Facilities & Fleet Support Assistant

**Facilities & Fleet Support Assistant | **Circa £25,000 negotiable + excellent benefits** | **Permanent** | **On-site

Would you like to work for a company that makes **a real difference in the automotive industry?** Do you have **hands-on maintenance** or facilities experience? We’re looking for a **pro-active** team player to provide support and assistance to both the **facilities** and **fleet** teams, this is a varied role based at our Thatcham, Berkshire site.

The Facilities Department are an efficient and helpful team, who like to carry out **general cleaning** and **building repairs** themselves. You’ll support with these activities so, **practical** experience of general **DIY tasks** such as **painting** and **decorating**, would be highly beneficial, as would prior cleaning experience (building spaces or vehicles).

The Fleet Department are an organised team who do a great job of supporting our research, training and **operational car fleet**. You'll support the team with the **cleaning** and **moving of vehicles** around the site, so a UK **driving license**, along with good **attention** to **detail** will be required. This is an interesting position that offers a diverse range of responsibilities and tasks across a unique **purpose-driven** business.

**What will you be doing?**
- Reviewing, responding and reacting appropriately to facilities support requests via the helpdesk system
- Carrying out general repair/maintenance duties e.g. decoration, picture hanging, furniture moving
- Collecting refuse from all sites to ensure a clean and pleasant working environment, including offices, recycling and workshop areas
- Support operations with security activities; locking up, unlocking site
- Cleaning and maintenance of vehicles and sites, including workshops and offices to a high standard
- Support with ad-hoc driving and vehicle movements

**Skills & experience that will set you up for success in this role**:

- Previous experience in facilities support / maintenance and cleaning
- Experienced in the safe use of power tools and equipment.
- Practical experience of painting and decorating
- Comfortable driving and manoeuvring vehicles, with a valid UK driving licence _(essential)_
- Knowledge of workplace Health and Safety regulations and procedures
- Basic IT skills, previous experience using a helpdesk system would be highly advantageous but not essential

**_Did you know..._**

**About you**

You’ll have experience in a similar role with the ability to work well using your own initiative and successfully prioritise your workload. You are a proactive, team player who enjoys manual work. You pride yourself on your reliability and feel at ease when communicating with people from all areas of the business. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you

**Perks & Benefits**

Salary** - **Circa £25,000 negotiable, dependent on skills & experience
- 10% non-contributory pension
- 29 days holiday (inclusive of Christmas shutdown) + public holidays
- Group Life Assurance (equal to 3 x basic salary)
- Group Income Protection (after 2 years’ service)
- Salary Sacrifice schemes (cycle to work & tech scheme)
- Moneyhealth’s Financial Coaching & Wellbeing Platform
- Health Cash Plan (cash back on eligible medical treatments)
- Reward & Recognition Programme
- Discounted gym membership
- Sports & Social club
- Payroll charitable giving
- Subsidised on-site restaurant
- Free on-site parking

**When we work**

Based **on-site** in Thatcham, this role operates on a 2-week alternating shift rota, Monday to Friday:

- Week 1**:06:30 - 14:30** (13:45 finish on Friday)
- Week 2**:09:30 - 17:30** (16:45 finish on Friday)

**What we do**

At the cutting edge of automotive research in the UK, Thatcham Research has a unique role in shaping the design of new vehicles and influencing ever higher standards of safety, security and repair.

With an on-site Crash Laboratory, Repair Technology Centre, Training Academy and Crime Lab, our research expertise is driving some of the very latest automotive developments in technology, materials and standards in this fast moving and highly technical industry. Our active safety track site is one of the leading accredited Euro NCAP testing facilities, trialling and assessing the very latest developments in vehicle safety and assistance technologies.

**Our Values**

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging**

We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace which values diversity and embraces each individual's authentic self. We are proud to champion a culture where colleagues freely share their diverse perspectives, recognising that these contribute to our innovative spirit. Our journey of growth and understanding is continuous as we actively invest in diversity training, workshops, and partnerships to ensure positive change.

Beyond our silver membership in the Automotive 30% Club, we collaborate with various organisations to advance equity not on