Facilities Technician

Beyond Housing Limited; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused housing organization in Scarborough is seeking an experienced Facilities Technician. In this role, you will conduct vital fire and health inspections across various premises, ensuring safety is prioritized. Responsibilities include testing fire systems and managing waste. Ideal candidates will possess strong IT and communication skills, a background in maintenance, and a full driving license. This position offers opportunities to engage with the community and uphold high safety standards.

Benefits

Agile working

Generous holiday entitlement

Competitive pension scheme

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Recognition schemes

Salary sacrifice electric vehicle lease scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a maintenance or compliance environment.
• Ability to carry out fire and health and safety inspections.
• Full driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out fire inspections and health and safety inspections.
• Test and inspect fire protection systems.
• Manage rubbish and hazardous materials.

Skills

Excellent IT skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to join our assets team as a facilities technician. Customer safety is at the heart of everything we do at Beyond Housing, and you will take centre stage in delivering a busy fire safety and servicing programme.

In this role, you'll carry out all fire inspections and health and safety inspections within our block communal areas, offices, depots and community buildings, ensuring they are safe, clean and clear of obstructions. You'll also carry out routine testing and inspection of passive and active fire protection systems and document the results.

As our facilities technician, you'll undertake a wide array of tasks, including:

• Fire alarm, emergency light and smoke alarm testing
• Removing and managing rubbish and hazardous materials utilising the TORT process
• Water hygiene inspections and flushing
• Security checks
• Landlord meter reading for PV, gas, electric and water
• Provide on site support to the facilities team
• Building safety inspections
• Contractor support
• KMS and router resets, fault finding, etc
• Safe isolation procedures

A level of flexibility and expertise will be required to complete your work accurately for checks and reporting for audit. Another key responsibility will be to positively promote Beyond Housing and ensure there is a great health and safety culture within the team, making sure all risk assessments and safe working practices are strictly adhered to.

To succeed in this role, you will need to have experience in a maintenance or compliance environment (or another related area of work), excellent IT skills, excellent communication skills, and be an effective team worker. You will also be required to hold a full driving license.

Samantha Allen is our Facilities Manager, so if you fancy an informal chat about the role, why not give them a call on 07527 130954.

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 18 February, applications will be reviewed throughout the duration of the advert and we may close it early should enough applications be received. We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy.

We are proud to be an ethical organisation, deeply embedded in our local communities. With over 15,000 homes, 30,000 customers and 750 colleagues, we're changing lives every day. Our mission is simple; to provide homes customers want, services they value, delivered by people who care. We want to help our customers and communities to succeed and thrive. Considerate, collaborative, ambitious and accountable – that’s just our way of life.

Our offices are more than just the space we work in. We encourage inspiration, creativity and productivity in a relaxed and comfortable environment. We’re looking for people who are travelling in the same direction when it comes to the way we work, live our values and deliver our services. Our reward and recognition offer is pretty impressive too!

We have ambitious plans for further impact, and we need the right people to take this leap with us. It may be challenging at times, but you can be assured that it is going to be rewarding and inspiring. After all, we are changing lives, every day, in all that we do.

Our values are extremely important to us and we want all our colleagues to really live our values every day; we are looking for candidates who show they have the skills to do the role and are aligned with our values.

At Beyond Housing, we are committed to ensuring that all applicants are treated fairly throughout our recruitment and selection processes and are not discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Why choose us?

The team here at Beyond Housing genuinely cares about the work we do to transform the lives of our customers. We think this is a pretty big reason to love your career at Beyond Housing, and that’s why our benefits package shows Beyond Housing genuinely cares about its teams too.

Here are some details of our employment package:

• Agile working – to give you that positive work-life balance. This enables you to work up to two days from home (if your role is suitable for that) after you have settled in and learned the ropes
• Generous holiday entitlement (up to 39 days including bank holidays after 5 years’ service) with the ability to purchase more if you wish
• Impressive salaries that match the market rate, with a commitment to an annual cost of living rise
• Commitment to paying the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation
• Competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions, to help you plan financially for your retirement
• Life assurance to look after your loved ones should the worst happen to you, and generous time off for bereavement if the worst happens to your loved ones
• Health cash plan, to claim back basic medical expenses such as optical, dental, and complementary therapies, along with free flu jabs to keep you tip-top
• A much-needed caffeine boost with free tea and coffee (and cordial for when you’re feeling parched)
• Recognition schemes such as weekly ‘Cheers For Peers’, ‘Star of the Quarter’ and our prestigious annual Star Awards event
• Long service awards every 5 years
• Cycle to work scheme and cycle parking (if you’ve got the legs for it)
• Cashback and discounts scheme covering a range of well-known retailers and leisure providers to help your money go further
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle lease scheme to support cost effective green travel

We are proud to be an ethical organisation, deeply embedded in our local communities. With over 15,000 homes, 30,000 customers and 750 colleagues, we're changing lives every day. Our mission is simple; to provide homes customers want, services they value, delivered by people who care. We want to help our customers and communities to succeed and thrive. Considerate, collaborative, ambitious and accountable – that’s just our way of life.

Our offices are more than just the space we work in. We encourage inspiration, creativity and productivity in a relaxed and comfortable environment. We’re looking for people who are travelling in the same direction when it comes to the way we work, live our values and deliver our services. Our reward and recognition offer is pretty impressive too!

We have ambitious plans for further impact, and we need the right people to take this leap with us. It may be challenging at times, but you can be assured that it is going to be rewarding and inspiring. After all, we are changing lives, every day, in all that we do.

Our values are extremely important to us and we want all our colleagues to really live our values every day, we are looking for candidates who show they have the skills to do the role and are aligned with our values.

At Beyond Housing, we are committed to ensuring that all applicants are treated fairly throughout our recruitment and selection processes and are not discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.