Job Introduction
Exciting News! Our team is looking for a regional maintenance operative to carry out reactive and planned general property maintenance works across the Card Factory portfolio of 1000+ stores. The primary role is to optimise property condition and quality while ensuring a safe working environment. With a focus on quality, we strive to provide maximum customer satisfaction in a cost-effective way. Our App-based job logging system ensures timely resolution of issues, and our on-site survey helps to capture any unreported works. Join us in delivering exceptional maintenance services to our clients.
Role Responsibility
- Understanding the mechanism of buildings including electrical, plumbing, plant, safety systems and equipment
- Providing first and immediate response to fault finding whilst maximising quality and ensuring cost effectiveness
- Reporting and rectifying any property H&S issue whilst on site where possible
- Completing work orders and recording materials that are used on the job
- Emergency works required to make safe buildings in response to hazardous events e.g.: floods / fire damage / security breaches
- Complete trade disrupting works out of hours where identified
- Respond to the helpdesk requests, providing a professional and timely service
- Advising the company’s management when additional planned works are required due to aging structure and fabric issues
- Collaborate with Electrical and shop fit teams and external contractors on projects
- Liaise with Centre Management and security in shopping centres
The Ideal Candidate
- Apprenticeship or Craft Equivalent or hold a City & Guilds/NVQ Level 2 equivalent
- Demonstrable experience from within a similar role
- IPAF (International Powered Access Federation)
- PASMA (tower scaffolding trained)
- Annual asbestos awareness certification in accordance with UKAS accreditation
- Health and Safety awareness together with basic First Aid and rescue skills
- Good general construction knowledge with up to date working practices and standards
- IT competence with the ability to work with email and maintenance software packages
- Excellent personal organisational skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal abilities
- Competent in problem solving, planning and decision making
- Ability to be able to react to none planned / emergency works when required
- Hold a full clean UK driving licence for manual vehicles (company van provided)
Flexibility is required to travel with occasional over night stay!
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About the Company
Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.
In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Benefits
- Pension
- 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
- Save As You Earn scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Support
- Financial Education Tools
- Salary Advance
- Seasonal incentive schemes
- Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
- Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
- Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave
This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.
For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly.
No agencies, please.
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