Caretaker/Estate Operative

Job Title: Estate Operative/Caretaker

Main responsibilities:

• Must be polite and courteous at all times.
• Co-ordinate, instruct and allow access for services to the estate, such as refuse collection, contractors and maintenance, utility companies, etc.
• Ensure removal of illegally stored items in and around the site.
• Be prepared to attend site in the event of an emergency, outside working hours, as required.
• Regularly walk around the site and maintain tidy appearance, check external/internal lighting etc.
• Maintain an inventory of onsite equipment and ensure the room and storage facilities are tidy, well maintained and secure.
• All unknown visitors/contractors are to be politely challenged on site, asked whom they are visiting, and given appropriate directions.
• Sweep all hard surfaces including footpaths, and underground car-park areas, leave free from dirt/rubbish/leaves daily.
• Be available to attend to minor maintenance, repairs.
• Change light bulbs as necessary in all common parts and reporting faults and equipment failures to maintenance or line manager.
• To maintain an appropriate stock of replacement lamps giving notice of requirements when stock needs replenishing.
• Ensure all equipment is in good working order giving notice when repairs/renewals are necessary.
• Ensure refuse bins are organised for collection on the appropriate day.
• Record landlords utility meter readings on a monthly basis, and advise Development Manager.
• Liaise with and allow access to contractors and utility companies working on site as required.
• To over and mop floors.
• To keep internal communal areas free of dust including underground car parks.
• To keep notice boards free of junk mail and to ensure that relevant information are available.
• To carry out monthly emergency lights test.
• To carry out monthly visual check of the main gates.
• To carry out monthly ladders checks if not in use.
• To carry out monthly landlord meter readings.
• To carry out monthly visual check of the CCTV cameras.
• To carry out and record lift test once a week.
• To carry out smoke detectors test once a week.
• To carry out monthly hydrant visual check.
• Be prepared to carry out minor painting and decorating works and repairs.
• Litter picking.
• Taking re-cycling bins once per fortnight outside bin store.
• Any additional tasks requested by colleagues or line manager and under take internal/external training as required.
• Removal of leaves in underground car parks.
• To keep entrance doors including emergency stairs free of leaves.
• Clear ice and snow around the development including emergency exists.
• To water beds/shrubs/plants daily

If you do not hear back from us within 2 weeks of your application, please be advised you to have not been successfully shortlisted for the role.