Plumbing, Painting and Decorating, Tiling, Masonry repairs, Grounds work.
• Adhere to Health and Safety legislation, and maintain a safe and secure working environment.
• Accountable for the quality of the maintenance and repair work delivered.
• Ensure that the work delivered meets the correct Unite Students standard.
• Carry out dynamic risk assessments to ensure a safe working environment and escalate issues to line management.
• Complete all digital job tickets required for the works delivered, raising follow-on works orders where necessary and ensuring compliance with Unite Students policies and procedures.
• Raise any maintenance or repair concerns identified while performing assigned tasks.

What We re Looking for in You

• Minimum entry-level skills in construction to deliver general duties and minor repairs.
• Desirable: Relevant construction and facilities management qualifications.
• Relevant post-experience.
• Competent and qualified to safely operate tools and equipment.
• Understanding of Health and Safety responsibilities and safe systems of work.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work at pace while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Flexibility in working hours and participation in the on-call rota.
• Ability to work contracted hours over a 5/7 working pattern.

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus to share in the company`s success.
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service.
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on personal savings.
• Various benefits to support health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing platform, and Gym benefit.
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Other benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal, and more.

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s largest provider of purpose-built student accommodation. We are present in 23 leading university towns and cities, with over 70,000 students calling us home. We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to developing diverse and inclusive teams filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that creating and maintaining a happy, healthy organisation requires hard work to ensure inclusion is part of our identity.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students, and neighbours all contribute to building environments where everyone can thrive.

Room for Everyone

We are proud to be an employer that embraces individuality and is passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be yourself, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and strive to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities for our people.

We are US.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, all new employees in this position will be required to undertake a basic criminal record check prior to commencing employment. The cost of this check will be incurred by Unite Students. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory criminal record check result.

If this position sounds exciting to you, we would love to receive your application