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
You will demonstrate more than one of the following skills:
- Plumbing (Basic knowledge required and further qualifications desirable)
- Painting and Decorating
- Plastering repairs
- Tiling
- Masonry repairs
- Grounds work
- Adhering to Health and Safety legislation, and a safe and secure working environment.
- Accountable for the quality of the maintenance and repair work delivered.
- Ensuring that the work delivered meets the correct Unite Students standard.
- Carrying out dynamic risk assessments to ensure that they are in a safe working environment and escalating issues to their line management.
- Completing all digital job tickets required for the works they deliver, raising follow on works orders where necessary and to be compliant with Unite Students policies and procedures.
- Accountable for raising any maintenance, repair concerns that they identify when performing the tasks that they have been assigned.
What We re Looking for in You
- Minimum of entry level skills in construction to deliver general duties and minor repairs.
- A level of experience above all else
- NVQ L3 or BTEC Equivalent Plumbing or heating engineering useful
- NVQ L2 in other related skills would be useful, but not essential
- Desirable: relevant construction and facilities management qualifications
- Have relevant post experience.
- Be competent and qualified to safely operate tools and equipment.
- Understanding of Health and Safety responsibilities
- Understanding of safe systems of work
- Good communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Ability to work at pace whilst main.taining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to offer flexibility in working hours and to take part in the on-call rota.
- Ability to work contracted hours over a 5/7working pattern
What You`ll Get in Return
- A discretionary annual bonus so you can 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 how much you save
- Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
- Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Lots of other great 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. You can find us 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 develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.
Location: Leeds, UK
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 (depending on experience) + bonus + benefits
Hours and Rota:, 8am - 8pm Monday to Friday, 10am - 6pm,Saturday and Sunday plusOn-Call rota
Essential: A full driving license valid for driving in the UK