Facilities Assistant

PA Consulting Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Facilities Assistant. This role involves maintaining a safe and efficient environment while supporting facilities operations. Candidates should have experience in facilities management, good communication skills, and basic health and safety knowledge. The position requires a flexible approach to working hours. A variety of benefits, including health perks and generous annual leave, are offered.

Benefits

Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare

25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy additional days

Generous company pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

Qualifications

• Understanding of building maintenance requirements and the ability to undertake minor repairs.
• Forklift license is desired but not essential.
• Skills such as electrical, plumbing or carpentry are desired but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a clean, tidy, safe, and efficiently run building.
• Assisting with the supervision of contractors and associated on-site works.
• Carrying out daily/weekly/monthly safety and housekeeping inspections.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to work effectively alone or as part of a team

Basic knowledge of health and safety

Education

Previous experience in Facilities Assistant role

Job description

Global Innovation and Technology Centre, Back Lane, Melbourn, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DP, United Kingdom, Melbourn SG8 6DP, GB

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

To assist the Facilities Team with providing a safe, secure and high-quality environment for our People, contractors and visitors. The role will assist with ensuring the Global Innovation Technology Centre is compliant on all levels and that all the services both internal and external run efficiently and effectively in order to provide the highest level of service possible.

The position will require flexible working.

MAIN DUTIES:

• Working as part of the Facilities Team to maintain a clean, tidy, safe, and efficiently run building and provision of on-site support services for staff.
• Work in the Facilities Team ensuring safe provision of facilities, services and on-site maintenance.
• Carry out in-house general site tasks & small DIY repairs.
• To receive deliveries, log them and deliver to relevant parties.
• Assist with supervision of contractors and associated on-site works.
• To be aware of the day-to-day health & safety requirements surrounding the work areas and site, ensuring the areas are kept clean, tidy and H&S Compliant.
• Assist with planning and carrying out of internal office moves as required.
• Provide guidance to staff as regards DSE and desk set up (Training will be provided)
• Porter type duties as required, i.e., setting up/reinstating of meeting rooms, and or café space, ensuring all meeting rooms & equipment are kept clean, tidy & fit for purpose.
• Promoting a Safe working environment and support PA Facilities and Health & Safety function in ensuring compliance with proposed standard certification by ensuring all H&S procedures are adhered to.
• Carry out all relevant daily/weekly/monthly safety and housekeeping inspections & tests as required and record findings.
• Flexible approach to working hours depending on the demands of the job.
• Be available as an emergency contact in the event of any out of hour’s facilities issues.
• Assist with, and carry out, any ad hoc works that may be required from time to time.
• Any other duties as dictated by the business.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Facilities Assistant role or similar
• Basic Knowledge of health and safety and related issues
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to work effectively alone or as part of a team.
• Understanding of building maintenance requirements and the ability to undertake minor repairs.
• Forklift license is desired but not essential, training will be provided.
• Skills such as electrical, plumbing or carpentry desired but not essential.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you\'re unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples\' experience at PA. It\'s about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We\'re focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality.We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [e-mail]