Technical Assistant

Location: Stoke Mandeville Stadium, HP21 9PP

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum plus excellent benefits

Schedule: Full time 40 hours per week, working 5 out of 7 days, including a mixture of earlies, lates and nights.

Here at More Leisure Community Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community, whilst helping you to make MORE of every day’. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for Technical Assistant to join our Team.

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Technical Assistant in our Stoke Mandeville team, you’ll help deliver safe, reliable facilities that positively impact the local community every day. Your work will make a real difference by ensuring our spaces are comfortable, well‑maintained, and ready for the activities our customers love.

You’ll play a hands‑on role in maintaining essential building services, equipment, and facilities, helping us create a safe, welcoming environment that supports health, wellbeing, and positive community impact.

What You’ll Do As a Technical Assistant

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Carry out planned, reactive, ad‑hoc and breakdown maintenance across building services, equipment, and facility assets.
• Maintain, service, and repair systems including electrical lighting, HVAC, ventilation, pool plant systems, catering equipment, fitness equipment, and general building fabric.
• Coordinate specialist external contractors when required and supervise appointment‑based works.
• Undertake new installation, refurbishment and electro‑mechanical works as directed by the management team.
• Complete cyclic checks and ensure pool water quality and building service systems meet required standards for safety, comfort, efficiency, and customer experience.

Support centre management with technical tasks, ensuring a safe, clean and high‑quality environment for colleagues and customers.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Experience in building or services‑trade roles, ideally with five years’ experience in a similar semi‑skilled or skilled position.
• Strong hands‑on skills with the ability to deliver high‑quality repair, maintenance, and equipment servicing.
• A solid understanding of health, safety, welfare, customer care and quality procedures related to technical operations.
• A motivated, honest, and supportive approach with the ability to work flexibly, including out‑of‑hours call‑outs or multi‑site duties where needed.
• A willingness to undertake training and develop new skills to support your growth.
  
  

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.4

What We Offer

• Salary: Competitive salaries with annual reviews
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Holidays: 21 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and development: We offer a wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime Healthline, wellbeing app, simply health cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel

Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community

Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme

Link to leisure benefits - https://www.moreleisure.com/employee-benefits/

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

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Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.

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