Maintenance Officer

Are You a Skilled Property Maintenance Professional Looking for a New Challenge?

Our Central Maintenance Team is on the lookout for a Mobile Trust Maintenance Officer to join us in Nottingham! With 22 sites across Nottinghamshire, you'll be at the heart of delivering exceptional maintenance services to our schools, ensuring that our spaces are safe, functional, and inspiring.

What's the role? We need someone with energy, enthusiasm, and a knack for problem-solving to help us maintain and develop our facilities to the highest standard. You’ll work closely with our Trust Maintenance Manager to make sure everything runs smoothly, contributing to long-term plans and getting hands-on to keep things in tip-top shape.

This isn’t your typical maintenance job – it’s fast-paced, practical, and incredibly rewarding. You'll be creating solutions that directly impact the lives of our staff and students, helping to build a thriving environment where everyone can excel.

Why You’ll Love This Role:

• You’ll be working full-time (37 hours per week, year-round) in a permanent role that keeps you on your toes.
• You’ll have the chance to design and build innovative solutions, bringing your ideas to life.
• You’ll make a real difference every day, keeping our schools running smoothly for the children and staff who depend on you.

About us

We are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, and we bring together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire focussed on delivering high quality learning and teaching in a safe and nurturing environment.

What You’ll Bring:

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in a facilities maintenance role.
• A keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to tackling challenges.
• A deep understanding of routine and preventative maintenance, with a focus on health & safety.
• A full UK driver’s licence (trailer-towing skills? Even better!).
• The ability to think on your feet and get creative with solutions.
• Enthusiasm, energy, and a can-do attitude.

What’s In It For You?

• Competitive salary: £25,979 - £28,770 per annum (OLOL Band 4, Scale points 11 - 17)
• Company transport, PPE, workwear, laptop, and mobile phone – everything you need to get the job done!
• Industry training and opportunities for professional development – you can even work towards an industry qualification in Land-based or Environmental Services.
• A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
• Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme– emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
• Health and wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider.
• Staff discounts and a salary sacrifice scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme.

How to Apply: Interested? Want to find out more about the role or our Trust? Feel free to reach out to Darren Stevenson at 0115 8515454 or by email at contactus@ololcatholicmat.co.uk

Start date: To be agreed

Closing date: Monday 9 September 2024 at 9.00am  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.

You do not need to be a catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.

Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.

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