Maintenance Operative

Our Client are actively seeking for a Maintenance Operative to join their team at a luxury resiential development based in Ilford.

Working 40 hours per week, 5 days per week. Hours are either 8am - 5pm or 9am - 6pm

Salary is £25,750 annually.

Duties include but are not limited to:

- Detect and carry out general maintenance tasks, repairs to fabric and finishes, throughout the building
- Carry out any painting and decorating work in the apartments, amenity space and car park - internal and external
- Carry out general repair work, plumbing and reporting any issues requiring attention
- Checking properties prior to residents moving in
- Ordering of materials to carry out works required
- Log jobs with external contractors for items not within your remit such as fire alarm repairs etc
- Taking Meter readings of properties and communal areas
- Daily & Weekly Building health and safety checks, reporting any issues back to your line manager and taking the necessary remedial actions
- Monitoring council waste collections
- Changing light bulbs, lamps and fittings, in the amenity space or car park.
- Report defects (equipment, building, lighting and fabric)
- Provide support and assistance to PPM and other contractors on site
- Complete inventory check in and out reports
- Co-ordinate repairs when required with both residents and external contractors
- Assist in mid term property inspections across all occupied apartments
- Assist in maintaining the compliance system
- To perform any other related activity, as directed by the management, necessary to fulfil the purpose of the role as described above

Skills required:

- Strong interpersonal skills
- Proactive and dynamic taking ownership of all of core duties
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Proven experience as a handyman or similar role
- Excellent communication skills displaying sensitivities to and understanding of residents' need
- Ability to handle multiple tasks
- Competent in using, Word and Outlook
- Flexible and cooperative at all times, working as a member of a Team
- Understanding the importance of achieving deadlines and ensuring quality output
- Use initiative and take responsibility for providing solutions
- To ensure confidentiality and security of all business, client and customer documentation/information
- Well-groomed and of smart appearance
- Dynamic approach, problem solving, well organized and ability to work well under pressure