Multi Skilled Technician

Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting a Multi-Skilled Technician to work across our Merton Schools portfolio. You will be mobile but centred around the Merton area and will operate across the Merton Schools contract with regard to planned and reactive maintenance, M&E, projects and installation works and lifecycle. You will ensure high levels of compliance and health & safety at all times.

You must have a NVQ Level 3 in Carpentry or Joinery as you will take a leading role in the repair and maintenance of all the building fabric elements with a bias on the carpentry side. This position would suit a ‘hands on’ multi-skilled M&E professional with good attention to detail and strong interpersonal skills.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. This role 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.

Role Responsibility

• Carry out and oversee the day to day operation which includes planned and reactive maintenance and repairs
• Ensure that corrective maintenance and reactive works are carried out within the priority timescales
• Accurate completion and population of all PPM job sheets and mobile device with relevant information
• Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with legislation, codes of practice, manufacturer’s recommendations, HSE recommendations and meets prescribed standards in the contract
• Work with contract operational and administrative staff to ensure tasks are completed and reported effectively

**Full job description below**

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience of working in a multi-site contract with a varied portfolio of buildings
• Qualified to a min NVQ level 3 in a recognized building trade, ideally as carpenter or joiner
• Candidates should have a pro-active attitude and can be flexible in relation to duties and working hours.
• Demonstratable and strong organizational and planning skills and have the ability to prioritise and manage their time effectively
• The candidate MUST be highly experienced, time served and fully qualified tradesperson.
• Have the ability to build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• The candidate must be able to work effectively without supervision and rebound from setbacks and adversity when faced with difficult situations
• Ability to communicate effectively and timely.
• Ability to contribute to creating new and better ways for the organisation to be successful
• The ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions
• IT & systems literate, use of IT systems to provide/monitor data within the Quality Assurance and other management reporting systems.

Package Description

Salary - £27,100 - £31,500 per annum

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more.

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.