Maintenance Operative

1 week ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Round Hill Capital Full time

In partnership with Round Hill Capital, Nido Student has a huge expansion plan to not only grow their existing student accommodation offering throughout the UK and Europe, but also diversify into a wider range of residential markets.


Nido Student delivers the best customer experience by creating and maintaining communities which place resident wellbeing and safety at their centre.

Our teams and their focus on the student experience is what makes us stand out and win awards. Our aim is to redefine industry standards for residents and investors.


Nido Student currently operates residences across various cities in the UK, Ireland and Germany, with further developments currently in construction around Europe.

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Operative to join us on a part time basis hours per week) in our Glasgow location.

The Role:


The purpose of this role is to take responsibility for both reactive and planned preventative maintenance as well as ensuring that building compliance standards are met.

The residence must live up to the high brand standards that Nido aspires to.

You will oversee and be involved in all maintenance and remedial works in the rooms and communal areas of the building, making sure that they are carried out efficiently and in a professional manner.


What will you do:

  • Provide first line quality maintenance and repairs for the building including painting, joinery, plumbing etc.
  • Act on reactive maintenance requests from residents.
  • Ensure all maintenance is carried out in a professional and efficient manner.
  • Carry out preventative works to reduce future costs.
  • Maintain a safe and presentable environment for staff and residents.
  • Working as part of the team and ensuring that information regarding residents and the residence are shared amongst all members of the team.
  • Bring to the attention of the General Manager any maintenance items which have serious implications for residents and/or the building.
  • Ensure that a stock of general corrective maintenance items is held and liaise with the Administrator and General Manager to replenish stock.
  • Be proactive in the identification of corrective maintenance items.
  • Monitor the Building Management System throughout the shift to ensure that there is a constant supply of heating and hot water to all residents, report to the maintenance team immediately if there is a fault and arrange an emergency callout.
  • Comply with workplace policies and procedures for risk identification, risk assessment and risk control.
  • Actively participate in activities associated with the management of workplace health and safety.
  • Identify and report health and safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries and property damage at the workplace.
  • Utilise personal protective equipment appropriately.


To succeed in this role you will have had some experience in building maintenance and ideally a related qualification although this is not essential.

What we are looking for is someone who is contentious, has great attention to detail, is keen to work with staff and students and has excellent working knowledge of Health and Safety.



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