Cleaner / Site Maintenance

Activate Group; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing company in Sunderland is seeking a Cleaner/Site Maintenance to ensure a clean and safe environment at their Bodyshop. You will be involved in cleaning, grounds maintenance, and supporting the management with site upkeep. Ideal candidates will have experience in site maintenance, knowledge of cleaning supplies, and a proactive approach. Attractive benefits include 33 days holiday, a personal health cash plan, and free breakfasts. Join a team that values accountability and improvement.

Benefits

33 days holiday

Personal health cash plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay

Life assurance: three times basic salary

Free breakfasts and fruit

Birthday surprise for everybody!

Responsibilities

• Ensure the clean and hygienic maintenance of the Bodyshop is to a high standard.
• Clean offices including furniture, fittings, and equipment.
• Dust, sweep, vacuum, mop, and carry out deep cleaning tasks.
• Notification of deficiencies or repairs required.
• Perform and document routine inspection and maintenance activities.

Skills

Site maintenance experience in the Bodyshop industry

Proven working experience as a Cleaner

Knowledge of cleaning chemicals and supplies

Familiarity with Material Safety Data Sheets

Job description

Overview

Job title: Cleaner/Site Maintenance
Department: Activate Accident Repair
Location: AAR Sunderland, Wayfarer Road, Sunderland, SR5 3XA
Salary: We are proud to say, We are a Real Living Wage Employer
Hours: 45 hours per week

We’re looking for a Cleaner/Site Maintenance to be part of our success story.

Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100: Britain’s fastest-growing private companies. Great career development opportunities – grow with us.

About the role

To be responsible for cleaning and maintaining various areas within the Bodyshop, including the general maintenance of the site grounds and buildings.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the clean and hygienic maintenance of the Bodyshop is to a high standard
• Clean all offices, including furniture, fittings, fabric, carpets, and equipment
• Ensure strict adherence to all health and safety rules (COSHH)
• Clean, stock and supply designated areas i.e. restrooms
• Dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping
• Carry out deep cleaning and detailed cleaning tasks
• Notify management of deficiencies or repairs required
• Perform and document routine inspection and maintenance activities
• Follow all health and safety regulations
• Grounds maintenance, including: hedge trimming, grass cutting, weeding, clearing snow/ice from pathways, aiding skip removal, litter picking and fence painting
• Interior maintenance, including: painting, using the floor cleaner in the workshop and periodically applying new lining to paint booth walls
• Responsible for car parks and positioning of vehicles on site, including moving vehicles into the workshop for technicians
• Moving vehicles for total losses to be collected or dropped off and ensuring they are positioned correctly and safely

Skills and experience

• Site maintenance experience in the Bodyshop industry
• Proven working experience as a Cleaner
• Knowledge of cleaning chemicals and supplies
• Familiarity with Material Safety Data Sheets

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Personal health cash plan – claim back the cost of things like dentist and optical check ups
• Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption / shared parental pay
• Life assurance: three times basic salary
• Free breakfasts and fruit
• Birthday surprise for everybody!

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, looking after team members is a major priority, and we'll make sure you have all the support you need to succeed.

From little perks like free fruit, breakfast cereals, and French pastries on a Friday, to impressive rewards for our employee of the month, we'll go out of our way to show how much we appreciate the effort you put in.

A bit about us

Named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s 100 fastest-growing private companies, we employ more than 700 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UK's largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in a road accident at our contact centres in Halifax and Peterborough.

We look after every step of the repair process, repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair body shops, and through a UK-wide network of independent repair partners.

Our values

• Make it happen – Be accountable. Take the initiative, work fast, and do a great job.
• Strive for better – Be bold. Challenge the norm – make small improvements often.
• Win together – Be a team-player. Win together, learn together, respect each other.