Build Operative
UK Defence Academy, Swindon, SN6 8LA
Full time, Permanent (37 hours a week)
Salary £22,000 - £28,000 dependent on experience
Serco is contracted to provide Total Facilities Management to the Defence Academy of the UK (DA). This prestigious establishment is responsible for post-graduate education and most of the command, staff, leadership, Defence management, acquisition, and technology training for members of the UK Armed Forces and MOD Civil Servants. Serco supports the DA as the MOD's primary link with UK universities and international military educational institutions.
Serco have an exciting new role as a Build Operative. You will be undertaking preventative and reactive emergency and routine maintenance repairs to a variety of building fabric services, on MOD buildings, providing a customer focused and cost-effective service when doing so.
Main Accountabilities:
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Carry out repairs to a variety of building services and demonstrate their competence to multi-skill outside their core trade to include carpentry, building work, and grounds work and drainage related leaks
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Reactive work includes fencing, tiling, curtain and blind repairs, locks, guttering, doors, hinges and door furniture, kitchen cabinets and worktops, small flooring jobs and any other relevant build jobs
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Be involved with refurbishment, planned and reactive maintenance.
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Work with minimal supervision and have the ability to make decisions on the most appropriate repair solution.
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To undertake a continual programme of risk assessment in relation to your role
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Provide exceptional service to our high-profile client and go the extra mile to deliver to the highest quality standard in all building areas
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Utilise both electronic and paper-based systems to accurately record documentation including the use of materials against each job.
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Attend training as and when required to continue your development in the role and comply with changes within the industry.
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Attend team briefs, Toolbox talks and technical bulletins on a monthly basis or as when required.
What you’ll need to do the role:
Essential skills –
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Trade Background & Qualifications (recognised qualification or apprenticeship)
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Extensive Knowledge in building fabric services
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Good standards of numeracy and literacy
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Basic IT skills
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Able to obtain and maintain basic security clearance
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Full UK driving licence
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Ideally practical experience in Carpentry, building fabric services in Commercial and Industrial environments
The Defence Academy sits within a beautiful and secure site which hosts 2 lakes and is surrounded by acres of scenic woodland. The Academy trains the future commanders and staff officers of all three UK Armed Services and those from many countries around the world. Other benefits of working on this site include:
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Free, secure onsite parking.
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Opportunity to join many sports and activity clubs (heavily subsidised subscription costs).
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Gym membership, the site boasting 2 fully equipped gymnasiums.
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Site also has a heated outdoor swimming pool (open May-Sep).
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18-hole golf course (annual membership circa £375).
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Fully equipped riding stables, with the opportunity for lessons.
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Other sporting facilities include tennis courts, Astro-turf football pitches and much more.
What we offer:
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25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the chance to purchase additional days.
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Serco discounts which include cinema, entertainment and online shopping discounts, cycle to work scheme and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
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We are constantly challenging ourselves and each other to deliver brilliantly, and you will too, working in a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
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A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
To discover more about our careers in Defence, meet our team, and to find out more about what we offer, please follow this Link. We’re also a signatory of the UK Governments Women in Defence Charter, to find out more please click here.
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens, we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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