School Maintenance Officer

1 week ago

Loughton, United Kingdom Oak-Tree Schools Full time

We are looking for an excellent maintenance operative to join our busy team.

The Oak-Tree Group has 4 schools in Loughton, North Chingford, Buckhurst Hill and Epping with many buildings and extensive sites. The central Maintenance Team consists of 7 members of staff, with an additional 8 Site Managers/Assistant Site Managers at the schools and 12 cleaners. There are around 330 employees within the Group and around 1000 children.

Hours are from 7.45am until 4.45pm daily Mondays to Fridays throughout the year with 25 days' holiday + bank holidays. Free school lunches during term times are included, as is uniform and the allocation of a company van and tools. The position is to start as soon as possible and attracts an initial annual salary of £28,000.

The main purpose of the role is to help ensure that each school site is well-maintained, safe and secure at all times, and to liaise with the Group Maintenance Manager when the need arises for repairs and general maintenance.

The Job Description for the role is as follows:
**Group Values**:

- To support the Group’s Aims.
- To ensure that your work, communication and approach conforms to the brand values of the Oak-Tree Group.
- To be aware of responsibilities under the Group’s Safeguarding Children Policy and to be able to report any concerns to the Group Principal.
- To support the smooth running of the schools by helping with practical arrangements relating to day to day running of the School and special events.

**Plumbing Tasks**:

- To diagnose and solve day-to-day plumbing issues.
- To carry out preventative maintenance with regard to plumbing works required at each site, including repairing pipes, joins, valves, drains etc.
- To maintain basic plumbing systems, including changing TMVs.
- To source and install sinks, toilets and/or showers as required.

**Maintenance**:

- To help be responsible for the care and upkeep of the school sites, in conjunction with each school’s maintenance team and the central maintenance team.
- To assist the Group maintenance team to carry out a variety of maintenance based projects.
- To undertake general building maintenance works, ensuring a high standard of upkeep and safety.
- To liaise with outside contractors when on site such as gas safe plumbers and electricians.
- To monitor the performance of external contractors where necessary.
- To carry out decoration and repairs as required.
- To help clear snow from pathways when required.
- To ensure a suitable level of quality and workmanship is maintained at all times.

**Grounds Maintenance**:

- To work with the School Groundsmen and Gardeners, along with the rest of the maintenance team, to ensure the gardens and grounds look their best at all times.
- To help maintain fences throughout the year.
- To help with hard and soft landscaping as required.

**Security**:

- To help ensure the security of each site.
- To be vigilant throughout the school day with regard to visitors entering and leaving the site and to challenge unknown visitors when necessary.
- To be a keyholder for each site.
- To be available for callouts after hours, as much as is possible, on the rare occasions that an alarm goes off.
- To help lock up if required after special events.

**Health and Safety**:

- To have knowledge of each School’s Health and Safety Policy in relation to maintenance duties.
- To ensure that Health and Safety policies are complied with at all times.
- To ensure compliance with matters including COSHH, PAT testing, legionella testing etc.
- To liaise with the Group Maintenance Manager on a regular basis.
- To take reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others around you.
- To complete Risk Assessments for tasks where necessary.
- To help with fire practices and emergency procedures and to act as a Fire Warden.
- To help with arrangements to ensure that planned preventative measures are organised for the servicing of boilers, electricity supplies, security and fire systems.

**General**:

- To help provide and help organise the provision of equipment needed for school events such as assemblies, parents’ evening, staff meetings and training days.
- To transport and organise the transportation of equipment needed for off-site school events, such as the Carol Service and singing to the elderly.
- To help the Parents’ Associations with special events where necessary.
- To move deliveries around each site when necessary.
- To ensure that the sites are clean and tidy and that any litter is cleared promptly.
- To help in the car parks in the mornings when necessary with the influx of parental traffic.
- To assist with the safekeeping and maintenance of School tools and equipment.
- To ensure a suitable level of quality and workmanship is maintained at all times.
- To help ensure that the Group’s minibuses and vans are safe, have fuel and are cleaned inside regularly.
- To help ensure that the school minibuses are safe and have their checks carrie

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