Premises Assistant (Caretaker / Site Assistant)

Location: Bristol
Salary: £27,969 per annum + On-Call Allowance

Schools run best when someone is quietly keeping everything in order. The building is safe, the site is ready for the morning, and when something goes wrong it’s sorted before anyone has to ask. If you take pride in being that person, this role is for you.

We’re recruiting on behalf of a well-established national facilities management provider, looking for a Premises Assistant to join their project team looking after a group of school sites in Bristol. You’ll be a key part of the team that keeps these sites safe, compliant and running smoothly, helping to make sure pupils, staff and visitors have a good experience every day.

The Role

• Looking after day-to-day premises services across the school sites
• Supporting planned and reactive maintenance, working to the contract’s maintenance plan and service standards
• Working closely with the Lead Engineers so jobs are completed on time
• Making sure health and safety, statutory and regulatory requirements are followed, using safe systems of work
• Keeping an eye on stock and materials so parts are on hand and budgets stay on track
• Helping to make sure each site has the people and materials it needs to meet its commitments
• Taking your turn on the on-call rota and stepping in to cover absences when needed

Who We’d Love to Hear From

• Experience in facilities management or premises maintenance, ideally in a customer-focused setting
• Good general maintenance and repair skills across a range of site tasks
• Experience of using building maintenance systems and supporting day-to-day site operations
• Well organised and flexible, with the ability to juggle a varied workload
• Physically fit and comfortable with hands-on work, including outdoors in all weathers
• A good working knowledge of health and safety legislation and COSHH
• IOSH Managing Safely, or a willingness to work towards it
• An enhanced DBS check is required for this role

What’s on Offer

• Salary of £27,969 per annum
• 40 hours a week, with shifts between 6am and 7pm
• On-call rota of 1 in 3, paid at £100 per week on top of your working hours
• 25 days’ annual leave
• Company pension, with 5% employee and 4% employer contributions
• Overtime available at enhanced rates: time and a half outside normal hours Monday to Friday and up to 12.30pm on Saturday, then double time from 1pm on Saturday and all day Sunday
• A varied role with a respected national employer, with the chance to develop your skills

If you’d like a role that makes a real difference to the schools you look after, send me your up-to-date CV and I’ll give you a call for a confidential chat about the position.