School Caretaker - Swindon, England

Pinnacle Group provides people-first, integrated services across a range of community-facing assets and infrastructure – including multi-tenure housing, schools, open spaces, public buildings, utilities and broadband networks – as well as a range of complementary employment and wellbeing outcomes. Across the UK, Pinnacle supports over 300,000 homes, 200 schools and 80 public buildings creating value, providing stewardship and generating positive outcomes for our customers, our partners and our clients.

Our FM business delivers Facilities Management to homes, public and private sector bodies including Registered Providers, schools, universities and blue light statutory authorities. We pride ourselves on placing people at the centre of what we do, while maintaining our values of high quality and excellent customer care.

The Role

Pinnacle Group are looking for a Caretaker to ensure that the internal and external school facilities are available, fully functional, Health & Safety compliant, and aesthetically pleasing where this fails within the remit of the caretaking team.

The shift pattern will be 8AM to 4PM & 10AM to 6PM rotating weekly.

Duties/Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring security integrity of the school buildings and grounds through locking and unlocking, patrols, monitoring.
• Carry out day-to -day duties according to daily schedule, i.e., littler picking, Bin emptying, sweeping.
• Carry out defined Planned Preventative Maintenance responsibilities in accordance with each school's schedule and individual's skills.
• Where appropriate provide access, escort, liaise with and assist service providers on site to undertake remedial work or Planned Prevented Maintenance.
• Carry out minor repairs and decoration works.
• Participate in cleaning/deep cleaning activities as and when required.
• Being proactive by noticing deficiencies in the facilities and either rectifying if within capabilities or bringing the defect to the attention of management.
• Carry out initial investigations into reactive requests made during the day relating to deficiencies in accommodation and making temporary or permanent repairs or otherwise notifying management of the need to call in a service provider, in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales.
• Respond to emergency situations such as floods, bodily fluids and effecting temporary or permanent rectification in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales.

Skills Required

• Range of general handyman skills such as painting and decorating, minor plumbing, carpentry and competent to use power and hand tools
• Good customer service skills
• Amenable and approachable personality
• Ability to liaise with and assist external service providers and an ability to work in a team
• Ability to multi skill
• Willingness to learn new skills and undertake training to develop role
• Flexible and adaptable in approach
• Able to work in a team and lone work

Pinnacle Group strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from anyone regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, age, trade union activity, marital status, religious belief or sexual orientation.

We are Armed Forces friendly. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Contact information

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