Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

GENERAL MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE

Service:

KVHA Facility Management Service

Team:

Maintenance Team

Location:

Kilkenny, Carlow, Tipperary and Laois

Reports to:

Maintenance Supervisor

Job Purpose

To provide general building maintenance at a number of GSCK/KVHA properties to ensure that they are kept safe, secure and in good condition. Ensuring properties are kept in line with Fire, Health and Safety and private rented accommodation standards where applicable.

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• To work within the Policy Framework of KVHA/GSCK.
• Carry out a variety of planned and reactive building maintenance tasks, which will be varied in nature and will include general building, joinery, tiling, painting, paving and external works, drainage works and plumbing.
• Carry out planned preventative building maintenance in line with set programmes. Undertake general facilities support tasks, including furniture building and furniture removals, grounds and site clearance, and keeping areas clean and tidy generally.
• Work individually or as part of a team to complete repair and maintenance tasks. Manage and prioritise own workload in order to complete repairs in a timely manner and in accordance with KPI/SLA timescales.
• Use relevant systems to record all work undertaken and related expenditure. Undertake regular safety checks on vehicles used for work purposes as required by Company policies and procedures to ensure that vehicles are safe.
• Maintain vehicle records as required and keep vehicles in a clean and tidy order, ensuring that vehicles are secure and correctly parked when not in use.
• Adhere to company health and safety policy and procedures, identify hazards and undertake point of work risk assessments as required.
• Communicate effectively with building occupiers to minimise inconvenience when planning and undertaking building maintenance.
• Carry out such other duties as required or delegated by the Maintenance Team Supervisor or Housing Manager, including undertaking tasks performed by lower grades.

Other

Equal Opportunities:

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in the way we deliver services to the community and in our employment arrangements. We expect all employees to understand and promote this policy in their work.

Health and safety:

All employees have a responsibility for their own health and safety and that of others when carrying out their duties and must help us to apply our general statement of health and safety policy.

Customer Focused.

We put our customers' needs and expectations at the heart of all that we do. We expect our employees to have a full understanding of those needs and expectations so that we can provide high quality, appropriate services at all times.

Values

We expect all our employees to demonstrate and promote our values:

• We RESPECT all stakeholders and ensure engagement and participation when possible and/or appropriate.
• We work in PARTNERSHIP with all stakeholders to ensure effective and expedient responses within the mission of GSCK
• We provide QUALITY services, based on core principles of care and empowerment

Qualifications/Experience

• Certificate in a construction trade or in multi-trade building maintenance operations or similar certificates of competence. (Preferred Skill)
• Full Clean Driving Licence
• 3 years’ experience in a building trade role or property maintenance role.
• Broad experience of completing builder's work and multi-skilled building maintenance tasks (e.g. brickwork, plaster and tiling repairs, patch painting, flooring repairs, and basic drainage and plumbing alterations).
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to provide clear verbal and written information relative to building maintenance activities.
• Good time management with proven ability to meet deadlines and prioritise work as necessary to deal with multiple and competing demands on a regular basis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for dealing with staff and customers at all levels.
• IT competent.
• Strong collaborative approach and team ethic.

Essential Requirements

• Full Clean Driving Licence
• Pre-employment Garda Vetting background check.
• Commitment to health and safety.
• Commitment to equality and diversity.
• Display the LCC values and behaviours at all times and actively promote them in others.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From $15.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

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