Property Maintenance Apprentice

Key Accountabilities:

Reporting to the Site Manager, this post holder will learn about and be trained to:

Safety and security

Undertake regular routine testing of fire alarms, emergency lights and firefighting equipment Complete statutory and routine testing as and when required to manufacturers’ standards ensuring record keeping is up to date using appropriate computer software, including heating, fire alarms and extinguishers, emergency lighting, and legionella for example. Ensure Health and Safety compliance with regard to all regulations, policies and codes of practice. Maintain a high level of security across academy premises including dealing with alarm systems and liaising with security services Undertake key holding duties for locking and unlocking of premises

General Maintenance

Install, maintain or repair jobs of a minor plumbing, joinery, painting nature. For example, repairing leaky taps, boarding up broken windows, replacing internal door locks, replacing toilet seats and toilet roll dispensers Clean and tidy all outside spaces, paths, gullies and drains including snow clearance when required and remove graffiti from internal and/or external spaces Undertake basic maintenance of caretaking/cleaning equipment Undertake emergency cleaning as and when required Transport refuse to bins in agreed collection points for agreed collection times Undertake basic minibus visual checks as per the agreed schedule

General Duties

Identify and report any repairs, maintenance or replacements that require action Ensure adequate stock management of material and equipment Collect or order goods as required for completion of any caretaking or maintenance jobs Carry out porter duties as required including receipt of goods and supplies Oversee car parking arrangements and ensure additional temporary parking and signage as required Monitor all contractors on site and ensure work is completed to the required standard Set out/put away furniture and equipment for functions, meetings and exams To be able to travel between other E-ACT Academy sites in Bristol on occasion should a specific need arise To have a flexible approach around working hours if required

Training Outcome:
Full time employment

Employer Description:
E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all employees and volunteers to share in this commitment. • Show energy, enthusiasm and passion for what you do • Demand the highest quality in all that you do, and in the work of your team • Willing to champion new ideas and think beyond the status quo • Show an ability to think creatively and ‘outside of the box’ in your area of expertise, continually seeking improvements in what you do to make the organisation better • Be open to new ideas and change where it will have a positive impact on the organisation • Show a willingness to embrace different ideas and ways of thinking to improve E-ACT • Ability to ‘look outside’ – to continually learn about innovations in your field, new ways of doing things, and bring that learning into your work • Commitment to self-development, and developing your wider Team • Ability to self-reflect on yourself, your performance, and to think about how this could be improved further • Ability to encourage ideas from others in order to improve the organisation and build your team’s confidence • Have integrity and honesty in all that you do • Make decisions that are based on doing the right thing, even when this means that they’re unpopular or will lead to more work • Take responsibility and ownership for your area of work • Have difficult conversations or deliver difficult messages if that’s what’s required to do the right thing by our pupils • Be transparent and open • Be resilient and trustworthy • Stand firm and stay true to our mission • Understand how you can have a greater impact as a team than you can as an individual • Understand how you are part of your immediate team but also a much wider organisational team, in working towards our mission • Recognise that everyone is important within E-ACT, and show an ability to build strong working relationships at every level • Recognise and celebrate the success and achievements, no matter how small, of your colleagues • Be generous with sharing your knowledge to help to develop others • Understand and be willing to receive suggestions and input on your area of work from others • Support your colleagues, even when this means staying a little later, or re-prioritising some of your work • Be aware of other peoples’ needs and show an ability to offer genuine support • Show an awareness and respect for peoples’ differences, and recognise how different characteristics and personal strengths build dynamic and great teams

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Team working,Initiative,Driving licence,Health and Safety,Caretaking skills,Minor repair skills