Semi Skilled Maintenance Operative

Job Introduction

HMP Northumberland are recruiting for a Semi Skilled Maintenance Operative to carry out maintenance and repairs to ensure the safe and efficient running of the establishment.

As a working prison, we work towards the resettlement of residents upon their release into the community and their integration into society through the skills acquired while in our care. We are committed to supporting people to change their lives for the better and lead law-abiding lives.HMP Northumberland offers a variety of initiatives and programmes to help residents engage within the prison’s rehabilitative culture. This includes various educational and vocational qualifications, as well as a variety of opportunities for residents to learn new skills within our workshops and industries departments. We have textile, engineering and electrical workshops and can offer prisoners experience in horticulture, market gardens, cleaning, waste management and laundry services on site..

Being over 4 miles in circumference, the prison is a vast space with exceptionally kept plantation and currently houses over 1300 residents with a range of sentence terms.

For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice

Role Responsibility

• Work alongside the fire maintenance technician to carry out essential daily planned maintenance of the safety systems in place
• Carry out general maintenance and repairs to ensure the safe and efficient running of the establishment.
• Carry out general fire maintenance repairs and schedules, general maintenance, planned preventative facilities tasks and project work as directed in order to ensure that operational support is provided to the establishment at all times.
• Ensure that all works are undertaken in a safe manner in accordance with good practice and current legislation.
• Supervise prisoner working parties, where applicable.
• All work to be carried out to the relevant trade standards
• Ensure Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all times.
• Managing compliance including standard operating procedures, purchasing, statutory requirements (health and safety).
• Comply with all Company & Client policies, site rules and statutory regulations relating to Health & Safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your work area 

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Understanding of safety rules
• Understanding of health and safety regulations
• Excellent time management
• Efficiency and discretion
• Held a similar role previously or has the skills set required for the position

Desirable

• Floor laying skills
• Semi-Skilled Plumbing

Package Description

£20,600 per annum

Excellent benefits including free onsite parking, shopping discounts, pension and 28 days holiday

You will be required to work on a call out rota approximately every 15 weeks.

About the Company

Sodexo Justice aims to change lives for the better by reducing reoffending and improving the quality of life for those under our supervision and in our care. We deliver safe, effective and innovative custodial and community rehabilitation services that challenge offending behaviour, protect the public and offer individuals the opportunity to change their lives for the better. We deliver the total operation of five prisons within the UK and own six Community Rehabilitation Companies in partnership with crime reduction charity Nacro.

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.