Maintenance Assistant

Role: Maintenance Assistant Salary: £25,554.66 - £27,288.58 per annum Contract: Permanent, 32.5 hours per week (year-round), Monday to Friday Locations: LS10 (24.5 hours/week) AND LS25 (8 hours/week) We are currently looking for a Maintenance Assistant to work across two Schools in Hunslet and Micklefield. The role involves opening/closing the school and managing all the maintenance across the sites, including plumbing, joinery and electrical work. The role would suit someone from a handyperson background. The main aim of this role is to manage all facilities and safety aspects of the schools to provide a positive working environment for the students and staff. Duties of the role include: Ensuring security integrity of the school buildings and grounds through locking and unlocking, patrols, monitoring third party contractors. Carrying out the repairs or reporting the damage to the helpdesk Carry out either physical or visual checks of water systems, Fire Alarms, Fire Doors, Fire Extinguishers, Plant Rooms. Respond to emergency situations such as floods, bodily fluids and effecting temporary or permanent rectification in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales Respond to requests for collection of parcels, movement of furniture rearrangement of rooms etc in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales Be observant for H&S issues and ensure that they are rectified or made safe and reported to management Being proactive by noticing deficiencies in the facilities and either rectifying if within capabilities or bringing the defect to the attention of management Responsible for the grounds of the building too so the role will involve some gardening/grass cutting and litter picking as needed. As the schools is part of a wider portfolio, this is a great stepping stone role with career opportunities if desired. There's also a fantastic pension, holidays and other good benefits with this role. The ideal candidate: The ideal candidate will have experience within the maintenance sector and ideally be qualified in a technical discipline such as Plumbing, Joinery or Electrical or have a good command of hands-on technical experience. You must be able to pass an Enhanced DBS check in an education environment. Strong handyperson skills - plumbing, electrical and joinery (qualifications desirable but not essential) Amenable and approachable personality Flexible and adaptable in approach Able to travel between the two schools Enhanced DBS check To apply, please send your CV to (url removed)

Location: Leeds, GB

Posted Date: 1/10/2025