Facilities Technician

Tulsaitsolutions; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused housing organization in Scarborough is looking for a Facilities Technician to manage fire safety inspections and health and safety compliance. In this role, you will conduct inspections, manage waste, and support the facilities team. Excellent communication and IT skills are essential. This position offers a range of benefits, including flexible working options and a generous holiday entitlement, making it a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous holiday entitlement

Competitive pension scheme

Health cash plan

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Conduct fire alarm and emergency light testing.
• Manage waste and hazardous materials.
• Perform water hygiene inspections and security checks.
• Provide on-site support to the facilities team.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Excellent IT skills

Effective team worker

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Overview

When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed. 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.

Responsibilities

• Waste management
• Fire Alarm, Emergency Light & 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 & 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.

Qualifications

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.

Closing date

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.

About Beyond Housing and Our Values

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 are 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.

Benefits

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.

• 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 youre 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 youve 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