Maintenance Assistant

Maintenance Assistant

Contract: Professional & Technology Services

Location: Bedford, MK44 3UP

Hours of work: 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

The purpose of this role is to help ISS become the world’s greatest service organisation by providing service performance facilitating our customers’ purpose through people empowerment.

The aim is to always provide a world-class and consistent building maintenance service for our stakeholders.

Job Description

The Maintenance Assistant is responsible for the repairs and maintenance of all departments within the company building.

Additionally, the Maintenance Assistant will assess and consider the safety of our employees, the security of our assets, and the service to our clients and team members daily.

Key Responsibilities

General maintenance and repairs including but not limited to:

• Changing light bulbs and ensuring other fixtures and fittings are in good working order
• Rewiring, changing fuses, junction boxes etc.
• Minor plumbing and carpentry
• Clearing or cleaning general areas
• Shifting furniture or equipment
• Assembling furniture or equipment
• Maintaining Garden/landscape
• Maintaining footpath/pathways
• Painting and decorating

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Secondary education, high school graduate, certificate in trade school or equivalent work experience
• Must understand how facility related environments work
• Must be able to effectively communicate (oral and written) with all employees, contractors, and vendors
• Initiative-taker and collaborator
• Ability to prioritise and manage multi-functional tasks
• Ability to work quickly and effectively under pressure
• Ability to use standard powered and non-powered tools

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.

If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 134133