Salary: Starting from 18 GBP/ hour

Job Purpose:

As our new Site Operative, you will work with the Estates Manager. You will be assisting the Estates Manager in the provision of a safe and high-quality environment for the school’s staff and students to ensure high standards and to contribute to the aims of the school and standards set by Governors.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Perform day-to-day DIY tasks around the school premises, ensuring facilities are well-maintained, from small fixes/repairs, to small painting and decorating tasks.
• Handle porterage duties, including the movement of equipment and supplies as needed.
• Monitor and manage gate duties, providing a secure environment for the school community (including monitoring and managing open/ lock procedure as and when required, security alarm, gate duties, CCTV)
• Occasional later/longer shifts for evening events set ups, which will be discussed in advance. A later start time will be given on these occasions.
• Conduct proactive patrols of the site, identifying and reporting issues promptly through the reporting system ‘Every’.
• Oversee and escort suppliers/contractors, where necessary.
• Execute statutory inspections on a cyclical basis, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Generate reports as required, documenting observations and completed tasks.
• Weekly legionella flushing to maintain water system hygiene.
• Conduct fire tests on a weekly basis, and assist with fire drills on a termly basis, ensuring preparedness and safety protocols are followed.
• Participate in training opportunities and professional development as required.
• Monitoring stock levels and ordering products and services for the site team as required.
• You may also from time to time be asked to cover outdoor duties (e.g. litter picking, leaf-blowing refuge waste removal, clearing gutters, window cleaning, gritting in winter).
• Clean UK drivers licence holder (or working towards this) to act as primary minibus driver when required.