We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Newham to assist with the appointment of a Senior Facilities Officer, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £19.95 - £24.83 per hour

Responsibilities:

• To assist the Building Services Manager with the smooth delivery of hard and soft services on the depot.
• To manage the in-house building repairs and maintenance service; ensuring that job requests received are logged, prioritised and completed in a timely manner.
  
• Carry out repairs and maintenance tasks, i.e. minor electrical works, plumbing, carpentry, replacing flooring, replacing blinds, assembling furniture, etc.
  
• Procure materials, tools and equipment required for in-house repairs and maintenance.
  
• Monitor and control expenditure on in-house repairs and refurbishments projects to ensure that expenditure remains within budget.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Strong experience of delivering FM hard and soft services in a similar environment.
• Experience of managing a repairs and maintenance service.
• Experience of carrying out general building maintenance including carpentry, plumbing and general building repairs
• Experience of conducting site inspections and health and safety tests, i.e. fire bell tests, emergency lighting tests, etc.
• Experience of procuring materials/tools/equipment and ensuring best value.
• Good knowledge of health and safety in relation to premises management.
• Experience of monitoring budgets and controlling expenditure.
• Experience of producing weekly work programmes and project plans.
• Experience of supervising contractors including checking job
• specifications, checking method statements and risk assessments. And providing site inductions.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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