Maintenance Craftsperson (Joiner)

Job Introduction

As we find ourselves in these challenging times, you may be in a situation where you are looking for a new role or some temporary work. As a key partner to the NHS, Sodexo plays a big part in supporting the NHS through these unprecedented times, by providing a number of services including maintenance within the hospitals. 

We currently have a number of opportunities available to join our Sodexo Healthcare team at Wythenshawe Hospital as a Joiner, providing a full range of maintenance services across site. You'll undertake a broad range of joinery maintenance, repair and installation work using hand, power and machine tools as appropriate.

You may feel uncertain around coming to work in a hospital environment at this time, but please be assured that the health and safety of our employees, clients, suppliers and the people we serve every day is our top priority. Each site is introducing the appropriate measures to ensure everyone's safety and monitoring this daily.

Join our team today, and do your part in supporting the NHS during this difficult time!

Role Responsibility

• Carry out a wide range of tasks including statutory maintenance, planned preventative maintenance, fault rectification and general repairs to all properties occupied by the Trust. Measure up, set out, manufacture and install door sets, window frames, worktops, shelving, cupboards and drawers
• Apply varnish or polishes to work surfaces, cabinets and other new works as required
• Set out and install false ceilings. Make repairs to false ceilings
• Glazing repairs to timber, metal and PVCU windows and doors
• Fit safety and privacy films to glazing
• Obtain entry to locked rooms and make good as required
• Install and repair locks
• Cut keys of all types

The Ideal Candidate

• Time served apprenticeship or other equivalent approved training
• City and Guilds certificate in carpentry and joinery or other equivalent approved qualifications
• Certified training in use of woodworking machinery (training will be provided)
• Post apprenticeship experience in a building maintenance environment
• A high degree of self-motivation is essential as the majority of tasks will be undertaken without direct supervision
• Good informal communication skills

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, 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.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

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.