Facilities Team Leader, Student Accommodation Provider, City of London and Whitechapel, £36-41k, bonus and full benefits package

Our client is the UKs leading provider of city centre student accommodation. They are recruiting a Facilities Team Leader to lead the maintenance team at a cluster of 5 large residential buildings/ student halls of residence in and around the City of London and Whitechapel. Properties typically have mix of single and multi-occupancy apartments and some buildings have communal facilities such as gymnasium, cinema, karaoke room, laundry and study rooms.

The role holds responsibility for the management of a team of 5 maintenance engineers and handymen. The FTL is occasionally required to be hands on, however roughly 90% of the job is team management, administration, project management, recruitment, organising training, HR issues. You will shadow and support the facilities manager with a view to progressing into an FM role within 18 months.

Tasks for the team tend to be mostly domestic maintenance rather than plant room type maintenance.

We are looking for an individual who has some FM supervisory/ team management experience, ideally gained in an FM residential setting. Applicants will need good administration skills and be required to order stock, delegate jobs and manage staff appropriately. Training will be given as you will be working closely with the facilities manager. Some handyman-level maintenance skills would be advantageous.

Please note there is a requirement to work occasional weekends (approx. 1 in 6) for which time off in lieu is given and to be on-call for out of hours emergencies for one week in 6. Additional payments apply!

You will generally work on a shift system from either 08.00 to 16.00, 09.00 to 17.00 or 10.00 to 18.00 Monday to Friday.

The Team Leader will ideally hold a driving license, although most sites are within walking distance of each other. A health and safety qualification, such as IOSH, is advantageous.

A salary of £36-41,200 is offered depending on experience. Our client offers an individual performance bonus of up to 12%. Other benefits include private healthcare and pension contribution up to 11%. Lots of training courses are available to employees.

Please apply with CV and cover note that includes details of salary expectations and notice period.

Multi-Trade Maintenance Operative, Student Accommodation Provider, City of London and Whitechapel, £36-39,900 bonus and full benefits package

Our client is the UKs leading provider of city center student accommodation. They are recruiting a Multi-Trade Maintenance Operative covering at a cluster of 4 large residential buildings/ halls of residence in London E1 and City of London. Properties typically have mix of single and multi-occupancy apartments and some have facilities including gymnasium, cinema, karaoke room, laundry and study rooms.

The role hold responsibility for the day to day maintenance of the apartments and communal areas.

Tasks tend to be mostly domestic maintenance rather than plant room type maintenance.

We are looking for an individual who has good/ level 2 electrical maintenance skills and qualification although a plumbing or mechanical background is also suitable with experience ideally gained in a residential setting.

Please note there is a requirement to work one weekend a month (with time off in lieu) and to be on-call for emergencies for one week perm month (with additional payment).

You will work on a rota/ shift system from 08.00 to 16.00, 09.00 to 17.00 or 10.00 to 18.00.

The Multi-Trade Maintenance Operative will need a driving license as will need to occasionally transport parts and equipment between buildings.

A salary of £36-39.9k is offered depending on experience. Our client offers a bonus, linked to the performance of the cluster – and is usually paid at 5-10%. Other benefits include private healthcare and pension contribution up to 11%. Lots of training courses are available to employees.

Please apply with CV and cover note that includes details of salary expectations and notice period.

Our client are a market-leading business from within the student accommodation sector who are looking for an experienced Building Technician to join their facilities team in London.

Working as part of a team, the successful applicant will be accountable for providing a well maintained, safe, secure, clean, compliant and efficient environment, delivering high quality planned and reactive maintenance.

Role Responsibilities:

• Undertaking general maintenance work within properties inc; window and door repairs, fire alarm activations & false alarms, reactive maintenance support, fault finding and rectifying, PPM planned inspections,  support with PPM activities, rectifying or reporting any remedial work and any Health & Safety related calls).
• Accountable for responsiveness and taking appropriate action on receipt of student feedback and any other maintenance requests from across the business.
• Accountable for maintaining a safe environment for everyone, the completion and recording of basic monitoring and compliance where trained to do so.
• Accountable for keeping a clean, tidy and well maintained environment.
• Logging of maintenance issues and follow up accordingly.
• Oversee specialist contractors/trades people onsite
• Responding to call outs when acting as on call operative based on the rota

The ideal candidate will be an experienced/ hands on maintenance assistant with experience of working on large sites. You will demonstrate strong communication skills, have good H&S knowledge and be happy to travel between sites in a busy role. Due to the nature of he role you must hold a full UK Driving license and you will need to go through an enhanced DBS check as part of the onboarding process. 

Role Package:

• 37.5hours per week
• Pay between £28,958 - £35,039  
• Regular shifts working between 08:00 and 20:00 (Some weekend work will be required and the successful applicant will be on the on call rota but will be given an on call standby allowance)
• Generous Benefits Package