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Grounds Maintenance Operative
Location: Near Millom, Cumbria
Salary: up to £24,500
Overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join a science and technology organisation that operate in the defence industry. The company work across multiple domains including defence (Land, Air, Maritime) Cyber and Intelligence on a variety of exciting projects.
You will be delivering specialist grounds services; identifying & ensuring all key assets are available and appropriately maintained, making recommendations on improvements, overseeing attention to pest & tree hazards; looking into other requirements in regards to facilities management and taking on new business leads, as appropriate. You will be ensuring accurate data administrations are timely and effectively analysed and actioned and will support stakeholder meetings, technical steering groups workshops and communities of practice.
You will be working on our base near Millom in Cumbria and will have the opportunity to learn new skills and develop into and array of different areas across maintenance and FM.
Main Responsibilities
- Maintain knowledge and awareness of grounds & land legislative, standards and technical requirements as well as developments
- Oversee the monitoring, implementation & performance of tasks allocated to the conduct of contractors on site
- Prioritise work programmes to satisfy company needs and requirements
- Oversee safe deployment and management of cleaning materials, tools, substances & areas, and equipment; ensuring correct signage is applied and storage is utilised as necessary
- Maintain robust application of health, safety and environmental processes and procedures
- Ensure maintenance standards and quality of work delivered are to the required level
- Cleaning of conference rooms, offices, laboratories, workshops, accommodation, kitchens, toilets, showers and other general areas across site
Key Skills & Experience
The following areas of experience would be desirable but not essential.
- Wide understanding of health & safety knowledge and/or experience as well as maintenance support
- Full driving licence
- Ability to work proactively and solve problems
- Ability to safely deploy processes and work with range of equipment
- Manual Handling awareness/risk appreciation
