Handyperson

Handyperson role at HMP Elmley
SECURITY CONSCIOUS
Maintenance Handyman/ person
HM Prison Rochester
Overview of the position:
As a supplier to the HM Prison Service for the provision of maintenance trades & support operatives, Hays is seeking to recruit multiple qualified trades, including a Maintenance Handyman/ person for the Prison in Kent. HMP Elmley
The rate is £12.43 per hour inclusive of holiday pay.
Purpose of the Maintenance role:
As part of the Works Department you will be responsible for both reactive repairs and planned and preventative maintenance. Currently the Prison has several refurbishment and general day-to-day maintenance projects underway. As such the prison require generalhandyperson who can complete general tasks such as assisting other trades, putting up signage, general basic painting and carpentry duties, using drills and hand tools and fire alarm/ emergency lighting checks.
Kent Prisons have an excellent reputation as busy local prisons, which serve all the courts in the South East. They pride themselves in engaging and involving employees working alongside them in the process of change. The Maintenance role is in a unique workingenvironment with a strong sense of team working. Always in demand, you could benefit from long-term contracts and there is also potential, once trained, to work in other prisons both locally and nationally. You must be local to the prison or have your owntransport.
**Experience**:
The prison is looking for general handyperson.
The role will see you clearing vents within the cells working with someone else to find any faults with the vents and clearing them to work again.
Security Clearance required:
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