Caretaker
We're looking for a Caretaker to join our Workplace Solutions Team based at London Fire Brigade in Shadwell.
Location : Shadwell, London
Hours : 40 Hours per week - Permanent
What will you be responsible for?
As a Caretaker, you'll be working within the workplace solutions team, supporting them in the delivery of maintenance on the London Fire Brigade Contract.
Your day to day will include:
- Ensure delivery of PFI standards for the site, ensuring service delivery is to contractually set standards and in line with Health and Safety,
- Supporting the Facilities Manager to deliver an on-site facilities management service,
- Building maintenance duties, including minor repairs, changing of low level lamps and other tasks as required,
- Litter picking, snow clearing, gritting, weeding, portering duties and cleaning of all areas,
- Receive deliveries and distribute materials to building users.
What are we looking for?
This role of Caretaker is great for you if:
- You have previous experience in a caretaking and/or portering role,
- Are able to communicate effectively with customers and build strong relationships,
- Can liaise and monitor the work of contractors effectively, and update site records as and when servicing takes place in a timely manner,
- Can manage the site security, unlocking and locking of all doors, entries and exits - ensuring the site is secure but accessible at all times,
- Full UK Drivers Licence.
Would you like to work with a friendly and considerate team? Then we would like to hear from you.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to
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