Facilities Technician

We have an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Technician to join our team based in Youlbury, Oxford.

Location: Youlbury, Boars Hill, OX1 5HD

Salary:  £32,705 per annum, Band D, Level 3, inclusive of a Market Supplement 

Term: Permanent Contract

Working Hours: 35 hours per week (Occasional evenings and weekend)

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Facilities Technician Role:

We’re looking for someone to join our team as a facilities Technician to help us to take care of our buildings and support the wider Facility operation to ensure we a providing a responsive and cost-effective service. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about their role in the team and understand the daily challenges that are part and parcel of a busy; fast moving facilities department.

Key responsibilities as our Facilities Technician:

• Support the Maintenance manager in providing a high standard of repair and maintenance across multi trades to ensure the most cost-effective completion of all tasks.
• Be proactive around the sites in fault finding, hazard reporting, diagnosing faults
• Undertake compliance actions, monitoring, planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance on building or estate related system and infrastructure.
• Self-manage and prioritise workload ensuring building access is arranged and materials ordered, and job systems updated as required to ensure relevant information is captured.
• To be thoroughly familiar with building fabric, plant and equipment and monitor as required

What we are looking for in our Facilities Technician:

• Working knowledge of building services and hot & cold piped systems
• Working knowledge of Statutory and Legislative requirements and Codes of Practice for relevant trade
• Current industry training such as legionella awareness, asbestos awareness, COSHH, H&S, Manual handling, working at height, abrasive wheels, fire marshal and first aid
• Ability to fault find and complete appropriate repairs, modifications and identify areas of Improvement
• Ability to embrace digital systems work logging and reporting of work tasks. 
• Full driving Licence and happy to travel for work

As our Facilities Technician in return, we offer you:

• Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
• Be proud to say you’re part of a team with Investors in People (Gold)
• Plenty of opportunity for learning and development
• 28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays rising to 32 days after two years
• Four extra days to look after your family when they need you
• Three extra days over Christmas

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Flexible working hours
• Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits

Closing date for applications: 12:00pm Friday 20th September 2024

Interviews will be held in person on 30th September 2024

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.