Facilities Assistant - Slough, United Kingdom - Peach Personnel Services Limited

Peach Personnel Services Limited

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Slough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Facilities Assistant (temporary position for up to 6 months)
Slough / Datchet borders
Circa £11.50 per hour - 35 hour week
Opportunity

You will be providing a wide range of support to ensure the effective provision of a facilities and maintenance service.

A varied role working for a lovely company, this position is available due to an internal move.

Main duties:

Providing professional first line support for all job ticket requests including breakdowns, responding and resolving where possible, or escalating to the Estate Supervisor as appropriate
Catering cleaning, monitoring and restocking the vending machines, including shopping locally to purchase supplies of fresh items
Conference facilities maintain meeting room facilities and consumables, resetting room layouts, supporting catering provision.
Portering receiving and recording delivers and moving all parcels, paperwork, materials and equipment around the building.
Post sorting and distributing incoming and internal post, processing outgoing mail including operation of the franking machine.
Projects to provide support to office moves and internal and external improvement projects.
Van using the company vehicle to make deliveries or collections locally.
To carry out planned preventative maintenance checks and inspection of estate fixtures, facilities and equipment, both internal and external, reporting faults and exceptions and keeping accurate records.
Using the electronic job ticket system to record faults or works, and to update progress.
To provide initial response to any reported faults and undertake minor repairs, and to escalate breakdowns appropriately.
Assisting with all aspects of the upkeep of the grounds, roadways and car parks as required.
Using and maintaining hand tools, ladders, light machinery and plant, which may include rideon / cyinder / rotary mowers, and other powered equipment.
To advise on supplies required for vending, catering and other services as required.
To visit local retailers and wholesalers to collect supplies.

- provide relief security and reception.

Acting as a site key holder with occasional outofhours working; this includes providing holiday cover for the Security Guard outside of core office hours.
Unlocking and locking buildings, setting alarms and undertaking routine security patrols.
Hours will normally be scheduled on a weekly rota basis between 07:00hr and 17:30hr Monday to Friday. There will be a requirement to work outside of these hours from time to time, including evening security cover and occasional weekend working.

Person Specification (Essential)

Practical DIY skills for carrying out minor repairs to buildings and equipment; and ability to use and maintain a variety of tools.
Good health and safety awareness, attention to detail and tidy workmanship.
Committed to providing high standards of quality and customer care.
Good communication skills, both verbal and written; able to follow instructions and procedures, and give feedback and advice.
Able to work under own initiative and unsupervised, as well as part of a small team, including working flexibly to meet the business needs of the Facilities team.
Understands the importance of and shows willingness to carry out minor tasks which are vital tot he smooth operation of the organisation.
A degree of personal resilience with the ability to cope with interruptions, changing priorities and multitasking through the working week.
Manual handling ability, willing and able to assist with moving heavy items.
General office based IT skills of MS Word, Outlook and Excel

Desirable

Full UK Driving licence
First Aid qualified
Experience of working in a commercial office environment

Peach Personnel are specialists in the recruitment of temporary & permanent office professionals in Windsor, Slough, Heathrow, West London, and surrounding areas.