Building Assistant

Building Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

Working Hours: 40 hours per week

Closing Date: 18/06/2021

Annual Salary GBP24945

Assisting with the safe operation and maintenance of the building within the hospital site.

Assisting the building team to carry out a wide range of work, ensuring planned preventative maintenance (PPM) Statutory, Routine and Reactive, Fire door and compartmentation compliance. Work is carried out within the confines of the PFI contract and ensuring compliance with Sodexo and the Trust safety standards and procedures within the contractual time lines and KPI's.

Main Responsibilities

• To work in hazardous areas taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment
• Provide assistance and support including liaison with building contractors appointed on Maintenance tasks, capital projects and minor upgrade works.
• To support liaison with subcontractors regarding plant or equipment
• Work overtime to assist in emergency repairs as required by management.
• At all times to carry Trust/Sodexo communication devices (Tablets/ mobile phones etc) to facilitate immediate response to emergencies.
• Attend training courses as required.
• Fire Door Training
• Fire Door Compartmentation Training
• BM Trada Training
• Part of the Gritting / Snow Clearing Team
• General Housekeeping ie: sweeping / clearing
• Demonstrate a clear commitment to inter-trade flexibility
• Provide such flexibility as necessary to cover emergency works.
• Observe all statutory and legal requirements, particularly in relation to Health & Safety at Work Act.
• Use Sodexo's CAFM system for work processing and monitoring of Estates Maintenance procedures.
• Have the ability and willingness to work across all trades within the sphere of their competency and under guidance from others if outside this.
• Liaising with the Client, Helpdesk, contractors, Clinical nursing staff and heads of departments regarding work requests, information & planning.
• Provide support information and assistance to the management team as requested
• Provide such flexibility as necessary with a can-do attitude
• Convey a professional image of the Estates department to the client whilst encouraging and maintaining good working relationships with all users of the Estates service

The Ideal Candidate

Experience

(Duration, Type of level or experience)

Essential

• Experience of working in a trade based or engineering environment
• Good verbal, numerate and interpersonal skills

Desirable

• Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment.
• IT knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of: -
• Health and safety legislation
• Statutory PPM compliance

Skills, knowledge and aptitude

(Relevant to the post)

Essential

• Willing to attend specialist training courses.
• Able to communicate with people on a range of matters.
• Able to develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development.
• Can promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security.
• Able to contribute to the improvement of services and quality.
• Able to support equality and value diversity.
• Ability to work without constant supervision.
• Adaptable to change

Desirable

• Fire Door and Compartmentation certified
• BM Trada trained.

Personal Qualities

Essential

(Social skills necessary, disposition)

• Capable of working in a demand driven service.
• Communication at all levels within the organisation
• Working to deadlines.

Constraints

(Un-social hours, heavy duties)

Essential

• Availability for undertaking overtime.
• Provide additional cover at short notice in the event of sickness and absence within the team.

Other factors

Essential

• Able and willing to undertake Emergency Situation repairs.
• Satisfactory attendance record
• Satisfactory health check

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over GBP1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.