Maintenance Assistant

38 hours 52 weeks

We are currently recruiting a Maintenance Assistant to join our Maintenance Team. The successful candidate will be required to support the Buildings and Maintenance team with all general labouring and maintenance tasks as required, to assist with the efficient operation of the department in accordance with the standards required.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• General labouring
• Site Clearance
• Perform routine health and safety checks to ensure correct performance of equipment and as part of Worth’s legal requirements; such as fire alarm testing and being an active member of the fire response team.
• Conduct various periodic temperature checks, and record results, to ensure Legionella compliance. Shower head cleaning
• Sewer maintenance and cleaning
• Painting and routine maintenance jobs around the site
• Driving and refuelling vehicles
• Collecting materials from offsite suppliers when required
• Assist other members of the department as required
• Accompany visiting personnel/contractors as required
• To attend meetings with staff/management as required

We are looking for someone that has:

• Full clean driving licence
• Able to read and understand instructions
• Basic record keeping
• Trustworthy
• Basic computer skills

Ideally, we are looking for experience in general maintenance and with an understanding or knowledge of Legionnaires’ disease.

Email: recruitment@worth.org.uk  

Telephone: 01342 710277

Closing date for applications: 31st October 2024*

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision and enhanced pension contribution. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 600 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form.