Maintenance Assistant

**It's an exicting time at Mezzino We're growing and we have two fanstatic student sites in Dundee which we need your help with. We need help from someone from a maintenance backgound, to keep the sites compliant, safe and well-maintained**

To contribute to the student experience through provision of repairs & maintenance, decoration, cyclical maintenance, supervision & planning of works carried out by external contractors and grounds maintenance activities.

**Key Tasks**:
**To provide an excellent customer focused service delivery**:

- Communicate effectively with residents, clients and colleagues; demonstrating a clear understanding of the issue and using initiative to respond accordingly
- Maintain a focus on delivering services within agreed budgetary & resource parameters
- Provide value for money solutions to all facility related services

**To provide an effective maintenance service to the buildings**:

- Monitor the electronic maintenance reporting system daily ensuring maintenance tasks are completed to a high standard and within suitable time scales, corresponding with tenants when required.
- Administer all property maintenance & records in accordance with procedures.
- Maintain adequate levels of spares, stock and supplies, ensuring effective forward planning
- To respond to calls outside office hours which cannot be resolved without a presence on site referring to appropriate contractors as necessary

**To ensure the property is well maintained in a safe and secure manner**:

- Undertake repair and maintenance tasks to a high quality including some basic plumbing and electrical, painting and decorating as required, maintenance of lighting and statutory testing
- Understand and respond to health and safety matters in an appropriate & timely manner
- Monitor sub-contractors and retain accurate records of their site operations including all relevant RAMS & Permits to Work.
- Ensure all common parts of the site are frequently inspected and maintained to the highest standards of repair & cleanliness.

**To ensure the effective provision of gardens and grounds maintenance**:

- Ensure grounds of the property are well maintained, clean, tidy and hazard free, supervising external contractors as required
- Establish in partnership with Accommodation Manager, the site cleaning regime including performance specification; daily schedule of work and refuse disposal arrangements.

**To ensure all aspects of Health & Safety are delivered & monitored**:

- Manage & maintain all statutory testing records, utilising other team members where appropriate
- Report any incidents or accidents to the Accommodation Manager using the correct system and documentation
- Review site risk assessments as required with the Facilities Manager.
- Ensure all method statements & safe systems of work for contractors are reviewed and annual checks are carried out for their statutory insurance and qualifications.
- Carry out contractor site inductions prior to works commencing.

**Academic Qualifications**

Basic O’ Level / GCSE Qualifications, technical qualification (City & Guilds or NVQ)

Desirable: H&S, First Aid Qualifications, Legionella, H&S

**Experience**

Relevant experience in providing building fabric/building services repair and maintenance

**Skills**

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

Desirable: Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook (or similar)

**Attributes/ Personal Characteristics**
- Good communicator
- Self-motivated
- Methodical with the ability to prioritise effectively
- A good team player
- Positive attitude and ability to work with little supervision
- Excellent customer focus

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £24,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- maintenance: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person