Maintenance Officer

East Surrey College / John Ruskin College; Croydon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

We are currently seeking to appoint a motivated and professional Maintenance Officer to join our Facilities department where you will be accountable for ensuring a safe and secure environment for students, staff and visitors.

Working closely with the Facilities team, you will utilise your specialist skills in plumbing, carpentry, painting, and general maintenance to provide a high-quality repair and upkeep service to support the college’s facilities.

For this role, there are various shift times across Monday–Fridays: 07:00-15:00, 08:00-16:00, 10:00-18:00 & 14:00-22:00 (on a rota basis).

The successful candidate must have:

• The ability to ensure a safe, secure environment for students, staff and visitors.
• Previous experience in a multi-skilled tradesman or similar facilities role.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety regulations, including Risk Assessments, COSHH, Manual Handling, and Working at Heights.
• Good IT skills on Microsoft packages and online systems/databases.
• The ability to work on a variable shift pattern, which will include occasional Saturdays, Bank Holidays and Sundays.
• A First Aid at Work Certificate (or willingness to obtain).

A qualified driver with a clean driving license certified to drive Group D1 Vehicles is advantageous but not essential.

If this sounds like you and you enjoy working in a forward-thinking, friendly, fast-paced, changing environment with state-of-the-art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such as a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a brilliant holiday package, free onsite parking, and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in-house Spa and Salon treatments.

Closing Date: Monday 7^th April 2025

*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates.

Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken, and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.