Grounds Caretaker

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Urbanest UK LTD Full time

At urbanest, high end providers of student accommodation in zone 1, we are looking for a committed Grounds Caretaker to join our Property team. Our new **Grounds Caretaker** will be passionate about providing an excellent living experience to our residents and take pride in the appearance of our property

Why urbanest? Easy.

We are a growing organisation with employees from all over the world. We embrace diversity, talent and ideas to improve and advance ourselves. At urbanest, we share success as a company. Help us be successful and we will help you achieve your goals. We aim to make urbanest a great place to work - and a great place to live.

Who are we?

We pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality accommodation and sector-leading service to students and universities. Currently we have eight properties within London Zone 1. With exciting projects in the pipeline, urbanest is continuing to grow

Job Title: Grounds Caretaker

Working pattern: 5 days over 7 (7:30am start)

**Responsibilities**:

- You will be responsible for keeping our properties at a high standard to support the delivery of an excellent experience to our residents, team and visitors.
- Reporting any faults and defects to the Maintenance team
- Joining in and speaking up - making a constructive contribution at the monthly team meetings.
- Working with your other colleagues from the Customer Service, Maintenance and Night Teams to achieve the best results and solutions for our residents, 24/7.
- Understanding the importance of Health & Safety and Fire Safety in all that you do and report anything that is not safe.
- Ensure a secure environment for team members and customers.
- Carry out minor maintenance repairs as required.
- Rotating the bins in the bin store and manual handling large bins to the refuse collection areas in a timely manner
- Compacting large volumes of cardboard using the cardboard compactor (training will be provided)
- Checking the car park and ensuring cars are parked in their designated bays
- Delivering excellent service to customer and stakeholders
- Undertaking regular building patrols
- Cleaning the communal areas inside and outside including:

- Litter picking
- Sweeping the courtyard area
- Ensuring the communal lounges, lift lobbies and reception areas are kept clean
- Hoovering carpets
- Washing floors
- Cleaning any glass surfaces
- Dusting all surfaces including skirting boards
- Jet washing floors

From the start, we will offer you a competitive salary and benefits package, regularly benchmarking ourselves against competitors within the industry. For more information on the range of benefits urbanest offer - visit our careers page, by searching 'urbanest careers'.



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