Maintenance Operative

We are Touchstone, part of the Places for People Group; we are placemakers; our work impacts on the lives of people across the U.K. – providing homes to live in, communities to retire to, spaces to stay active, supported homes for independent living, and student accommodation. Our places work when they work for everyone. How do we do all this? By surrounding ourselves with friendly people, helpful people and can-do people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.So, we want you to join us and the 12,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped us create places,maintain209,000 homes,manage£4.5 billion of assets, deliver £87.9m in social valueand teach 80,000 children to swim each week. More about your roleYour role with us will be to ensure the smooth running of the building and carry out a range of different duties focussing mainly on repairs on the building. You will work reactively, completing day to day repairs, which can range from replacing a door, patch plastering a wall to painting rooms and communal areas. However, you will also work with the site manager to manage contractors and plan in any future maintenance including the summer works that takes place when the students have vacated the halls of residence.You will also be responsible for weekly site safety checks and site walks whilst regularly checking the internal database for outstanding jobs in which you will organise necessary action.More about youFor this role you will be able to demonstrate at interview in-depth maintenance skills and knowledge, you must also have a proven track record carrying out day to day maintenance works in a previous position. The ideal candidate will have basic knowledge of joinery, plumbing, decorating and plastering.You should have worked in customer-based roles where you have dealt with a variety of people with proven skills of being able to adapt your communication based on the situation. You will have previous maintenance experience where you have managed a variety in your workload alongside joinery experience.The benefitsOur ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that's why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering business. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier; from a pension, generous holiday pay, training, sick pay, and free or discounted gym membership – to a wealth of extra perks including interest-free loans for colleagues, discounts and offers on thousands of retailers, restaurants and leisure outlets and much more.We are Touchstone, part of the Places for People Group; we are placemakers; our work impacts on the lives of people across the U.K. – providing homes to live in, communities to retire to, spaces to stay active, supported homes for independent living, and student accommodation. Our places work when they work for everyone. How do we do all this? By surrounding ourselves with friendly people, helpful people and can-do people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.So, we want you to join us and the 12,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped us create places,maintain209,000 homes,manage£4.5 billion of assets, deliver £87.9m in social valueand teach 80,000 children to swim each week. More about your roleYour role with us will be to ensure the smooth running of the building and carry out a range of different duties focussing mainly on repairs on the building. You will work reactively, completing day to day repairs, which can range from replacing a door, patch plastering a wall to painting rooms and communal areas. However, you will also work with the site manager to manage contractors and plan in any future maintenance including the summer works that takes place when the students have vacated the halls of residence.You will also be responsible for weekly site safety checks and site walks whilst regularly checking the internal database for outstanding jobs in which you will organise necessary action.More about youFor this role you will be able to demonstrate at interview in-depth maintenance skills and knowledge, you must also have a proven track record carrying out day to day maintenance works in a previous position. The ideal candidate will have basic knowledge of joinery, plumbing, decorating and plastering.You should have worked in customer-based roles where you have dealt with a variety of people with proven skills of being able to adapt your communication based on the situation. You will have previous maintenance experience where you have managed a variety in your workload alongside joinery experience.The benefitsOur ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that's why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering business. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier; from a pension, generous holiday pay, training, sick pay, and free or discounted gym membership – to a wealth of extra perks including interest-free loans for colleagues, discounts and offers on thousands of retailers, restaurants and leisure outlets and much more.

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