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Maintenance Operative

Employer
Serco
Location
United Kingdom, Lilleshall
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
14 Dec 2021

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Clearance Level
SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Defence, Policing
Job Type
Permanent
Job title: Maintenance Operative

Location : Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre, Shropshire, TF10 9AT

Job type: Permanent

Working Hours: 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday covering earlies, lates and occasional weekend work, overnight shift.

Salary: Up to £23,000 per annum + call out allowance and overtime

Here at Lilleshall our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for a Maintenance Operative to join the centre.

Lilleshall is one of Sport England`s National Sports Centres and is home to a number of National Governing Bodies of Sport. Lilleshall provides excellent facilities to Britain's leading sports men and women. We are also a Conferencing and Event Centre, boasting a large number of recently refurbished rooms and outdoor spaces for weddings, corporate events, and team-building days.

In this role you will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function which will include building service systems such as plumbing, life safety and security, heating, cooling, ventilation, cold water systems and building service system plant & ancillary equipment items such as mechanically operated, heat generating, hot water generating, chilled water, air handling, storage tanks and water movement plants.

You will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor's basis and be required to provide a high level of hands on and supervisory technical support to the site based operations and technical management teams.

We will offer a safe, fun, and professional working environment with excellent training and development opportunities including pool plant course. You will also receive free membership and other various discounts.

About you

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate relevant experience similar to this role and it's desirable that you have worked in a similar size or larger more complex sporting or leisure facilities.

You will have a background in maintenance with the role requiring a broad range of skills including, but not exclusively, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, or general maintenance skills.

If you hold a technical qualification this would be desirable.

If you feel you meet the criteria, please apply today!

Why Serco

Meaningful and vital work: The nature of our business means you will do interesting work that matters - delivering essential services that touch people's lives.

A world of opportunity: Our diverse UK-wide operations offer unrivalled opportunities to learn and develop. You'll be able to broaden your experience and apply your skills in new ways.

Great people: We are a motivated team who will encourage you and help you to succeed. You'll have the resources you need to do your job in a diverse and supportive environment.

What we offer

  • Free Gym membership
  • Staff meal, physio discounts
  • Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
  • Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, cycle to work scheme and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
  • Interesting, varied, and enjoyable work
  • A company that recognises your contribution


About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks - SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

Apply

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident level 3 employer and holder of the Silver Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the 'Ban the Box' pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.

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