Facilities Officer (Caretaker)
CompanySewell Group
Location
Kingston Upon Hull, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypePart-time
Posted At3/13/2026
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Occupation TypeOther administrative occupations not elsewhere classified.
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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Description
Location: Hob Moor Community Primary Academy, Green Lane, York, YO24 4PS
Hours: 30 hours per week, Monday - Friday 12:30pm - 6:30pm
Hourly Pay: £14.86 plus 25p extra if you hold a Pool Plant Operators qualification
Role Overview
Reporting to the Facilities Manager/Facilities Team Manager, the Facilities Officer will be based on site and will have overall responsibility for maintenance, porterage and cleaning services. The Facilities Officer will also ensure that all services are provided to a consistently high standard and assist the Facilities Management team in all areas required to meet the needs of both the business and the client. The Facilities Officer will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the team.
To learn more about Sewell Group and Sewell FM, please follow the link below:
Home - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
Facilities Management experts - Sewell FM (sewell-facilitiesmanagement.co.uk)
Key Responsibilities
Hours: 30 hours per week, Monday - Friday 12:30pm - 6:30pm
Hourly Pay: £14.86 plus 25p extra if you hold a Pool Plant Operators qualification
Role Overview
Reporting to the Facilities Manager/Facilities Team Manager, the Facilities Officer will be based on site and will have overall responsibility for maintenance, porterage and cleaning services. The Facilities Officer will also ensure that all services are provided to a consistently high standard and assist the Facilities Management team in all areas required to meet the needs of both the business and the client. The Facilities Officer will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the team.
To learn more about Sewell Group and Sewell FM, please follow the link below:
Home - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
Facilities Management experts - Sewell FM (sewell-facilitiesmanagement.co.uk)
Key Responsibilities
- Planned and reactive maintenance as required. Responding to all allocated helpdesk requests ensure jobs are completed within allocated service level agreements
- Utility monitoring
- General maintenance and repairs to building fabric and associated equipment as necessary
- Identification and reporting/repairing of defects and maintenance requirements
- Porterage and caretaking tasks; including accepting deliveries, litter picking, weeding, removal of rubbish and the setting out of furniture to agreed timescales and standards
- Supervision and induction of Subcontractors; including monitoring of risk assessments & method statement compliance during works
- Health & Safety duties; ensuring that the building is operated in a safe and legally compliant manner at all times
- Client liaison; including communication with the Head Teacher / nominated deputy
- Health, Safety and Environmental watchdog
As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:
Essential:
- Have a positive and professional attitude
- Be computer literate (Microsoft Office)
- Have a proactive attitude towards maintaining the facility at a world class quality level
- Hold excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with Tenant Groups & subcontractors
- Possess good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks
- Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression
- Have a trade background or good practical core skills together with previous maintenance experience
- Have a flexible outlook towards hours worked (some out of hours working may be required to meet the needs of the business)
- Have working knowledge of current Health and Safety practice
- Previous working experience within a school environment
- Be First Aid at Work trained
- Hold a Valid UK Driving license
- IOSH Managing Safely - or similar qualification
- Hold a Pool Plant Operators qualification
As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.
Benefits
- Bonus opportunity
- 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
- Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
- Auto Enrolment pension
- Staff discounts
- High Street & Retail discount schemes
- Bike 2 Work Scheme
- Technology Scheme
- Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes